Mount Everest 1996 David Breashears And Rob Hall

On May 10,1996 there were more climbers on the South side of Mount Everest than ever before. That same day a terrible blizzard hit Mount Everest. There were still climbers trying to summit. But, unfortunately 8 climbers got lost and died in the blizzard on Mount Everest. A few climbers summited, but not all made it back.

The teams that were on Mount Everest the day of the blizzard were a Taiwanese team of 13. A South African team of 21. A nine-man assemble team of British. An American team on 6. Lastly a 12-person IMAX expedition and two large teams of guided clients. The IMAX team was David Breashears and Rob Hall's team. Rob Hall was one of the people that were stuck in the blizzard. Some didn’t get a full story on Rob Hall’s summit. Well, here’s mine. …show more content…
While Rob Hall set out to summit. The day dawned perfectly so they should get a good chance of summiting the next morning. But, the storm rolled in that night. Rob had set up a radio at camp 2. On his way up, Rob met his friend Doug Hansen. Doug wasn't looking to good. Rob had summited a little after 3 o’clock pm. Rob decided to wait for Doug just in case he needed help. Doug got to Rob and summited at 4 o’clock pm.

Rob tried to helped Doug down the mountain.But, on their way down the became in need of oxygen. Rob tried to reach out to David Breashears at camp 3. But he couldn’t. Luckily Mike Groom overheard his broadcast at camp 2. Groom had told Rob that there was two full oxygen tanks on the South summit. But, Doug had collapsed on the top of Hillary Step. Rob couldn’t lower Doug down the 40-foot (12 meter) cliff. He then decided to just sit and wait with