Self-Preservation

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The deaths documented in the book are not to be blamed on other people. Ultimately, self-preservation is a survival necessity and although some failed to see self-preservation as a top priority. Some of the climbers cared more about other people’s health more than their own, which in the end did not benefit them. Every climber is responsible for themselves, once they are okay then they can assist others, though it is not their job to look after each person. No one person is responsible for the deaths of other climbers due to the fact that the climbers who died either did not see self-preservation as the number one priority, sickness, or they died as a result of a natural disaster.

If anything, the blame is on the dead because they did not

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