Hillary rips climbers who left dying man

There is a book called "Into Thin Air" about climbing Everest. It was once given out as a parting gift from the Project Manager on a particularly challenging project.

I can recommend the book as a gripping account of a human drama gone horribly wrong,...as a metaphor for a project, not so much...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Mount Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary said Wednesday he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their own attempts on the world's tallest peak.

David Sharp, 34, died apparently of oxygen deficiency while descending from the summit during a solo climb last week.

More than 40 climbers are thought to have seen him as he lay dying, and almost all continued to the summit without offering assistance.

"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain," Hillary was quoted as saying in an interview with New Zealand Press Association.

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