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After watching Everest this weekend, and reading the books about the 1996 events, I was wondering just one question. Why would you not carry 3 or 4 bottles of O's to get you up and back? Or why w...
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2020-04-17T23:04:59Z (over 4 years ago)
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pcieluch
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2020-04-17T23:04:59Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>After watching Everest this weekend, and reading the books about the 1996 events, I was wondering just one question. Why would you not carry 3 or 4 bottles of O's to get you up and back? Or why would a Leader such as Hall or Fisher not had enough carried up in reserve. Granted the ropes were not fixed, but with the amount of traffic that year, log jams were going to happen. From what I've read in both books on the subject, it appears safety went out the window in the attempt to put as many on top as possible.</p>