Dark Shadows Falling

Joe Simpson

One distressing incident in this storm illustrates the selfishness of some of the trekkers. Two Western clients had abandoned their Sherpa when he was too weak to move form his tent to the helicopter. The clients broke trail out to the aircraft, which had been unable to land nearby, and then took off, leaving the poor man to die. When asked in Namche why they had abandoned the Sherpa, the same trekkers replied that they were anxious to reach the airport at Lukla so that they would not miss their international flight connections.

If you would like to lose all respect for people who don't belong in the wilderness, read this book (just be careful, you might be one of them).