Death on Everest - Film Footage of David Sharp Dying

[TorchTheWitch]

This REALLY bothers me. There was a film crew on Everest (Himex) who has footage of David Sharp from May 15th as he was stranded on Everest dying. They filmed him and left him after he spoke to them and after he was already pronounced "effectively dead". It is unclear in this article what conversation took place between the climbing film crew and Mr. Sharp, but it was known at the time that he started his ascent the day before and was already high up on the mountain far longer than anyone should be alone and without assistance (and apparently without oxygen). But it even reports that climbers had to unclip from a rope to go around Mr. Sharp and no one helped him. The film even went back to Base Camp in real time, so there is no excuse that it wasn't known how long he was up that high and that he needed help.


http://www.everestnews.com/everest2006/sharp06012006.htm
EverestNews.com has been informed from a member on the Russell Brice (Himex) expedition that David Sharp was seen talking and was alive and lucid enough to state to least one of those climbers, "My name is David Sharp and I am with Asian Trekking".

This occurred several hours after Sharp had been pronounced "effectively dead" and as the climbers who had passed Sharp on their way up to the summit again encountered him on their descent according to the member on the Russell Brice (Himex) expedition.

To add more astonishing news to the story, the Brice (Himex) expedition member also divulged that film crew members of the Brice (Himex) team had taped footage of Sharp alive and speaking to them on May 15th. Helmet cams reportedly worn by Sherpas supporting the Brice (Himex) team and their Discovery filming project were sending a live signal to advance base camp where the producers watched the grim drama unfold in real time. Tigress Productions, the company commissioned to produce a documentary series for Discovery, has confirmed to EverestNews.com that they do in fact have film of Sharp while he struggled for his life on May 15th.

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EverestNews.com has been told that several climbers had to unclip from the rope to get around David. It was very hard to miss David.

[Wonk]

1. I posted this last night. Here's the link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1333057&mesg_id=1333057

[TorchTheWitch]

2. Thanks I wasn't on last night and missed it

And after seeing it now, I wish I'd never saw it at all. Sad. Sad. Sad.