Even the experts make wrong choices sometimes. A few years ago, 2 teams, 1 American and 1 German, were climbing a mountain in the Himalayas. It was a 3000' shear face, almost totally vertical. Both teams were at the 2000' point when a really wicked storm came in. The Americans descended but the Germans decided to stick it out. They strung tents from the ropes and hunkered down for the night. By morning every one of them had frozen to death.
