Rob in all his climbing experience , gave into the wishes/influences of his client rather than his own better prof. judgement.
When a stranded Rob made radio contact he asked the silly question;' 'Won't somebody come and help me?'...
what's not often mentioned, is that two sherpas [that summited two days before and were exhausted],
did leave camp IV (26,000 ft) in an attempt to assist him down, apparently they got to within 700 ft of
the Sth Summit(28,700 ft) with Robs position just below the Sth summit, but they were forced to turn back.
..they came to within like a couple hundred feet or less of his position. but even had they reached him they
themselves may not have been in an able bodied condition to help him, ..its possible all three could have perished.
Three Sherpas also set off from camp IV toward Scott Fischer and Makalu Gau 1200 ft away...Fischer was found dead
and left on the ledge, while Gau was brought down.
