interesting commentary from the mother.....
His mother Linda Sharp said Russell Brice, who led Inglis' expedition, and a sherpa had tried to help David but it was too late.
"One of Russell's sherpas checked on him and there was still life there. He tried to give him oxygen but it was too late.
"Your responsibility is to save yourself - not to try and save anybody else," she told the north east of England newspaper the Northern Echo.
"I can't say how grateful I am to the sherpa and to Russell," she said.
Inglis said at that height it was impossible to rescue a climber.
The mountain was littered with bodies.
"You have to step over so many. You have to physically step over so many."
Inglis said there were at least nine bodies on the route he took to the summit.
"Part of the route is called Rainbow Valley because when you look down it all you can see is the colouration of people's suits," he said.
