Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 2006 climbing season on Mount Everest where 10 people would die. I focus in on the case of David Sharp, who many think could have been saved if he had been helped earlier. I then cover the rescue of Lincoln Hall who survived a night in the death zone. 

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Sources:

Dark Summit - Nick Heil

Dying for Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Steps

https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/12/13/comparing-the-routes-of-everest-2022-edition/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://www.alanarnette.com/everest/everest2006.php

http://www.everestnews.com/2006expeditions/everest006252006.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Hall_(climber)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sharp_(mountaineer)