What would you do?

[Nević Nenad]

Reding this thread from ScioAgapeOmnis,

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=5898

this got my attention, story from the same site.

http://www(dot)dailymail.co(dot)uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=451798&in_page_id=1770

Everest climber returns to mountain to bury woman he was forced to abandon 9 years ago


She was alone on a mountain shelf when they found her - a frozen, pathetic figure just 800ft below the summit of Everest.

When they eventually reached her she barely had the strength left to speak. But Francys Arsentiev's last words would stay with them for the rest of their lives: "Don't leave me," she begged. "Please don't leave me." In the treacherous terrain of the world's highest mountain, and in temperatures below minus 30C, they had little choice.

They stayed with her for as long as they could before abandoning their summit attempt and heading back down for help. In their hearts, however, they knew they were leaving her to die.

By the time another climbing party got to her, Fran had already succumbed to the cold. No-one could help her now.

It was too dangerous even to contemplate carrying her lifeless body down the North Face from its precarious position on the loose rock shards that formed the steep mountain shelf. And so, for the next nine years, the 40-year-old American would remain a macabre beacon of death at 28,000ft - clearly visible to the many adventurers who would subsequently take the same route to the top. Even today, the bright purple of her climbing jacket still stands out against the snow.

You can read whole text on the site.


Very sad story.What would you do in such situation like that climber was? I don’t know what I would do.

 

[Beau]

In that situation I would probably have done exactly what the male climber did, which it looks like was all he could do. Emotions may have caused me to try and bring her down, but without knowing the true difficulty of such an attempt I can't say with any certainty if I would have tried. It's a very tough spot to be put in.

 

[Laura]

You might want to get and watch "Touching the void" to get the real, visceral impact of the kinds of choices that have to be made under such circumstances."

Notice that they abandoned their climb and went back for help. That was really all they could do. Also, there is this:

She was dead when the other teams came upon her the following morning.

 

[Nević Nenad]

Thanks, Laura, will try to find the movie.

Maybe I have been misunderstood.I am not judging those climbers.
I know that such “what if" questions are immature and pointless, especially when one is not or ever been in such situation, but I was taken by emotions when read that, and starting to ask myself: what would I do in their places, would I have the strength to left her, can I live later knowing that she asked me to stay, and that climber obviously think about that too.
And I am not thinking of phrases like “dying alone" (I don’t make distinction in “dying alone" or in good company) but I was thinking of fear that she might feel, would I feel that fear too in her place, would I also ask someone to stay with me, and obviously die together with me, would my decisions be made with thinking or with emotions ( and this would be the end of my post because I just realize that whole thread is answer on my question)