The Himalaya by the Numbers: A Statistical Analysis - Himalayan ...
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camp at 7500m but <strong>the</strong>re was nothing inside so he would have still had problems.<br />
Jim Findley of <strong>the</strong> American expedition led <strong>by</strong> David Hahn – June 4, 1998<br />
Buick was “a determined man in all <strong>the</strong> wrong ways” and never changed his actions<br />
despite all advice from o<strong>the</strong>rs on numerous occasions. Hahn: “he was extremely ignorant of<br />
<strong>the</strong> mountains and never could understand how <strong>the</strong>y could kill him.” Hahn was one of <strong>the</strong><br />
last to talk to Buick. Hahn, et al: he thought everyone else was doing <strong>the</strong> climb much too<br />
expensively and elaborately and he had great disdain for guides. He was convinced that in<br />
life and climbing Everest, you learn as you go along, but he took 72 hours to descend from<br />
North Col to ABC while Hahn’s client took 1-1/2 hours. Is it possible that he wanted to die<br />
on Everest? Nothing else makes sense.<br />
134 Death <strong>Analysis</strong>