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Seems to me like there's gonna be a few people dying up there tonight/tomorrow then.

I just hope for their sakes, that the weather holds, and another storm doesn't do what happenned in '96(?).

It might make some people wake up if it did though. But then again some people will never wake up to the reality of how dangerous it is!

Is our lovely Miss Rice (or whatever her name is) one of the 70?

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Pssst, Drew - think her name was Annabel Bond (sp).

Do you reckon the guides and clients will have learnt any lessons from the 96 disaster? Like sticking to cut off times and stuff?

If for some reason I found myself doing something with such a high mortality rate, then I'd make use of all the info available to try and reduce the risk as much as possible.

I know what you mean. I'm probably never going to do it myself, but if I did, then at 2pm (and not a second later) I would turn back down.

Is it coincidence the same filmakers are on the mountain as were there in 96?

It'll be by some miracle if all the climbers make it to the summit and back on the one day. The numbers mean that many will be forced to turn back as the 2pm deadline passes, yet they may have been waiting for an hour or more at the step. The skill of the guides wil then be in their judgement of the clients abilities and persuading them to turn around when otherwise they would have made it. You can see a disaster occurring again if the weather turns suddenly as it did in 96. Surely these decisions should be made lower down or at base camp as groups announce their intentions to summit on a particular day.

Dave you're back, how was today with Ian?

Hope it isn't tempting fate by pointing that fact out though about the film makers.

Drew, Si was just guessing Ms Bonds name I'm sure. It's the other Darren that has her pictures all over his tent ;-)

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