This very long read is riveting and thought-provoking: Deliverance From 27,000 Feet.
5 Sherpas surrounded the frozen corpse. They swung axes at the body’s edges, trying to pry it from its icy tomb. They knocked chunks of snow from the body … pieces skittered down the mountain.
Miraz Jordan @JMaxB Indeed. And for the Sherpas, running up and down Everest while others claim the 'glory’ and having to deal with the dead. There's just so much in that whole thing.
Cheri Wow. Such powerful writing. It makes me angry at people who leave their families behind to take those kinds of risks, all for glory.
Miraz Jordan @Cheri And that woman who didn’t want money spent to bring back her husband's body, but instead leave him where he’d longed to be and instead pay for her son’s education. There were so many strands in there!