Sunita Hazra, far left, was the only one in a group of 4 Indian climbers to survive their attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest http://nyti.ms/2DiKxDV pic.twitter.com/Qbgxul8RIh
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Options for would-be rescuers are few at such extreme altitudes. They worry about their own survival, knowing that extra time exposed to the elements can prove fatal. http://nyti.ms/2DiKxDV pic.twitter.com/blmRzdbXTm
Climbers have also paid tens of thousands of dollars, perhaps devoted many years of their lives, to this one day, and might be reluctant to abort it all for a stranger in need of help http://nyti.ms/2DiKxDV pic.twitter.com/y9SjndtmO1
The day Sunita was rescued, one of her climbing partners, Goutam Ghosh, was still somewhere higher on the mountain http://nyti.ms/2DiKxDV pic.twitter.com/JOV7ESMyqn
At least 27 people stepped over him on their way to the summit and again on their way down before the climbing season ended http://nyti.ms/2DiKxDV pic.twitter.com/j5RpdXmiUY
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