1996 what was the whole process of the Everest accident?

This is a tragedy caused by the unhealthy competition between two commercial mountaineering teams. The root cause is man-made disaster.

Mount Qomolangma only provided help to climbers when they were desperate, which eventually led to the "mountain disaster of the century."

In the final analysis, the leaders of two commercial mountaineering teams, Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, both died of "forcibly helping incompetent customers to reach the summit". In order to ensure the summit rate, regardless of the closing time, they didn't want to give up their customers and escape alone (if they gave up, they would basically bid farewell to mountaineering), and finally left with their customers.

Take an adventure consulting company in rob hall as an example. The general situation is:

1. Plan ahead: set out on the first day, climb to the top the next day, descend before 2 pm (closing time), and return to the assault camp before dark.

2. Start on time. However, due to the large number of people, the large troops were blocked on Hillary's steps and delayed for an hour or two.

3. After the delay, most troops still reached the summit by force, so most people didn't retreat within the stipulated closing time. Rob hall, the team leader, didn't drag the last customer down the hill until four o'clock.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the agreed bad weather arrived as promised, and the large troops were blocked in the mountains. Only a small number of people who strictly observe the closing time (whether they reach the summit or not) arrive at the assault camp safely.

The bad weather lasted all night. The rescue is unfavorable. People on the mountain lacked oxygen, lost their temperature one by one, and fell down and died.

6. Some survivors survived because of all kinds of luck or strong will. But still paid a high price (frostbite, amputation, etc. ).

7. rob hall lasted until the third day without oxygen, but because of his high position (the slowest customer dragged him on Hillary's steps, which was almost impossible to save), he finally lost his body temperature and died.

Scott's situation is similar, but only he died in his team and all the players survived. (Scott died of exhaustion, inability to go down the mountain and hypothermia in order to save the team members)

Therefore, the direct cause of this mountain disaster is the snowstorm. The apparent reason is the traffic jam on Hillary's steps, and the fundamental reason is that the two team leaders forcibly ignored the closing time for the performance. Proper man-made disaster.

However, rob hall and Scott seem to be good people. On the contrary, those who arrive at the camp first without helping their teammates trapped in the mountains are the real hooligans. Later, one of them wrote a book to throw fancy pots for his indifference.