I'm not inspired by the kind of people who push their bodies to the absolute limit, foregoing the human responsibility to help others in this pursuit, but I will read about it. Everyone who decides to climb Everest sacrifices some amount of morality while also accepting a very real possibility that they will die painfully.

The psyche of that kind of person is fascinating. I don't think the people who leave others to die in the moment are cruel, every climber on these expeditions understands the risks. As the author mentions in the book, once you're above 28,000ft lucid thought is impossible, and each individual or group has to make in-the-moment decisions about the safety of themselves.