On May 10, 1996 six people died trying to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. These people were parts of two expeditions that were in the Himalayas, preparing to ascend the summit for six weeks. The first group was under the direction of Rob Hall, who had put 39 paying clients on the summit in five years. Hall was considered the leader of the mountain and the man to see no matter what the discrepancy. Group two, headed by Fisher, who like Hall, was trying to start a profitable business in providing the experience of climbing Mt. Everest to all for the price of 60 to 70 thousand dollars. Unfortunatly, neither man would live to tell the tale of this expedition.
At 11 pm on May 9, these climbers began their final ascent to the summit. This was the time everyone should have realized the horrors to come. Earlier this day the climbers witnessed the first death of the trip. A man lost his footing and slid down the mountain. He was left at the camp to recover, but when he tried to......

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Title: Why Did The Mt Everest Tragdey Happen?
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