High Mountain Losses

Another chapter in Surviving the extremes that i read was titled high mountains. In the high mountains chapter various tragic events occur and unfortunate families suffer. The helpless travelers suffer to pursue their curiosity even leading to a death.
In the high mountains chapter the group is traveling up to the high mountains on this voyage the author is also involved. He talks of there travels up to the mountain and the struggles. In this chapter the group sets up a base camp with various pharmaceutical medications as well as medical equipment. As they leave from the base camp to higher altitudes and the cold snow falling causes numerous struggles for the team. At one point a team player becomes very sick and he knows of his death he then encourages other the team to go on and leave him behind to die. Although he was humble, he did have one request before dying which was communicating with his pregnant wife before his death. This sad chapter comes to an end with many deaths, tragic, and losses.