Sunday, February 11, 2007

What would you have said?

On page 174 Doug wanted to descend down Everest after making it close to the summit, even knowing on his last attempt at Everest he had to descend 300 feet below the summit. Not wanting Doug to do this to himself, Rob caught up to Doug and had a small conversation with him, and Doug got back in line and continued his ascent. What do you think that Rob had said to Doug, and what would you have said?

1 comment:

Trooney said...

I would have told Doug that "You've come so far for the second time and you've experienced the hardships this mountain throws at you. And do you really want to quit now after so many people have helped you raise funds to get you up on this mountain?" I would have told him this because you wouldn't want Doug to be forced to live with the fact that he isn't good enough to climb Mt. Everest his lifelong dream. He would be destroyed emotionally as a person.