Monday, February 12, 2007
Would You Turn Around?
On page 152-153 it talks about Goran turning around just around 60 minutes away from the top. This act showed good judgment because he knew he would be too tired. If you were just minutes from the top, like Goran, would you turn around? I personally would not turn around. Even though it could be unsafe I would not like to go back down and have not made it to the summit, when I could have easily.
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Although I would be extremely worried about the risks of proceeding to the top, I would definitely keep going if I were only 60 minutes away. The decision to turn around was possibly very smart in Goran's case, but having come so far just to turn around is a journey in its own, and to reach the top is the only thing that could keep me going through that journey and all the way back to base camp. Also, I would feel extremely sad that I had come all the way to Everest and come so close to the top just to turn around, so I would definitely have kept going.
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