I agree completely, and agree with your original statement that the major problem with Everest is that it's full of amateurs. I'm just saying that the technica

I agree completely, and agree with your original statement that the major problem with Everest is that it's full of amateurs. I'm just saying that the technical difficulty of a rescue isn't the only criteria. In the case of Minamiura, his survivability if he was rescued was high. The chance of him being rescued was low. For someone suffering HAPE/HACE on Everest it's probably the reverse. I didn't mean to suggest that they should be left behind.