> One really wonders about the competence of the committee which was selecting climbers for the fatal attempt. That's not really what happened. There wasn't so

> One really wonders about the competence of the committee which was selecting climbers for the fatal attempt. That's not really what happened. There wasn't some committee deciding that Mallory and Irvine should go up that day - it was the result of health, weather, conditions, injuries, and politics inside the group. They were months of travel away from anything resembling a committee!