disaster. With no hope of rescue and no food or water, both men knew the odds were against them. If they didn’t continue down the mountain fast, they would both die.
5 Things were going well until suddenly Yates realized his injured partner was hanging in mid-air over a crevasse. He tried to pull Simpson back up, but couldn’t.
4 They decided to tie themselves to each end of a 300-foot rope, and Yates lowered Simpson down the mountain in a slow, painful process.