Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead.

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Krakauer revealed that the accident affected him for years afterwards – “I was … depressed and I didn’t even know it” – and has harsh words for the current wave of “Everest tourism”: “Everest is not real climbing. “They were taking chances trying to get clients to the summit because I was there.” Krakauer, however, does accept one of the film’s suggestions: that his presence, and potential coverage in a major magazine, may have pushed one of the expedition leaders, Rob Hall, to take more risks. They were helpless … The writers and I tried to look at things from a fair point of view without choosing sides.” “Our intention in the tent scene that Mr Krakauer mentions was to illustrate how helpless people were and why they might not have been able to go out and rescue people … They were not malicious. Kormákur responded to Krakauer’s complaint in a statement to the LA Times.

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