Sunday, April 26, 2015

There is an implied fiduciary relationship between tour organizations and climbers.

I don't care if the tour organizations disavow any danger or responsibility for danger, there are certain implied understanding between them and their clients. If the tour organizations are not providing all the information a novice climber needs to determine their potential for danger, the tour organizations are responsible for their deaths.

The parameters regarding climbing is weather, winds, ice conditions, snow conditions including type and condition of snow and oxygen content at summit. An inventory of equipment and readiness needs to be assembled before any climb. These are commercial organizations marketing services to people.

There should be no novice climbers on Everest without a significant resume to qualify their assent. Right now, there should be no climbers on Everest at all; at the very least after shocks occur as a reality.

Previous to the tour industry capitalizing on potential death, there were people acting on their own at their own risk to reach the summit. They did start out for the peak of Everest without knowing their chances.