get another 2000 if his client reaches the summit pemba and his client set out in the evening hoping to reach the summit by the next morning theyre unaware of the tragedy that is unfolding above them the two men are making good progress its cold and the wind is blowing at about 50 kilometers per hour 31 mph at 10 pm at 8300 meters they encounter chinese climber ha wenyi the 55yearold owner of an importexport business is sitting in the snow off to the side of the route and his oxygen bottle is empty he is alive but hes completely exhausted pemba the guide helps him reattach himself to the fixed rope then he and benjehuda continue their ascent a little later at 8400 meters pembas headlamp illuminates a body in the snow its shriya shahklorfine a 33yearold businesswoman from canada pemba calls out didi didi or sister sister but the climber is dead the two men continue on their way at 1145 pm at 8500 meters the light from their lamps falls on a man crouched against a boulder his thermal suit is torn open and white down feathers are swirling through the air he isnt carrying a backpack he no longer has an oxygen mask the crampon on his right foot is missing and his lips are covered with ice aborting the summit attempt the man is aydin irmak his eyes are closed but hes still breathing pemba shakes his shoulder and irmak wakes up can you move your legs pemba asksi think so says irmakwheres your equipment the sherpa asksno idea irmak doesnt know what happened or how he managed to reach this point from the summit pemba and his client abort their summit attempt they secure irmak to the fixed rope place him between them and begin the descent fighting their way down the mountain they climb over the dead canadian woman and reach the chinese climber he has since died as well the body of song won bin a 44yearold mountain climber from south korea is lying nearby after becoming confused and disoriented he fell off an overhang which is why the three men cant see him they climb down from camp 4 to camp 3 and on to camp 2 at 6400 meters which they reach at about 7 pm on may 20 there they learn that another climber german doctor eberhard schaaf also had an accident on everest during his descent he collapsed at the base of the hillary step an almost vertical 12meter cliff at 8760 meters schaaf died at shortly after 3 pm when irmak was still standing on the summit to be able to stand on the highest point on earth is one of mans biggest dreams like flying or traveling to the moon every spring when himalayan weather conditions are most favorable alpinists from all over the world attempt to scale mount everest they include professional mountain climbers and scientists but also a growing number of