111 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/nyregion/27maloney.html?hp NY rep's husband goes to sleep and doesnt wake up after safely summiting Cho Oyu. I assume HACE? Quote
MarkMcJizzy Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 He was 71, and had just summited a 8,00m peak. HACE could certainly be the culprit, but I bet there are other possible causes too. Whatever it was, the altitude was probably a factor Quote
Edlinger Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 One of my climbing partners was guiding Cho Oyu a number of years ago. One morning het went to one of the other tents to wake a client, and the guy was dead in his sleeping bag. He was an older wealthy client who had died in his sleep. Quote
tomtom Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Old folks don't do so well at high altitude mountaineering. Effects of age and gender on success and death of mountaineers on Mount Everest Quote
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