A Chinese woman who was discovered unconscious on Mount Everest at nearly 30,000 feet above sea level is facing online backlash for allegedly refusing to pay a Sherpa guide a $10,000 rescue fee. The climb: An unidentified Sherpa guide was reportedly escorting climber Fan Jiangtao to the Mount Everest summit when he found the 50-year-old woman, identified as Liu, close to the peak on the evening of May 18. The rescue: Fan agreed to abandon his goal of reaching the summit to help save the unconscious woman, who is from Hunan province, China.
A Chinese woman who was discovered unconscious on Mount Everest at nearly 30,000 feet above sea level is facing online backlash for allegedly refusing to pay a Sherpa guide a $10,000 rescue fee.An unidentified Sherpa guide was reportedly escorting climber Fan Jiangtao to the Mount Everest summit when he found the 50-year-old woman, identified as Liu, close to the peak on the evening of May 18.
Liu reportedly reached the summit and was descending when she experienced health problems, according to theFan agreed to abandon his goal of reaching the summit to help save the unconscious woman, who is from Hunan province, China. During their extreme rescue mission, Fan encountered and asked for help from Xie Ruxiang, a Hunan Provincial Mountain Climbing Association member. Like Fan, Xie abandoned his climb and agreed to help.
“After this saga, will future climbers save or help others on Mount Everest? I think probably not. This woman has quashed the living hope of other climbers who get into trouble climbing Everest,” a Weibo user said.Due to the attacks on Liu, Xie and Fan asked social media users not to spread hate. “Saving her is our choice, and expressing gratitude is hers. These are two separate things. We are not her and don’t understand what she felt. Let’s just show tolerance,” Xie said.
“We’ve saved her, so we hope she can continue to live well. We should stop online attacks and humiliation,” Fan added.
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