A Day To Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey To Uncover The Truth - Plot & Excerpts
The scheduled morning radio call around 7 a.m. reached us in the depths of our sleeping bags. The night at Camp 3 had been reasonably calm, and everyone was well. As we stepped out of our tents, we were faced with the surprising yet somehow not unexpected disappointment of seeing that the plume was still there. We decided to delay our departure to see if the conditions improved. When the time came for our next scheduled radio call at midday, we were still at Camp 3. Neil made the call: ‘Neil to Henry, come in Henry.’ Henry’s voice came back: ‘Hi, Neil, could you give me your current position?’ Neil: ‘We are still at Camp 3.’ Henry’s reply bellowed from Neil’s handset: ‘What the f**k are you still doing there?’ Neil, in our reasonable defence, replied, ‘Henry, we are looking at the weather high up. It doesn’t seem very good at all.’ ‘Rob and Scott are heading for the summit, just get f**king going. Now!’ was Henry’s unambiguous instruction. By the strength of his response, Henry thought we were going to blow a good summit chance if we didn’t get going immediately.
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