Cindy, that mountain's news does not always get here. And even though the normal route is easy in fine conditions, the wind, cold and thin air can kill.
When I was there, an American man with HAPE was evacuated from 17,000, a British woman with HACE was dragged down from 19,500, there was an attempted body retrieval of a Polish man from the summit, and our 2-man team rescued a 2-man Italian team storm-bound in the Canaleta. Besides all of that, there were 9 total deaths during the austral summer climbing season of 1998. Harvey
