Many authors use this topic to stir up debates about morality, but it is the height of vanity to write about the dead without ever having understood the subject. Let us debunk the myths surrounding the «roof of the world». Myth 1: No one rescues anyone. In 2006 a story made headlines about how 42 people passed by the dying David Sharp and left him to freeze in the «death zone». The Discovery TV crew even tried to interview the doomed man; the video is online. In reality. According to one version, David Sharp's body has long since gone from the roof of the world. According to another, it is buried right there. People saw him, approached him, gave him their oxygen cylinders. Four Sherpas tried to get the climber on his feet and bring him down, but all attempts were in vain. David Sharp in life. People do rescue others. There are not many people of such high morals, but they exist. Here are just three of them. In 1996 Boukreev saved three Americans from death. In 2004 the Australian Andrew Lock saved three climbers suffering from altitude sickness. In 2007 the Canadian Meagan McGrath, with the help of other climbers, rescued Usha Bista, who had been abandoned by her own group, left on the slope without oxygen or water. Meagan McGrath – the woman who was not afraid to rescue. Myth 2: Bodies are left on the trail and serve as «altitude markers». The most famous marker on the trail was «Green Boots». Very many people confuse the body, repeatedly calling it Sharp. The body has still not been identified (Tsewang Paljor or Dorje Morup). Whoever the unfortunate man was, death overtook him at the summit during the tragic events of 1996. After death, the climber lay on the slope for about 10 years and became a «marker» of the altitude of 8,500 metres. The same is said of the American Francys Arsentiev, who is called «sleeping beauty». In reality. Back in 2014 the body of Paljor or Morup was buried under rocks, and in 2017 a Russian expedition found it and covered the body even more securely. Francys's body was found, wrapped in an American flag and dropped into a crevasse. Encapsulated climbers. As for the others who died on Chomolungma, their bodies have not been identified, but they are not left unattended. In 2017 a Russian expedition set off for Everest to encapsulate the bodies of the dead. Other expeditions picked up this initiative. Moreover, bodies are transported down from the summit and handed over to relatives for tens of thousands of dollars. On causes, consequences and harsh reality. Many pass by, because any delay can cost a life. Even experienced climbing instructors have died when they went back for those who remained behind. And since Everest has become a commercial venture, anyone can climb it. Help someone and die yourself? Hardly anyone would be ready to go for that. Sherpas – those who help carry the oxygen cylinders and personal belongings. And once again, money. The services of Sherpas, the oxygen cylinders – all of this is paid for separately. David Sharp was not a rich man; his money was only enough for the climb and a tent, and he took three oxygen cylinders with him instead of five. Otherwise he would have been alive. Even Sharp's mother said that she does not blame everyone who passed by: «at such an altitude, it is every man for himself». Francys Arsentiev became the first woman to climb Everest without an oxygen cylinder. Her husband Sergei Arsentiev was also without an oxygen cylinder, and that is an unjustified risk. The experienced climbers' mistake also lay in the fact that they tried to recover their strength at an altitude where this is impossible. Sergei began a second ascent to save his wife, but fell into a crevasse. We will not repeat the sad events of 1996; we wrote about them in the article «A miracle on Everest – 36 hours in the snow».