Everest leader denies knowing dying climber was in trouble

A Mount Everest expedition leader criticised for leading his team past a dying British climber said today that he did not know during his team’s ascent that anyone was in trouble near the peak.

In a detailed statement Russell Brice contradicted comments made earlier by other climbers in his group, who said Brice knew about the incapacitated climber, David Sharp, and told them there was nothing that could be done for him.