I realise that in these sad circumstances, this may not be the place to start an argument, but that remark, no doubt made by someone who knows absolutely nothing about the circumstances, is stupid in the extreme.
I'm sorry but you also know nothing of what happened so your comment is just as 'stupid'.
I hope they tried everything but that article doesn't provide any clarity on the situation and sounds completely barbaric. He was left to freeze, blind, scared, alone and alive on Mount Everest and not one quote to suggest he wanted to be left there.
I hope for Peter's sake that the situation was as ammicable as CMIB suggests but I can't help but think how horrible that his death must have been.
RIP..