Everest but at the cost of his life. Beck Weathers: Andy may have lacked Himalayan experience, but he did have a lot of experience in New Zealand. Andy Harris and Doug Hansen may lie near him, though we'll probably never know. Norm Snead of the New York Giants hands off to Doug Kotar as Don Hansen of the Atlanta Falcons defends during the game at Yale Bowl on October 6,. [45], After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy, One Survivor's Story, 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest, List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest, List of people who died climbing Mount Everest, "Climbing Veterans Call Everest Deaths Inevitable", "Apa Sherpa Full Biography - Apa Sherpa Foundation", "David A. Sowles Memorial Award American Alpine Club", "The Real Story of Sandy Hill Pittman, Everest's Socialite Climber", "U.S. climber, thought dead, rescued from Mount Everest", "Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa's response to Krakauer's article", "Anatoli Boukreev's response to Krakauer's article", "Summit Journal '96: Scott Fischer Returns to Everest: Anatoli Boukreev response", "Summit Journal '96: Scott Fischer Returns to Everest: Reply from Jon Krakauer", GlaxoSmithKline: On top of the world Acclimatisation, "Explorers' Last Words and Technology: From Robert Falcon Scott to Rob Hall", "Bodies to come down in Everest clean-up", "High Winds Suck Oxygen from Everest: Predicting Pressure Lows Could Protect Climbers", "Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa killed in Everest avalanche", "REVIEW: Dallas Opera's stunning world premiere of 'Everest'. Email: ssmtoffice@gmail.com / ssmtpmu@gmail.com / ssmtjobs@gmail.com He was a receiver & me the QB. By the way, I live in Kent too, and I planted white flowers next to Dougs memorial on photo. I appreciate you dropping by. The team leaders' decisions to exceed the normal turnaround time of 14:00, with many summiting after 14:30. Doug Hansen, the "mailman" who conquered Everest [17] When Hall arrived at the scene, the Sherpas offered to take Hansen to the summit, but Hall sent the Sherpas down to assist the other clients, and instructed them to stash oxygen canisters on the route. [Laughter] And I was saying, "Nope, not me! Perhaps the Everest film will help to resurrect his memory, and I hope to also do my humble part here. Some people found his character and his methodical approach a little too serious in some ways until they got to know him a bit better and then they realized that, yeah sure, Rob was all business when it came to organizing things, but he liked to let loose when all was done, everything was completed the way it should have been. Over the next two days, Weathers was ushered down to Camp II with the assistance of eight healthy climbers from various expeditions, and was evacuated by a daring high-altitude helicopter rescue. View the profiles of people named Doug Hansen. No one to blame but Popeye's Chickenlong line up! That seems to be the consensus, that he was liked by everyone.