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Originally Posted by Donger

Boy, this is cold...

In 2007, Ian Woodall, a British climber, returned to Everest to bury the bodies of three climbers he passed on his way to the summit. One of the climbers, a woman named Francys Arsentiev, was still alive when Woodall reached her during his initial ascent. Her first words to him were "don't leave me behind." The grim reality, though, is that Woodall could not have done anything for her without jeopardizing his own life or the lives of his team members. He was forced to leave her to perish alone.

Well he did try to help her:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia article on Francys Arsentiev

On the morning of the 24th, two South African climbers, Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, and several more Uzbeks encountered Francys while on their way to the summit. She was found where she had been left the evening before. Sergei's ice axe and rope were identified nearby, but he was nowhere to be found. The South Africans called off their own attempt to reach the summit and tried to help her for more than an hour, but because of her poor condition, the perilous location and freezing weather, they were forced to abandon her and descend to camp.[3] She expired as they found her, lying on her side, still clipped onto the guide rope.