The incident ignited a debate over climbing ethics, with some climbers maintaining that there isn't a lot that can be done to help a gravely ill person at that elevation. Sharp died from hypothermia on Everest, 1500 feet below the summit, after being passed by numerous climbers, including Inglis' party who passed Sharp on both their ascent and descent while Sharp lay dying. However, the achievement of Inglis' Everest summit on prosthetic limbs was overshadowed by controversy involving the death of another climber, David Sharp. Some other people with disabilities who have conquered Everest include Gary Guller, who in 2003 made it to the top of the mountain with only one arm, and Mark Inglis, a double-amputee who reached the summit in 2006. He was the first blind person to summit Mount Everest and also the first blind person to climb the Seven Summits, the highest point on each continent. Why?Д®rik Weihenmayer was born with a disease that left him totally blind by the age of thirteen, but he never let his disability slow him down besides mountaineering, he participated in running, rock climbing, skydiving and cycling, among other activities. Erik Weihenmayer's 2001 ascent of Mount Everest was bittersweet: He made it to the top of the highest mountain on earth but wasn't able to enjoy the view.Apparently, the altitude knocked the other 'l' out of the helicopter's name - certainly, it was a 'Llama' helicopter. Interestingly, although Delsalle had the record for the highest helicopter landing (as of that date), he didn't get the record for the highest helicopter flight - that record belonged to another Frenchman, Jean Boulet, who flew his Lama helicopter to an altitude of 40,800 feet (12,500 meters) in 1972. Additionally, those who had climbed Everest and were familiar with the terrain didn't think that the terrain pictured in the video from the helicopter was Everest - 'where is the trash?' wrote one blogger. There wasn't clear video showing him coming in for a landing on Everest. The video of the event was edited the video from the ground showed him flying around Everest and then the video from his helicopter showed him being on top of the mountain. Skeptics have questioned whether Delsalle actually landed on Everest.

He touched down on the summit and remained there for a couple of minutes in a hover landing without shutting down, and he repeated the feat the following day. In May of 2005, Delsalle took off from base camp in an unmodified turbo-engine helicopter and flew to the top of Mount Everest.

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