The Woman Who Remortgaged Her House to Die on Everest

On May 19, 2012, Shriya Shah-Klorfine stood on the summit of Everest after 19 hours of climbing. She was the first Canadian woman of South Asian origin to reach the top. She spent 25 minutes there. Eight hours later, 250 meters from Camp Four, her last words to the Sherpas beside her were "save me." This video covers who Shriya was, what brought her to Everest, and what the system around her failed to do on the way down. A guiding company that had never summited Everest before. An oxygen supply calculated for a faster climber. No authority to enforce a turnaround when she refused one. And what the death zone actually does to the judgment of someone who has been above 8,000 meters for 27 hours straight. She reached the summit. That part was real. So was everything that followed.