Reject it all you want. You put yourself in harm's way, in fact you became injured yourself, in the effort to assist someone else in a dangerous situation. For that, I applaud you.
Look at it this way: would you, would ANY of us, carry 5 liters of fluid up this mountain?
I've seen a lot of stupid, but this one really, REALLY takes the cake for me.
I gotta stop reading this Medicine for Mountaineering book.
Bottom line: Tom, you are welcome in my camp, anytime.
