A former soldier who was only 500m away from finishing his
ascent abandoned his Everest climb to save a fellow climber.
Leslie Binns, 42, from Rotherham, was only 12 hours away
from making his final ascent when he spotted a woman sliding down the mountain
towards him.
After seeing 32-year-old Sunita Hazra in distress, Leslie
told his Sherpa to abandon their climb and help her back to camp.
He gave her his oxygen bottle and escorted her all the way
back to his camp where Sunita was then taken to hospital on May 21.
He told the BBC: ‘All we could her were the screams of
terror as the person gained momentum. I braced myself to try and stop whoever
it was, and managed to do so.’
