>>513839496
>>But repeated efforts to bring her down failed, both by climbing and using a helicopter.
I don't know enough about mountaineering to say one way or the other, but why not just physically drag them back.
>it's too hard on the person being rescued!
As opposed to dying?
>it's too hard on the person doing the dragging!
Fair, but like... take breaks or something. They're in presumably good shape, they can afford to take their time.
>It's rocky!
If I was the one being dragged I still say "well, beats the alternative".
You do a combination of "drag me down low enough for the helicopters to reach".
>>513839538
Helicopters have a height limit. I think hovering is around 10k feet, whereas flying is 25k feet. Everest reaches 29k feet. I don't know what the cut off point is for hovering vs. flying, but air density is a real factor.
Granted there are specialty helicopters that probably have different specs.