Mountain Clients

On the morning of 30 April, 2002, a 38 year old British climber, Peter Legate fell to his death during an expedition to climb Mount Everest. Theavoidable accident, occured while descending fixed ropes from Camp 3 (7,100 meters) on the Lhotse face. Mr Legate who was not roped to a guide, fell into a crevasse from where it was impossible to recover his body. Mr Legate was a member (client) of a commercial expedition operated by Himalayan Guides, a member of International Guiding Operators 8000 (IGO 8000) at the – cuttting edge of Himalayan safety when it come to mountain clients. IGO 8000 will be conducting (another) inquiry into an accident involving one of its clients. IGO 8000, at the leading edge of client safety, has apparently, extended its deepest sympathy to Mr Legate’s family. The boss and one of the leaders of Himalayan Guides – Mr Henry Barclay Todd referred to elswhere on the Internet as the Toddfather, was not available (he is reported to be somewhere in Tibet) to comment on the avoidable accident to one of his clients.

It remains to be seen if the British Mountaineering Council will finally – give full publicity to this latest Himalayan Guides/IGO 8000 debacle. Adverse publicity, that has been threatened to other independent mountain guides who have lost not a single client.