[iJohnDoe]

Serious question. When climbers are walking by bodies, do they check if they are still alive or need help? Is there nothing that could be done anyways? Face down means don’t bother checking?

Any human not moving in Rainbow Valley is presumed dead?

I imagine you’re trying to keep yourself alive and keep your eyes forward, and realize you can’t do anything to help them anyways.

[jmalicki]

There was a case of a climber (David Sharp) that was having issues and found shelter in the vicinity of green boots, and the theory was that part of why he died is that the 40 climbers who passed by him without stopping just assumed he was green boots and didn't pay attention.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/david-sharp

It's why green boots was moved (and is no longer a landmark), and David Sharp was also moved.