In the story of the climbers who perished on Mount Everest, what factors COULD have contributed to their poor decision making (at the cost of their lives) ?
A) Belief that they could make it to the top and be back to basecamp in time, despite warnings that they needed to turn around by 2:00 P.M."
B) Their physical condition-the lack of oxygen effected their judgement"
C) Pride-who wants to say they tried to climb Everest and didn't make it to the top?"
D) All of the above"
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