Indeed - the situation is not clear. Conflicting report.
Better source than the BBC here:
Everest 2017: What Really Happened to the Hillary Step - The Blog on alanarnette.com
Possibly a bigger HK first.
History-making Chan Yuen-ting full of tears as she steps down as Eastern coach | South China Morning Post
Now this is nuts:
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/...ithout-oxygen/
He did it twice in a week...without Oxygen, fixed rope and sherpas.
A whole new level of accomplishment!
Everest-conquering Hong Kong woman rejects criticism for not helping dying climbers | South China Morning Post
and of course some people (arm chair warriors) feel the need to comment on her performance in a negative way...
Some of the comments on that article (like all the others) are pathetic. Absolutely f***ing pathetic. What kind of world do we live in where nobody is allowed to achieve something extraordinary without a bunch of armchair critics deciding they need to jump in. I hope she does not read any of this stuff. I hope she inspires many more generations of students to reach their dreams, whatever they are.