When double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt. Everest in May 2006, he was feted by the press and public alike. But a few days later he was plunged into controversy when it was learned he and his team mates had passed an incapacitated climber, David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely death high in the Death Zone. In Dying for Everest we hear the stories and witness the strange effect Everest has on the rules of survival and finally, the end, we are able to judge for ourselves the morality of climbing in the Death Zone.