Andy Harris

In his early 30s, he battled depression, and he fed his dark obsessions by losing himself in one extreme climb after another.

Now, the team of climbers joining Beck included John Krakauer, a Japanese climber, Yasuko Namba, guide Andy Harris, and six others.

They started their final summit bid in earnest on May 9th after negotiating the Kombu Icefall and the 4,000-foot Lhotse Face.

For the final two days, the climbers would use bottled oxygen full-time.

He wouldn't be able to live with himself knowing that he had left Doug there to die, so the father-to-be got back on the radio and asked for help.

Andy Harris, who was already a third of the way down to high camp and exhausted himself, heard Rob's call and slowly labored his way back up to help.

The two guides struggled for hours to get Doug across the precarious summit ridge only for him to fall to his death along the way.

Rob and Andy made it to the south summit, but Rob couldn't go any further.