meanwhile, stuart hutchison, a client on hall's team who had turned around before the summit on 10 may, launched a second search for weathers and namba. he found both alive, but barely responsive and severely frostbitten, and in no condition to move. after consulting with lopsang he made the decision that they could not be saved by the hypoxic survivors at camp iv nor evacuated in time, he left them for nature to take its course, which the other survivors soon agreed was the only choice.