by 09:00, hall had fixed his oxygen mask but indicated that his frostbitten hands and feet were making it difficult to traverse the fixed ropes. later in the afternoon, he radioed base camp, asking them to call his pregnant wife, jan arnold, on the satellite phone. during this last communication, they chose a name for their unborn child, he reassured her that he was reasonably comfortable and told her, "sleep well, my sweetheart. please don't worry too much." shortly thereafter, he froze to death in his sleep. his body was found on 23 may by ed viesturs and fellow mountaineers from the imax expedition, but was left there as requested by his wife, who said she thought he was "where he'd liked to have stayed". they did, however, bring her back his wedding band. the bodies of doug hansen and andy harris have never been found. viesturs stated in the imax film that upon finding hall's body, he sat down and cried beside his friend.