>As soon as Francys was discovered, oxygen was given to her. She was left tied to the rope by the Uzbekistan climbing team. According to legend, she stood up by leaning on a rock like a “Sleeping Beauty,” giving rise to the phrase “Sleeping Beauty of Everest. “It’s a heart-breaking tale since the Uzbekistani squad pretended to be helpful but ultimately failed to protect Francys. According to reports, she begged the climbers to assist her and kept repeating, “Don’t Leave Me. Why Are You Treating Me Like This? I’m an American, too.” But she got no assistance.
>According to reports, the Uzbekistan team thought that Francys did not have a passion for climbing and was merely joining her husband on the Everest Expedition.
>One of the climbers, Cathy O’Dowd, shared her experience with The Guardian and said she struggled with whether to assist the woman in need or risk the failure of her expedition and climb’s sponsors. Cathy said Francys’ spine looked like it was broken. She uttered: “The person was lying with their stomach up, head and legs dangling down on either side, harness clipped to a line of fixed rope.”
>Cathy’s crew attempted to change Francys’ clothes because her hands were all bloated, but they felt that she was a complete waste of space. The two Uzbeks who had previously tied her up with a rope before leaving showed up.
>They said they tried to help Francys the day before, but she was too damaged to help, despite Cathy’s persistent requests for assistance. As far as O’Dowd was concerned, Arsentiev “wasn’t an obsessive type of climber” and frequently mentioned her son and house. But once more, being so high up on the mountain, they could only offer little assistance. Francys’s frostbitten lifeless face began to lose colour and take on the pallor of a wax figure over the course of the following several hours, yet she managed to keep a surprisingly serene attitude. The ‘Sleeping Beauty’ of Mount Everest, as climbers dubbed Francys.
