Marty Hoey

For more than ten years, Hoey worked as a professional guide on Mount Rainier and on Mount McKinley, and she also climbed on more distant ranges. Hoey also worked for Dick Bass, as safety patrol chief at the Snowbird ski resort. Death on Everest Expedition teammate Jim Wickwire said that he and Hoey were perched on a 45-degree rock slope at about , carrying gear to establish Camp 6, with the expectation of heading for the summit in the next day or two. Hoey's body was never recovered. Whittaker said, "I can't think of a more beautiful resting place; she fell into the prettiest place that ever was." Some other fatalities that season were noted British climbers Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker. ==See also==