This, in turn, made them vulnerable to pulmonary or cerebral oedema, which in Tullis' condition would have been rapidly fatal. Tullis died on the night of 6/7 August (the accounts of Diemberger and another climber present, Willi Bauer, differ on the date) and was buried on the mountainside.
The condition made Tullis vulnerable to pulmonary or cerebral edema, which would have been fatal in his case. He died on the night of 6/7 August (accounts by Diemberger and another climber present, Willi Bauer, differ on the exact date) and was buried on the mountainside.