ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Grant Rawlinson conquers Mt Everest on May 19.

A Kiwi who scaled Mt Everest on a weekend when four people died on its slopes was "repulsed" by the inexperience of some climbers he encountered.

A female climber in the "death zone" above 8000m was unable to climb down a ladder, Grant Rawlinson wrote on his blog.

"She was shouting at her Tibetan guide at the top of the step. Descending the second step is not technically difficult, however it is extremely exposed in some parts and you don't want to fall. She seemed completely freaked out ... She looked like she was going to start crying. I felt absolutely no sympathy for her whatsoever. You don't come to the North East Ridge at 8700m and start getting climbing lessons while you hold everyone else up and they sit there using up their life blood supply of oxygen."

The climber was eventually helped down.

From Taranaki and based in Singapore, Mr Rawlinson has 12 years mountaineering experience, including a previous unsuccessful attempt on Everest.

"And this girl had turned up here without even the ability to downclimb a ladder. The spectacle I was seeing repulsed me. People turning up with no respect for the mountain. The desire for instant gratification without the discipline to do the hard yards, the research, the training and the preparation."

Earlier, Mr Rawlinson was held up by two struggling climbers with teddy bears attached to their packs.

"I contemplated pulling the teddy bears off their backpacks, setting them on fire and shoving them up their backsides. Maybe this would motivate them to climb faster?"

Four climbers died hours after Mr Rawlinson reached the summit on May 19.

Some were caught in a "traffic jam" as hordes of people tried to get to the summit.

Mr Rawlinson felt "immense relief" after getting to the top.

"I sat down in snow just a few feet below the summit and for the first real time admired the view. And what a view it is."

Back at advanced base camp, he reflected on "the craziness" of what he had seen on Everest.

It brought out the best and worst in humanity, he said.

"The egos that came to conquer the mountain for their bragging rights, stepping over corpses en route to the summit as if they were mere objects ... false claims about making the summit, queuing up behind incompetent climbers ... Yet at the same time Everest has some amazing stories of inspiration and hope. Heroic, daring rescues of fellow climbers, the warmth, loyalty and bravery of the Sherpa people and the triumph of the human spirit over the adversity of mother nature."

Mr Rawlinson said he would never return to Everest. "I know I will miss her intensely ... but I should never come back. It's time to find other mountains in my life."

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