His body, removed from sight in 2007, remains on the mountain.
As many as 40 climbers went past him, believing Sharp to be either already dead or beyond rescue. One group passed him at one in the morning, saw he was still breathing, but continued on to the summit as they felt evacuating him would have put further lives in danger. Sharp continued to freeze during the night, and probably suffered the effects of Hypoxia, before eventually succumbing to death. His body, removed from sight in 2007, remains on the mountain.