Jimmy Chin made the following comments when interview by NPR

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/04/436999368/for-3-climbers-summiting-meru-was-an-irresistible-challenge

On their first climb in 2008, which brought them within 100 meters of the peak

The stakes were too high and the risks were too high. ...

It's heartbreaking, but, you know, you have to set aside your emotional kind of side. But you learn to do that, and you turn around so that you can come back another day.