http://abcnews.go.com/International/...table-47718146
Read this article this morning, 100's of bodies on the mountain???????
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...table-47718146
Read this article this morning, 100's of bodies on the mountain???????
Thats pretty crazy to think that many bodys are up there frozen it time.
Or that many people are that stupid and naive!
Do a Google search for Mt Everest "Green Boots". This dead climber is a well know landmark by climbers.
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It's a risk you take when you decide to go. At some parts of the mountain it is too dangerous to try and retrive the bodies. Why risk other people lives.
That's pretty wild.
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I've also read that sometimes climbers use the deceased bodies as mile markers/landmarks. Pretty disturbing but there's not much you can do to retrieve the bodies except go get them. And that's the biggest challenge.
So why can't helicopters go all the way to the summit? Is the air too thin to create lift?
Correct - air is too thin. Plus the winds are too great.
If you guys remember the show "Everest" that was on tv several years ago - they talked in detail about this exact thing. It's too dangerous to everyone else to try and retrieve the bodies, so they leave them. Perfectly preserved. I got intrigued by this whole topic and did alot of research.......you'd be amazed at how many people are left up there. Creepy.
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Heres another good read....http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2015...00-dead-bodies
Very creepy but interesting stuff on this topic.
Ya I'll pass on this climb !
I wonder if my mother in law would like to climb Everest...I'd pay.
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That is why the only thing I climb is a 12 pack. It hurts some on the way down but it's not too bad.
That's cold. My mother in law died 6 years after we married, same year my dad died. My son remembers both of them, my daughter doesn't. Only grandparents my kids really knew was my FIL and his second wife.
If mine goes I will spit the cost with you.
Just wait till Global warming kicks in and melts ice and warms up then they can retrieve every one.....and that will be in the next few years......
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Tragic story, both in terms of human life lost, as well as how the climbers leave their trash behind. The only humorous parts of the story for me were the explanations offered by Psychologists on why people risk their lives to climb Everest...or engage in other dangerous activities. The "causes" they cite are neither necessary nor sufficient conditions. At best, they are weak correlates and at worst ad hoc explanations.
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