Dead bodies on Everest

Avaseer · June 25, 2011

Found this whilst doing my usual start of day internet trawl, pretty amazing stories here.

I've always wanted to climb a couple of mountains sometime in my life, far off fitness now but I suppose once I get a bit more time together I will spend some time in New Zealand learning the ropes.

There is a discussion about it all here which also has loads of pictures and videos of people just frozen there, quite confronting a few of them.

Muggins · June 25, 2011

I've heard about this sort of stuff before. Antiques found on bodies on Everest...

Brave explorers but didn't live to tell the tale...

Alio · June 25, 2011

That green boots one, just doesn't seem real! Eerie stuff

Avaseer · June 25, 2011

I was always aware that they left people behind when they couldn't continue, but it just didn't occur to me about the bodies and such. For some naive reason I just assumed they would of been covered or blown away, or to find a body you'd have to go into some small hidden cave way off the normal trails.

Hibbert&Ernie · June 25, 2011

They found that British lass recently didn't they? She died up there leaving a couple of kids with no mum IIRC. Another bit of trivia, Brian Blessed is the oldest man to go up Everest without extra oxygen - but he has never made the summit in 2 or 3 attempts.

spikeman · June 25, 2011

I would climb Everest just to see the bodies. That's pretty cool, and sad at the same time.

ToffeeMark · June 25, 2011

Good link to the story here:, dead climber was an IT specialist with merseyside police, shame. Shows how dangerous it is up there.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...y-of-friend-on-mount-everest-115875-23220260/

Hibbert&Ernie · June 25, 2011

Great find this. Rep.

Muggins · June 25, 2011

That is some spooky **** though.

I see dead people.

Hibbert&Ernie · June 25, 2011

Page 16 has it all.

manxtoffee · June 26, 2011

Mmm, Everest seems a walk in the park compared to some of the 'Eight-Thousanders', hence the death rate for Everest @5% is far lower than likes of the K2 @23% and Annapurna I @38%:blink:

*Buffs the Timberland's*

Hibbert&Ernie · June 26, 2011

Get through page 16 and then this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KODdjgM4_YI
1 in 7 die on Everest, just over 1 in 3 for k2 and exactly 1 in 2 for ???????. These stats seem open to interpretation, but I wouldn't want to calculate them from up there.