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Since the 1920s, people from all around the world push the limits to summit Mt. Everest. Since 1980 it became a tourist attraction for people who can afford it and feel able to climb the worlds highest point. But due to extreme exhaustion or suffocation due to lack of oxygen or furious snow storms, there is still a high possibility to die.
It’s a risky task to bring the bodies of the dead down, most of them froze to the ground and doubled their weight. Also oxygen levels are so low, that it is not possible to carry the bodies down. Therefore, they lay where they were found. Climbers use them as landmarks, such as ‘Green Boots,’ to gauge their distance from the summit. In one case more than 30 climbers passed a dying man who still sits in the cave where he took his last breath.
1. In 1924 George Mallory was among the first climbers to attempt to climb Mt. Everest. He fell and died because of head trauma. His body was not found and identified until 1999.
2. Hannelore Schmatz was a German climber who died from exposure and exhaustion in 1979. She was the first woman to die on Mt. Everest. It is believed she stopped to rest and leaned up against her back pack, leaving the body propped in this unusual way.
3. Green Boots identity has not been officially confirmed, he is believed to be Tsewang Paljor, an Indian climber who died on mountain in 1996. He was trapped in a blizzard while descending and died due to exposure. Green Boots has been apparently moved since his death, perhaps in an attempt to move the body further out of the path of climbers. Regardless, he remains a landmark used by climbers to gauge their distance to the summit.
4. David Sharp was a British climber who stopped to rest besides “Green Boots” in 2006. He froze in place and was unable to continue his climb. The controversial thing about David is that over 30 climbers passed him on their way to the top, and noticed he was still alive. Some even spoke to him. Media said leaving him behind was a case of selfishness and egoistical thinking and the fear of not getting to the summit.
5. Shriya Shah–Klorfine reached the summit in 2012. Supposedly, she spent 25 minutes celebrating her victory before beginning her descent. She ultimately ran out of oxygen and died from exhaustion. Her body is 300m below the summit, draped in a Canadian flag.
6. Francys Astentiev, once dubbed “Sleeping Beauty” was climbing with her husband in 1998 when they became separated. They attempted to search for each other, but were unable to reunite. Two climbers found Francys while she was still alive. She begged them to not leave her, but they could not stay. Francys and her husband Sergei both died on the mountain. He was found a year later. Apparently, he died after a fall.
Most fatalities happen during the climbers descent. Some of them already reached the summit and die on their way back.
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