There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks

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There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks
The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of oxygen

By Rachel Nuwer


More than 200 people have died in their attempt to scale Mount Everest. The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of oxygen to being smashed by raining boulders. Yet climbers continue to try their skills – and luck – in tackling Everest, despite the obvious dangers. Indeed, the living pass the frozen, preserved dead along Everest’s routes so often that many bodies have earned nicknames and serve as trail marke

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[Victoria33]

Some don't realize oxygen depletion is a problem as one scales Everest.  Son did documentary of a group going up the mountain and some had to go back down when oxygen became more scarce.  The body couldn't deal with it.  Son had to go in areas around the world to make doc. films so he ran and lifted weights to keep his body in good shape to handle various problems, like the north pole, Siberia, and deserts, jungles, mountains, etc.