Frozen dead climbers of Mount Everest (pics)
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There were estimated 150 bodies on the roof of the world, every 4 climbers that set out to conquer Mount Everest, only 3 come back to tell the tale. Here are some photos of some unlucky few.
One story I heard as a young climber had an unforgettable impact on me. In 1985, I first heard rumors about the woman who sits at 27,600 feet on Mount Everest, her long blond hair blowing in the never-ending wind. The Norwegian mountaineer and expedition leader Arne Næss, Jr., describes his encounter with her:
It's not far now. I can't escape the sinister guard. Approximately 100 meters above Camp IV she sits leaning against her pack, as if taking a short break. A woman with her eyes wide open and her hair waving in each gust of wind. It's the corpse of Hannelore Schmatz, the wife of the leader of a 1979 German expedition. She summited, but died descending. Yet it feels as if she follows me with her eyes as I pass by. Her presence reminds me that we are here on the conditions of the mountain. http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g...-climbing.html
George Leigh Mallory, found frozen after 75 years
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R.I.P -
Interesting though
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and the locals there climb almost every day.
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RIP
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Probably a unlucky local climber
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cool place must visit once in a life time
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eh some of them,their skin turned to gold?
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I thought they will never decompose seems like i am wrong
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They didn't train properly so they died lor. THe most important thing is to bring extra needles.
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it's not the training, the toughest veteran mountainner can get killed in many ways, accidentially stepping on a broken rocks and fell, being blow off by powerful storm tat frequent around M.Everest, or buried by sudden avalance.Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:They didn't train properly so they died lor. THe most important thing is to bring extra needles. -
Like that....the victims' family won't have closure...
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Well u tat's a fact tat it is impossible to carry down a body at the height of 8000m above sea levelOriginally posted by Wanda:Like that....the victims' family won't have closure... -
damn creepy lo...if suddenly come across them in a hike
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Any links to the corpse of Hannelore Schmatz which the quote highlighted? I couldn't find them in Google
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heh..y waste money on warning signs when there are great example there already.
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I don't mean that.Originally posted by Texcoco II:Well u tat's a fact tat it is impossible to carry down a body at the height of 8000m above sea level
Their love ones will never know if they're really dead if no one has seen the bodies. Presumption of death is never good enough. There is always the "what if...". -
No more photos?
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u're late! i deleted them from my photobucket!Originally posted by redstone:No more photos?