Mount Everest: Melting glaciers expose dead bodies

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Melting glaciers reveal Everest bodies

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[Wild self]

Mt Everest melting is something that I would never imagine in my lifetime. This planet is really gonna burn up a lot faster than I expect it to.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

It used to be that for every 4 people that made it to the top, 1 person would die trying. Now that commercial climbing guides have really made it easy I don't think the summit-to-death ratio as bad anymore. But because of how many people are climbing now, the three most disastrous days on the mountain (12, 16, and 22 deaths) have all come since 1996.

It's a roll-of-the-dice mountain in some respects. If you train hard, get a good guide, can handle altitude, get perfect conditions on the day of the climb, and got a lot of willpower, it's not actually a very tough mountain to climb. You don't have to be an absolute world-class mountain climber to do it.

On the other hand, the moment something goes wrong the mountain will find every damn way possible to kill you. Once a storm rolls in your life is up in the air - the altitude, or the cold, or a fall, or an avalanche can all take you out without a moment's notice.



On the other note, even Mt. Everest is melting but there still people unwilling to change their own lives in response to Climate Change.

 

[MenacingMonk]

I've been fascinated with Everest since I saw the movie with Brolin. Seen some docs. I found a book at the thrift store that tells the story of the first US climbers. Haven't gotten around to reading it.

 

[jj23]

Everest gets the kudos because it's the tallest. But K2 is easily the hardest to climb based on what I have read.

To hear everest is melting is crazy though.

 

[ORDER_66]

Mt Everest melting is something that I would never imagine in my lifetime. This planet is really gonna burn up a lot faster than I expect it to.

we're in the snowpiercer timeline...

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

read this at night.​

 

[hashmander]

earth will survive. it'll rid itself of us and move on.

 

[Shogun]

read this at night.​

Saw the movie...will definitely check out the book

 

[Take It In Blood]

99% of those bodies were cacs and 1% was brehs who hung out with cacs

 

[Strapped]

Even if the snow melts , the temperature should remain cool enough to preserve the bodies. This is old news , send it to maga

 

[rantanamo]

Even if the snow melts , the temperature should remain cool enough to preserve the bodies. This is old news , send it to maga

Not olds news

 

[Swirv]

Cool place to die

 

[FaTaL]

Climbers use bodies up there as guides

 

[Shogun]

99% of those bodies were cacs and 1% was brehs who hung out with cacs

And Sherpas