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Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest, so why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?
“Everest has become too commercialized with ‘you’re stepping over dead bodies’ and ‘it’s littered with trash,’” the mountain coach said. “The reality is that it is a very small ...
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One of the youngest women to summit Mount Everest explains the 'unwritten rule' of leaving corpses on the mountain
In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...
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Nepal removes tonnes of rubbish, corpses and a skeleton from Mount Everest
Environmentalists have estimated that more than 50 tonnes of garbage and more than 200 dead bodies are buried in Everest. The ...
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Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down
Dead bodies are a common sight on top of Mount Everest. "I cannot believe what I saw up there," Everest filmmaker Elia Saikaly wrote on Instagram last week. "Death. Carnage. Chaos. Lineups.
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Japanese climber dies on eighth Everest attempt
Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, was found dead in his tent by Sherpas on Monday ... Death in the clouds: The problem with Everest’s 200+ bodies The company which organised Kuriki's expedition said ...
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Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years
The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu Sherpa, who led the ...
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Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage
The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons (24,000 pounds) of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu ...