[winvens]

I'm a horrible person. As soon as I glanced at those pictures all I could think was, "A Mt. Everest/zombie horror movie would be AWESOME!!"

It would need a good title. Prehaps "Sherpa of the Dead". Undead former climbers seeking revenge and brains from the living...

[Keydog]

Originally Posted by Flaka ↗

I mean, these people might have families that think they are missing? Why do they leave the bodies up there?

It's physically impossible to retrieve them. It pushes the human body right to the limit just climbing the mountain alone... A Korean team of 20 went up the mountain to retrieve a body one year, they moved it 100m before giving up due to the extreme risk of death they were putting themselves in.

[K53]

The Mountain is unforgiving

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by Pappyo13 ↗

I'm going to start the "Give 'em a Shove" charity. Since each body only has to go down hill, each passing climber can give them a shove in that direction as they pass. Over time's the bodies will just roll down. Who wants to sign up?

Actually, I always wondered why that wasn't a requirement for every group licensed to make the ascent.

That, and bringing back a certain minimum amount of trash too.

[GoreisGreat]

Everest has become relatively easy to climb, with hundreds of people reaching the summit on good years, weather permitting.

K2 is the real mountain to climb.

[minka1]

I hope to one day summit and descend (ALIVE) Mt. Everest.

[wee_yumi]

I'm going to the Everest base camp in November, if all goes to shiz, y'all might see me on this forum soon as a thread!

[Spiffyfable]

Fuck that shit...

They can keep the Mountain

[chewbacca]

I imagine that if you peeled back the layers of history, you would find that there are many bodies strewn about the Himalayas. I am sure as long as there have been mountains, there have been those who have died exploring those peaks.

[ptorico60]

The timing is great! with the new movie "Everest" coming out.