“Find what you love and let it kill you because for all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, it’s much better to be killed by a lover.”
Mountain climbing is a passion but it’s not that easy to follow this passion of yours. This is a risky and extremely dangerous passion. One wrong step and it will cost you your life. Especially if you are going to climb a Mt. Everest where all the odds are against you. Here even breathing is a big task. Everyone wants to climb Mt. Everest but with all the chilly winds, frostbites, a huge backpack, and an oxygen cylinder. It’s hard to even imagine then imagine how hard it must be for those who climb it.
Many people though have succeeded in this dream but many have lost their lives as well. Some are still rotting at the same place in that deadly mountain. And nobody has removed their bodies from the mountain because they are used as the landmarks for all the mountaineers. They aren’t removed from their respective death spots because it is considered as a tribute to them. They get the honor to die and rest at the place where they took their last breath while trying to fulfill their passion.
Let’s have a look at it.
1. Tsewang Paljor aka Green Boots
This is one of the most famous dead bodies. It is the dead body of an Indian climber Tsewang Paljor who was the part of Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The group was caught in the deadliest storm of 1996 in which Tsewang got separated from his troupe and took shelter in a cave. This was the cave where he took his last breath. Now, this is used as one of the many landmarks and is commonly known as ‘Green Boots’ among the mountaineers.
2. George Mallory
George was the first person who dared to climb the deadly Mt. Everest in the year 1924. But unfortunately, he couldn’t make it to the top. He died and his body wasn’t recognized until 1999. If he wouldn’t have died then he would have been the first person to climb Mt. Everest ever.
3. Unknown Body
This body is the unknown till now and has been lying here for a long time now. It has completely rotten by now.
4. Francys Arsentiev
Francys was climbing the Everest with her husband in the year 1999 but they both got separated. Her husband died after falling off a cliff while searching for Francys. On the other hand, Francys died due to frostbite. Later on, her friends visited in 2007 and covered her body with the flag of the USA to give her more dignified resting place. Francys was the first woman to climb Everest without oxygen.
5. Unknown body
This body has gotten mummified because of laying there for so long and is yet unidentified.
6. Shriya Shah-Klorfine
She reached the summit in 2012 and spent 25 minutes there only. But while returning she ran out of oxygen and died there itself. Her body is still lying there draped in the Canadian flag.
7. Unknown body
This is yet another dead body waiting for identification.
8. Hannelore Schmatz
Hannelore was a German climber who died in 1976 due to extreme exposure and frostbite. It is believed that she was taking a nap while lying on her backpack, fell asleep and never woke up again.
9. Unknown body
This body is lying at the bottom of the dangerous cliff. It is yet another body with no identification.
So these are some of the many hundreds of bodies lying on Mt. Everest for a very long time now.
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