Corpses on Mount Everest
Andrew Hansen 
You die there, you stay there. What an awful death that must be.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 10, 2019 3:39 PM |
No - people reportedly feel warm and sleepy and blissful as they sink into hypothermia.
Not bad at all, considering.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 10, 2019 2:24 AM |
Not according to the articles I'm reading tonight. Bodies shaking spasmodically. People crying out for help. People remaining conscious but exposed over night.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 10, 2019 2:26 AM |
[quote]People crying out for help
Kinda like "If a tree falls in the woods ... " don'tcha think?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 10, 2019 2:31 AM |
Awful images. The first guy looks in good condition, though. I wonder why he didn't just get up and walk down the mountain?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 10, 2019 2:37 AM |
R4, there aren't many other "trees" around, but just enough to record this happening. Apparently something similar happened to Francys Arsentiev.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 10, 2019 2:40 AM |
Probably he just wanted attention - -
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 10, 2019 2:40 AM |
Did these people hike alone . . . or did their hiking buddies who went with them leave them behind????
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 10, 2019 2:44 AM |
He had an ice-cold ass, but he couldn’t live forever!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 10, 2019 2:46 AM |
Is it Everest season again? I love the posts about the idiot climbers
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 10, 2019 2:51 AM |
Holy shit. It is creepy and kinda poetic at the same time.
But I will never understand why people undertake such a mortally dangerous journey. I would nevah!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 10, 2019 2:55 AM |
Oh, honey, we have this thread every year. Just wait until May.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 10, 2019 2:56 AM |
R13 Yahhh for climbing season, better be longer than last year
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 10, 2019 3:00 AM |
The guy in OP's post had some meaty thighs, yum.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 10, 2019 3:01 AM |
I got hooked on all the stories around David Breashears, Rob Hall, Ed Viesturs, Antatoli Boukreev and Scott Fisher.
One of the best threads on DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 10, 2019 3:02 AM |
R16 Fucking Scott Fisher that wanker
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 10, 2019 3:03 AM |
Oh no R15 you’re straight now!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 10, 2019 3:16 AM |
Two Sherpas died trying to recover the body of Hannelore Schmaltz. Eventually a storm shoved her over the edge, out of sight and down the Kangshung face.
Those frozen bodies weight three times as much because of all the frozen ice. Rescuers have to carve the bodies from the frozen ground which is incredibly difficult at high altitude.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 10, 2019 3:16 AM |
Everest is like Grand Central Station these days, guided tours all over the place, lots of crowds and lots of clueless unprepared fools. Also trash everywhere, idiots tossing aside all sorts of junk.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 10, 2019 3:17 AM |
r19 r20 With no face, he can believe whatever he wants to about those sexy thighs!
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 10, 2019 3:20 AM |
Anyone have links to the previous related threads?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 10, 2019 3:20 AM |
I'm sure that's how they would've wanted it.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 10, 2019 3:22 AM |
We've done this thread before.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 10, 2019 3:29 AM |
Lesson to be taken from this - don't sit down and stop. Keep moving no matter what.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 10, 2019 3:32 AM |
OP's pictures is the body of German mountaineer Hannelore Schmalz.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 10, 2019 3:40 AM |
OP picture looks like a dude. Jacking off.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 10, 2019 3:44 AM |
Here's pre-mummification Hannelore:
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 10, 2019 3:45 AM |
I tried to Mount Everest, but he was a top.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 10, 2019 3:50 AM |
[quote]Did these people hike alone . . . or did their hiking buddies who went with them leave them behind????
Not many people will risk their life to bring down another person. It's treacherous on your own, but trying to rescue someone who has been compromised can easily turn into a suicide mission. There's many stories of people walking past climbers who are dying but they wouldn't stop to help.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 10, 2019 3:54 AM |
Read the book, "I Fell Off Mount Everest," by Eileen Dover.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 10, 2019 4:00 AM |
They've actually cleared the mountain of most of these bodies including green boots
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 10, 2019 4:02 AM |
My 60ish sister and her 70ish boyfriend climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. This guy is about the stupidest man I know. He must have an IQ around 90. He made her pledge with him, that if either felt to ill to continue, the other would continue on. That’s, possibly, something the pros might do, but these were athletic geriatrics who had never climbed a mountain before. What a foolish pledge. My sister almost died. Her Sherpa carried her down, and she developed some kind of heart problem.
I hate that guy. He isn’t even safe to walk around the US with, nevermind Africa. He’s got no street sense and has the kind of “machismo” problems that leads people into situations that are unsafe because they are to much of a pussy to admit they’re afraid, or in trouble, etc.
He’s claimed that he doesn’t worry at walking alone in these remote areas of Africa because he’ll assume the “warrior stance” and then the thugs leave him alone. If they do, it’s solely out of pity. A 70-80 year old man thinking he’s intimidating! How pathetic.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 10, 2019 4:05 AM |
At least you're dying doing what you love. I mean it's way worse getting cancer.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 10, 2019 4:09 AM |
r22 say what you will about Russell Brice, but he's said there should be organized clean-ups for years. I think Himex also did some limited clean ups from their own camps, but I could've mis-remembered that.
r36 not to be that guy, but they don't have Sherpa in Africa.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 10, 2019 4:10 AM |
[quote]He’s claimed that he doesn’t worry at walking alone in these remote areas of Africa because he’ll assume the “warrior stance” and then the thugs leave him alone. If they do, it’s solely out of pity. A 70-80 year old man thinking he’s intimidating! How pathetic.
I'm sorry for your sister, but I just laughed so hard reading this. It's like playing dead for a bear.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 10, 2019 4:11 AM |
The guy who coined the term "abominable snowman" was pretty hot
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 10, 2019 4:13 AM |
Except, R37, that when you die of cancer, you die in broken health, unable to go on. When you die climbing Everest, you die, pardon the pun, in peak condition, with the promise of many more years ahead of you.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 10, 2019 4:14 AM |
If you're gonna climb Mount Everest remember to wear clean underwear
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 10, 2019 4:19 AM |
R41, but I think even the very healthy people understand that climbing Everest is a risk - that it's different than say, doing Iron Man where you can train. No one is truly prepared for the conditions Everest throws at you no matter how many smaller mountains you climb.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 10, 2019 4:20 AM |
Link to one of the threads, there's a part II as well.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 10, 2019 4:21 AM |
Why doesn't the state cultivate snow leopards or something up there, to drag such refuse away?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 10, 2019 4:21 AM |
r5- also lack of oxygen, so you suffocate.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 10, 2019 4:26 AM |
What a dumb and useless hobby.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 10, 2019 4:36 AM |
I agree with the poster who said at least they died doing something they all loved. Beats dying sitting on the couch in front of the TV while eating potato chips and drinking beer. Oh wait...that would be dying while doing something I love.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 10, 2019 4:38 AM |
My cousin is one of those douchebags who does things like this and expects the "silver service" climbing experience where the sherpas practically prepare a banquet several times on the way up.
I mean are you really going camping if you're able to plug in a a hairdryer?
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 10, 2019 4:39 AM |
Is the experience for the sherpas special and transcendental like it is for the westerners, or is it just a high paying gig that they don't mind risking their lives for (or more likely a couple fingers and an ear) ?
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 10, 2019 4:40 AM |
I was attacked by a yeti...
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 10, 2019 4:47 AM |
R36, there are no Sherpas in Tanzania!
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 10, 2019 4:50 AM |
Thank you for being “that guy”, but I did not want to bother looking up the Tanzanian equivalent of sherpa. Guide, perhaps.
I know they are Christians and in the Masai tribe. My sister still does a of charity work for them, a decade later.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 10, 2019 4:58 AM |
R53 so their climb was ten years ago? And the now 80 something boyfriend is still at it?
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 10, 2019 5:09 AM |
The latter, r50. Sherpas are well suited to high altitude living but they have one of the most stressful and dangerous jobs in the world and they, understandably, resent Everest tourists who need to be carried down, jeopardizing the lives of multiple Sherpas. IIRC, the Sherpas have a high incidence of alcoholism.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 10, 2019 5:15 AM |
Their climb was probably a decade ago. He might even be 90 now.
He is one of two true hypochondriacs that I know. He’s always got something, from a shoulder injury, MRSA, gout, lymphoma (unless it was leukemia), etc. He went to my Dad’s 80th birthday party and as soon as he got there, made the night all about himself, until my sister had to leave the party just after arriving to take him home. It always winds up being about him. Oh, he went anti-gluten for 6 months, just long enough to make the holiday meals all about him, and then dropped it. Of course, everybody turns him off immediately because of his history.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 10, 2019 5:31 AM |
China is limiting the number of climbers this year and will be taking steps to clean the mountain, including removing bodies in the danger zone.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 10, 2019 5:53 AM |
R36 R57 Sadly enough that doesn't surprise me because it sounds exactly like a lot of people climbing these mountains. It's not them dying doing something they love, it's them dying because they wanted to climb even if they haven't done much climbing before and they know that just paying someone to help gets them most of the way. They give real mountain climbers a bad name and lots of mountain climbers really hate the way the big mountains are being managed and polluted by these kinds of people.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 10, 2019 5:57 AM |
Mount Rushmore is no prize either.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 10, 2019 7:01 AM |
If the Sherpas were smart, they'd form like a union and increase what they charge tenfold. There will always be people looking to climb and they inevitably need guides.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | March 10, 2019 7:19 AM |
“Form like a union”, R62? You’re not very well traveled, are you?
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 10, 2019 7:36 AM |
R30 That's not her. That is Wanda Rutkiewicz. The first woman to climb K2.
This is Hannelore.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 10, 2019 8:01 AM |
Most of these climbers sound like selfish psychopaths. Is it really worth it to trample over the dying to reach your goal?
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | March 10, 2019 8:25 AM |
r30 The one on the left is Hannelore, the one on the right is Wanda, who the hell knows who r64's photo is
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | March 10, 2019 8:55 AM |
[quote]that it's different than say, doing Iron Man where you can train.
Why would you need to train if you want to be Iron Man. The suit does all the work.
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 10, 2019 8:57 AM |
Why are the bodies still there. Wouldn’t just touching them shatter them into a million pieces?
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 10, 2019 8:58 AM |
[quote]Most of these climbers sound like selfish psychopaths. Is it really worth it to trample over the dying to reach your goal?
From what I gather most of the "dying" are just tired and confused people. It would be pretty hard to help them, if they say they are too tired to move. People did try to help Hannelore, but she was too tired and didn't want to leave that spot, along w/a guide. They assume she died from exhaustion and hyperthermia. In the article linked at R64, they said she might have suffered from confusion as well, since she was only 300 feet from the base camp.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 10, 2019 9:03 AM |
I just would not put myself in that kind of dangerous situation.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 10, 2019 9:05 AM |
I'm so looking forward to the 2019 Everest climbing season!
It's so rare one gets a chance to hold a death watch with a clear conscience, but then everyone who's up there risking death has gone to tremendous trouble to get into a position where they're likely to die.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 10, 2019 9:06 AM |
I don’t understand people spending thousands and thousands of dollars to risk losing fingers and toes or death just to climb a mountain and immediately descend. It’s not like you can take a picnic and gambol around the top for a few hours.
Who the fuck wants to vacation that way? Give me a hammock under a palm tree and a drink with exotic fruit in it brought to me by a young native man.
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | March 10, 2019 1:28 PM |
[quote]He made her pledge with him, that if either felt to ill to continue
Oh, dear!
[quote]They assume she died from exhaustion and hyperthermia.
Oh, DEAR!
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | March 10, 2019 2:00 PM |
[quote]Mount Rushmore is no prize either.
And it wasn't very sporting of them, using REAL bullets.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | March 10, 2019 2:25 PM |
It is actually a huge problem. All these people who go to climb Everest. The bodies, the garbage they leave behind, the human waste - (yes people just shit on Everest and leave it). It has turned the majestic mountain into a literal shit hole.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | March 10, 2019 2:29 PM |
The mountain is a herd thinning mechanism for people with more money than sense.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | March 10, 2019 2:30 PM |
My favorite dialogue about Everest.
Dr. Niles Crane : Frasier, are you familiar with the Safari Club? Dr. Frasier Crane : Of course. Their yearly expeditions are remarkable. Dr. Niles Crane : They're legendary. Last year they made camp at the base of Mount Everest, then had their servants climb it while they held a wine tasting.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | March 10, 2019 2:42 PM |
R57 So what's the problem with your sister? Cannot be alone under any circumstances?
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | March 10, 2019 2:58 PM |
[quote] There is no firm count of the exact number of climbers that have died on Mount Everest, but as of 2016, about 280 climbers have died, about 6.5 percent of the more than 4,000 climbers who have reached the summit
[quote] One Death for Every 10 Ascents Prior to 2007
[quote] Most Die While Descending
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 82 | March 10, 2019 3:15 PM |
I dated a mountain climber for a couple of years- he did Africa, Machu Picchu and Mt. Whitney. He took me on a smaller (11,000) 2 day climb and it was just you trudging with crampons and a 50+ lbs backpack on, sometimes sideways (because of the steepness of the incline). I think a lot of people discount altitude sickness (apparently women take longer to adjust) and oxygen deprivation. Just to say you got to the top. No thanks.
My impression of why he did this was sort of why like sailors love the sea.
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | March 10, 2019 3:26 PM |
[quote]r59 China is limiting the number of climbers this year and will be taking steps to clean the mountain, including removing bodies in the danger zone.
For some reason, that made me laugh. Oy!
But really, I'd think the climb would be more exciting with the corpses of "losers" dotting the way, kind of like a Disneyland ride or something.
It would make those smugly pressing forward feel even more victorious.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | March 10, 2019 3:26 PM |
[quote] (yes people just shit on Everest and leave it).
What the fuck do you expect them to do, carry a baggie down with them? It’s nature!
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | March 10, 2019 3:27 PM |
[quote]r82 Most Die While Descending
Why don't they just roll themselves into a ball, and roll down the hill?
That doesn't take much effort.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | March 10, 2019 3:29 PM |
I’d rather die of cancer with an endless supply of fentanyl, rather than freeze to death or crack my skull open on a frozen rock.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | March 10, 2019 3:31 PM |
R86 got a real good chucle out of me.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 10, 2019 3:33 PM |
[quote]r87 I’d rather die of cancer with an endless supply of fentany --- Hospice is lovely this time of year
^^ Yes ... and loved ones filing in with flowery tributes ... maybe cookies?
And then, the write-ups! Illustrated with the best pic of you ever taken! (LEAVE SEVERAL COPIES, CLEARLY LABELED!!)
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 10, 2019 3:35 PM |
Most middle class people who survive the climb next begin careers as motivational speakers.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 10, 2019 3:39 PM |
