30 Morbid Minutes

Death on Mount Everest

30 Morbid Minutes ›

36:42 | Apr 12th, 2022

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Over 200 climbers have lost their lives attempting to summit Mount Everest. The majority of the dead are still on the mountain, frozen in time, their bodies serving as both landmarks for aspiring hike...Show More



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mj53222 recommended:Aug 20th, 2022

Interesting and kind of creepy details about bodies on Everest

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katarina recommended:May 1st, 2022

I am Canadian and a few years ago I watched a CBC documentary about the Everest “craze” of recent years and the harsh, morbid reality of climbing the mountain. I was shocked to learn that people still die. In one such tragedy five people died in one weekend: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1182656

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😢 Moving
💔 Heart-breaking
💡 Educational
😲 Shocking
🤔 Thought-provoking
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playmisty4meMay 3rd, 2022

@katarina I watched that too! I had no idea that there were so many visible bodies of climbers who died on their trek. They aren’t removed or brought down the mountain to bury because of the dangerous conditions…. I saw a short film about several of them, and they have become morbid landmarks for cl...Show More

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pwitham recommended:Apr 24th, 2022

I had heard the stories about people that climb mountains like Everest and how they deal with the situations of folks that sadly don't make it. As chilling as it sounds, you can understand the complications of dealing with these situations.

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