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Originally Posted by jumpy
An expedition to everest to clean the place up would be a better idea.
In Chris Bonnington's 'The Everest Years' he describes how both he and fellow climbers got dysentery at one of the higher camps from using snow and ice, to cook food and make drinks, that was contaminated with human faecal matter.
And that was way back in the 70's.
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I know Chris. He's a friend of my dad's. Personally, I think they made it and died during the descent. I seem to remember the location and condition of Mallory's body supported this to some extent when it was eventually discovered (in 2000, I think?)