Left on Mt. Everest. WTF! Warning graphic content.

Freiwillige · 12-07-10, 10:02 PM

I stumbled across this today. I had no idea that the famous mountain is littered with the dead. Sad story and no mountain is worth it.

http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html

Morts · 12-07-10, 10:06 PM

Repost
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177773

12-07-10, 10:06 PM

It's been 14 years why not bring the body down and give him a proper burial?

12-07-10, 10:36 PM

It's a repost yes.
But to state a simple fact many don't understand.
IF I was to attempt that climb and died doing so?
I would not want to be brought down.
To reach even close to the top of the earth and die there?
Where better to lie.

Ducimus · 12-07-10, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Solace

It's been 14 years why not bring the body down and give him a proper burial?

Because you may end up joining the dead if you try. It's that dangerous up there.

12-07-10, 10:59 PM

And there are cases of people that did die trying to bring down the dead.

Gargamel · 12-07-10, 11:35 PM

Theres actually a lot of bodies up there.

I know of, and I forget the names right now, a pair of very famous explorers still up there. I think they found one of their legs in a recent expedition to retrieve their bodies.

It's same reason we don't recover most ships from 10,000ft of water. Too bloody hard.

Ducimus · 12-07-10, 11:43 PM

Cursory searching says, the mountains killed 210 people (source may be wrong, i just saw another that says 175). How many of those are still up there as popsicles i haven't found yet.

sharkbit · 12-08-10, 08:25 AM

After seeing this:
http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html

-no.

Dowly · 12-08-10, 09:06 AM

^ Wrong thread mate.

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It's tragic, but I think Privateer is right in that most of them probably wouldn't have wanted to be brought back from the mountain.

Growler · 12-08-10, 04:13 PM

We humans remain so fragile in many, many ways still unclear to us.

The article is amazing; I understand the call to climb what may be unclimbable, to attempt to conquer the unconquerable. It's what we humans have always done, since setting out in the first boats, on the first aircraft, the first spacecraft.

And some will always die in the attempt. It is also what happens when we push the envelope; some will always fall. It is through them that we others who survive learn, and continue to learn. We succeed where they fail, wiser for their experience. They died for many reasons, not all of them noble, but in their deaths, human knowledge, human experience grew some perhaps infinitesimal bit, and ahead we forged.

Is it a tragedy, that their remains lie where they fell? No, no more than it is a tragedy that the remains of explorers and sailors lie forever entombed within their ships. I can think of no more fitting tribute for some, to be forever preserved as a reminder of our fragility, and as a testament to our courage, than to be right where they are. For those who continue past those fallen cannot help but be reminded of those things, and more.

I'm failing at expressing what I'm trying to say. I hope astute observers will understand the point I'm trying to make.

sharkbit · 12-09-10, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

^ Wrong thread mate.

DOH!!!!

Jimbuna · 12-09-10, 11:42 AM

The link won't work for me so I don't know what it contains but I do know that the odd body has been found encased in ice as the glaciers travel downwards....often after many years.

12-07-10, 10:02 PM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Left on Mt. Everest. WTF! Warning graphic content. I stumbled across this today. I had no idea that the famous mountain is littered with the dead. Sad story and no mountain is worth it. http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html

12-07-10, 11:35 PM	#7
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Theres actually a lot of bodies up there. I know of, and I forget the names right now, a pair of very famous explorers still up there. I think they found one of their legs in a recent expedition to retrieve their bodies. It's same reason we don't recover most ships from 10,000ft of water. Too bloody hard. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-08-10, 08:25 AM	#9
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	After seeing this: http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html -no. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

12-08-10, 04:13 PM	#11
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	We humans remain so fragile in many, many ways still unclear to us. The article is amazing; I understand the call to climb what may be unclimbable, to attempt to conquer the unconquerable. It's what we humans have always done, since setting out in the first boats, on the first aircraft, the first spacecraft. And some will always die in the attempt. It is also what happens when we push the envelope; some will always fall. It is through them that we others who survive learn, and continue to learn. We succeed where they fail, wiser for their experience. They died for many reasons, not all of them noble, but in their deaths, human knowledge, human experience grew some perhaps infinitesimal bit, and ahead we forged. Is it a tragedy, that their remains lie where they fell? No, no more than it is a tragedy that the remains of explorers and sailors lie forever entombed within their ships. I can think of no more fitting tribute for some, to be forever preserved as a reminder of our fragility, and as a testament to our courage, than to be right where they are. For those who continue past those fallen cannot help but be reminded of those things, and more. I'm failing at expressing what I'm trying to say. I hope astute observers will understand the point I'm trying to make. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

12-09-10, 11:42 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The link won't work for me so I don't know what it contains but I do know that the odd body has been found encased in ice as the glaciers travel downwards....often after many years. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-07-10, 10:06 PM	#2
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Repost http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177773

12-07-10, 10:06 PM	#3
Solace Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It's been 14 years why not bring the body down and give him a proper burial?

12-07-10, 10:36 PM	#4
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It's a repost yes. But to state a simple fact many don't understand. IF I was to attempt that climb and died doing so? I would not want to be brought down. To reach even close to the top of the earth and die there? Where better to lie.

12-07-10, 10:59 PM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	And there are cases of people that did die trying to bring down the dead.

12-07-10, 11:43 PM	#8
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Cursory searching says, the mountains killed 210 people (source may be wrong, i just saw another that says 175). How many of those are still up there as popsicles i haven't found yet.

12-08-10, 09:06 AM	#10
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	^ Wrong thread mate. ------------------ It's tragic, but I think Privateer is right in that most of them probably wouldn't have wanted to be brought back from the mountain.