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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.

NeonSamurai · 12-08-10, 12:44 AM

Almost all of them, cause most of them are in the death zone, and/or in virtually inaccessible areas like rainbow valley.

In most cases it is nigh impossible to recover bodies, and the attempts risk creating even more bodies.

Also most of the deaths actually happen after summiting.

ajrimmer42 · 12-08-10, 03:36 AM

wow, certainly a sobering read...

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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.

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Almost all of them, cause most of them are in the death zone, and/or in virtually inaccessible areas like rainbow valley. In most cases it is nigh impossible to recover bodies, and the attempts risk creating even more bodies. Also most of the deaths actually happen after summiting. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	wow, certainly a sobering read... __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

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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	#4
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.