Life Abandoned on Everest - Page 2

**the Talking Can** · 02-10-2011, 01:43 PM

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

Fascinating blog post on what goes on in Everest's "dead zone" along with some unbelievable pictures.

NSFW warning...not because they're all graphic, but there are pictures of dead, frozen bodies.

You have to be crazy...

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This morning, however, Green Boots had company. Sitting no more than two feet to the left of the corpse was a man who at first glance appeared to be dead. His gloved hands were on his knees, his hood and hat cast his face in shadow. The only feature visible was the man's severely frostbitten nose, already a greenish black hue. On closer inspection, the vapor from the man's breath could be seen rising.

What happened next entered the folklore of the highest mountain on earth. Every man interviewed gives a different story. What is certain is that every single one of the 40-odd climbers attempting the summit that day left the man in the cave, whose name was David Sharp, to freeze, either by choice, by ignorance, or by misjudging him as a corpse they already expected to see in that infamous cave....

Reerun_KC · 02-10-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

What happened to the skin on some of the bodies? There really isn't anything to eat or dispose of the material. Did it just dry up and blow away?

Did I tell you I might be getting PIC type in the 400?

HonestChieffan · 02-10-2011, 02:19 PM

I know a lady whos Husband died on the way down after he summitted...amazing stories

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 02:20 PM

Wow. This is one is apparently George Leigh Mallory. He's the one who answered "Because it's there" in response to the "Why do you climb mountains?" question. He died on Everest in 1924...

Reerun_KC · 02-10-2011, 02:23 PM

That is just pure craziness!

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 02:24 PM

Boy, this is cold...

In 2007, Ian Woodall, a British climber, returned to Everest to bury the bodies of three climbers he passed on his way to the summit. One of the climbers, a woman named Francys Arsentiev, was still alive when Woodall reached her during his initial ascent. Her first words to him were "don't leave me behind." The grim reality, though, is that Woodall could not have done anything for her without jeopardizing his own life or the lives of his team members. He was forced to leave her to perish alone.

-King- · 02-10-2011, 02:28 PM

So this guy was trying to jerk off huh?

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

So this guy was trying to jerk off huh?

"I can finish! I can finish! I can fin...."

Jenson71 · 02-10-2011, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Boy, this is cold...

In 2007, Ian Woodall, a British climber, returned to Everest to bury the bodies of three climbers he passed on his way to the summit. One of the climbers, a woman named Francys Arsentiev, was still alive when Woodall reached her during his initial ascent. Her first words to him were "don't leave me behind." The grim reality, though, is that Woodall could not have done anything for her without jeopardizing his own life or the lives of his team members. He was forced to leave her to perish alone.

Do you think he should have hit her over the head with a pick or something like that?

Silock · 02-10-2011, 02:30 PM

If you enjoyed this story, watch:

Touching the Void

and Everest: Beyond the Limit (Seasons 1 and 2)

Great mountaineering/Everest documentaries.

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

Do you think he should have hit her over the head with a pick or something like that?

I don't know. I've never been in that situation, but I'm pretty sure that I would have to try to get her down.

**the Talking Can** · 02-10-2011, 02:33 PM

freezing to death is my worst way to imagine dying....i can barely even read descriptions of it....

Stewie · 02-10-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Wow. This is one is apparently George Leigh Mallory. He's the one who answered "Because it's there" in response to the "Why do you climb mountains?" question. He died on Everest in 1924...

Yep, that is Mallory. There's a great hour-long documentary on the guys that specifically went looking for Mallory and Irvine. They knew the point that they were last seen and scoured the mountain and found Mallory by chance. They weren't sure it was him until they found a clothing tag with "Mallory" written on it.

They couldn't determine by any of the evidence if Mallory had actually made the summit. Some think he did, others think not.

**loochy** · 02-10-2011, 02:34 PM

That was a very interesting read. Thanks for posting.

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by the Talking Can

freezing to death is my worst way to imagine dying....i can't barely even read descriptions of it....

I've read that it's actually quite a decent way to go.

**notorious** · 02-10-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

So this guy was trying to jerk off huh?

When you gotta FAP, you gotta FAP........

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