Its common knowledge that Mt Everest is a dangerously gruelling mountain climb, that it requires the absolute peak of physical endurance and conditioning, and that many have died during the attempt. Today I came across an article that explains how above 26,000 feet (the so called "Death Zone") the air is so thin that the recovery of bodies is impossible.

Every year about a thousand people on average attempt the summit, and on average about 20 of them die during the attempt.

The bodies of 216 unfortunate climbers still lay exactly where they fell, remarkably preserved even after decades in some cases.

WARNING: Interesting article, but somewhat gruesome (dead bodies). Possibly NSFW?
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2011/06/29/over-200-dead-bodies-on-mount-everest/

Those photos were amazing. The site's pretty interesting.

Amazing to think there is all those bodies still up there, still intact.. Thanks for sharing..

AHHHH ...
Thanks for Sharing...reminds me of an AA Meeting

Color me a coward, but I've lost all total appette I had to scale Mt. Everest.

I never had the temptation to scale it. Always seemed foolish to me.

Mick,

Definetly Interesting. I'll have to check out the site for more goodies. I've climbed the Ramapo Mountains in Harriman Park, downstate New York....not even 2,000 ft above sea level. That's my max.

Cool pics. Reminds me of the "Bodies" exhibit in Manhattan, which shows real live (well, not live) bodies in different states of decomposition. I saw it a few years ago. As Johnny used to say: Weird, wild stuff.

As far as climbing Everest: God rest their souls and all, but you gotta be fuckin nuts.