Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has welcomed countless climbers from all over the world, who hope to climb Mount Everest to challenge the limits of human beings, thus demonstrating human’s determination to conquer nature. However, the locals often say: “People can’t decide whether they can reach the top or not, it is decided by Mount Everest”. Some people make it to the top, but some people stay on the mountain forever. Although many people are well aware of the dangers of snow-capped mountains, they cannot resist the desire to challenge them. It is said that there are more than 300 corpses on Mount Everest, which has become a warning everywhere on the way to the summit. Famous are “Sleeping Beauty”, “Green Boots”, “The Rester” and so on.
The bodies near the summit are so piled up that climbers sometimes have to step over them. Most of these corpses were well preserved by freezing, so that later climbers gradually regarded them as signposts, and even nicknamed some of the corpses.
Because no one has buried their bodies for 20 years, the bodies of these victims were completely frozen there after they died. Because of some features of the corpse, it has also been nicknamed as a landmark, the most famous of which are the Indian climber “Green Boots” in 1996 and the American female climber “Sleeping Beauty” in 1998. Climbing Mount Everest is a piece of Very dangerous things, success will be greeted with cheers, failure may be forever fixed there, and will bring pain to relatives and friends.
“Green Boots” is a 28-year-old Indian mountaineer, nicknamed for his fluorescent green hiking boots. Padro, an Indian climber who died in 1996, was separated from his companions when he reached the summit, and finally died of trembling in a blizzard. Padro’s body lies next to the cave that all climbers pass through to reach the summit, and when there is not enough snow, climbers sometimes have to step on his feet to move forward. Climbers call Padro “green boots” because he wears fluorescent green hiking boots. Today, “green boots” have become a marker for climbers to measure the distance to the summit.
And there is Sleeping Beauty, her name is Frances Assentife, who is a An adventure lover from America. Because of the challenge to climb Mount Everest without an oxygen tank, he finally failed and died.
In 1998, Francis and her husband made an appointment to climb Mount Everest. The two of them did have very strong wilderness survival skills and successfully reached the top.
But she encountered some troubles during the descent, and she and her husband Sergai were forced to stay overnight in the “death zone” at a height of more than 8,000 meters. Later, the two also got separated. Sergai chose to turn back to find his wife, but accidentally fell on a glacier nearly 9,000 meters high. Although Francis tried to ask the two climbers for help, the other finally ran out of oxygen. Had to give up on her. As they dropped her on the snowy peak, she pleaded with the last of her voice: “Don’t drop me, please don’t drop me.”
The next day, she had stopped breathing when another group of mountaineers passed her. Because it is too dangerous to carry a body down the mountain, Francis’ body has been left on the 8,000-meter peak, frozen in the polar regions, and has become a signpost for other climbers. It’s called “Sleeping Beauty”. It wasn’t until the ninth year after her death that a climber returned to Mount Everest and draped her with the American flag.
Two years after Padro’s death, famous mountaineer Je Frances became the first American woman to reach the summit without an oxygen tank.
The most controversial body is the “rester”, the victim’s name is David Sharp, 34 years old. This is the third time he has climbed Mount Everest. Sharp finally reached the highest peak in the world in his dream, but suffered misfortune when descending. At that time, he tucked his knees next to the “green boots”, but was completely frozen.
It is reported that when Sharp has not completely died, there are 40 Climbers pass by, but no one reaches out to him. However, later climbers explained that they thought Sharp was just resting.
So after the death of Mount Everest, how will the remains of these people go home?
Not every family member of the deceased climber wants to leave the body on the mountain. Shipping down the mountain can cost as much as $30,000 to $70,000. It is even more dangerous for the locals who are often appointed to this post. Sadly, many years have passed and people are still unable to bring them back down the mountain.
But we still want to pay tribute to these brave people who chased their dreams.