You’ll be surprised to know the number of dead bodies lying around on Mt. Everest. Take A Look…

#10 Dead Bodies On Mt. Everest

Mt. Everest needs no introduction. All we can say is that the one who successfully climbs on Mt. Everest deserves an applause. It is one of the most difficult peaks to climb on.

Many mountaineers have died on the way up to the summit of Mt. Everest. At the altitude of around 8000 meters, even breathing is a task to be done. Checkout all the famous dead bodies on Mt. Everest and the stories behind their deaths.

#9 George Mallory

Mallory is the first ever person who tried to climb Mt. Everest. He certainly failed and lost his life tragically. He disappeared on the North-East ridge during an attempt to make the first ascent of the world’s highest mountain.

His body was not identified until 1999. He was too close to become the first man to climb Mt. Everest.

#8 Francys Astentiev

Francys was trying to climb the mountain with her husband in the year 1999. Unfortunately, they separated and while searching for each other, they died. Her husband dies by falling off a cliff, and she died because of frostbite.

#7 Green Boots

Tsewang Paljor a.k.a Green Boots is till date the most popular dead body on Everest. His group was caught in one the deadliest storm - 1996 Mount Everest Disaster.

He died in a cave and that place is now used as a landmark for other mountaineers to gauge their distance to the summit.

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#6 Shriya Shah

Shriya’s story is the most disappointing one. She reached the summit in 2012 and supposedly spent 25 minutes celebrating her victory.

This celebration proved to be a fatal one as she ran out of oxygen later and died of exhaustion. Her body is still lying 300m below the summit covered in the Canadian flag.

#5 Hannelore Schmatz

Now this looks really scary, right? Hannelore was a German climber who died in 1976 due to extreme exposure and frostbite. According to the stories, she just took a nap while resting on her backpack and then never woke up.

#4 Unknown body

This dead body that you can see in the picture has not yet been recognized although it is lying there for long now.

#3 Unknown body

Here’s another unidentified body and is quite mummified because of lying there for so long.

#2 Unknown body

And there is another body waiting to be identified.

#1 Unknown body

Look at this picture. Looks scary and has not been identified yet.

There are tons of more such unidentified bodies lying on Mount Everest.