FROZEN TO DEATH
Shocking moment sherpas haul FROZEN SOLID corpse from Mount Everest as new videos reveal deadly queues to reach peak
DISTURBING footage of a group of sherpas dragging a frozen body in the snow on Mount Everest has been revealed.
The corpse's gloved arm stiff and sticking out from the blankets has been issued as a warning to climbers before they take on the world's highest peak.
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The rigid body was carried away by the three sherpas who seemed to struggled with the weight of the man in the harsh temperatures and altitude.
The video was posted by Rotash Khileri to show other climbers just how dangerous the mountain can be.
On Instagram he wrote: "This video teaches every climber a lot. We must understand this situation.
"Sherpas are the form of a God in the mountains.
"We should respect them. And should also respect the mountains. If we have a slight problem in the mountains.
"So you should talk to Sherpa quickly. And should get back down from the mountain.
We can not fight with nature. We must not risk our lives.
Mountain expert
"We can not fight with nature. We must not risk our lives.
"Because there is also our family who is waiting at home.
"So you take care of yourself."
The flat part of the summit is around the size of two ping-pong tables but now the season has begun it can become packed with 20 climbers taking pictures just inches from a several-thousand foot drop.
So far, 11 people have died in 10 days as they attempted to reach the top of the 29,029 ft mountain.
Christopher Kulish, an experienced climber, died on Monday of a reported heart attack.
Professional mountaineer Rohtash Khileri posts video showing length of queues and level of overcrowding on Mount Everest
Ed Dohring, from Arizona, had spend his life dreaming of completing the arduous climb, compared the world's highest peak to a zoo and said that it was 'scary.'
He described a large group of people who were already at the summit as "very rude and unruly" and that they were "basically pushing so they could get better pictures of themselves."
Speaking to CBS, he said: "I was surprised at how many people were, you know, above 26,000 feet and were really obviously either not fit or not experienced and probably shouldn't have been there."
"I certainly wasn't prepared to pass dead bodies that were attached to the safety line. It was very difficult."
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Anjali Sharad Kulkarni, 54, who lived in Mumbai, was among three Indians who died as they attempted to climb the world's highest mountain, which has seen 11 deaths already this season.
All of the deaths this year have occurred during peak climbing season and has been the deadliest year since 2012 when 10 climbers died.
Officials have issued 367 permits to tourists and a further 14 to Nepalese mountaineers to climb the mountain this year after growing safety fears.
Who has died on Mount Everest this month?
- Séamus Lawless, 39, died on May 16 after falling
- Ravi Thakar, 28, died on May 17 of altitude sickness
- Donald Cash, 55, died on May 22 of altitude sickness
- Nihal Bagwan, 27, died on May 23 of exhaustion on descent
- Ernst Landgraf, 65, died on May 23 Tibet side at 8600m after summiting
- Anjali S Kulkarni, 54, died on May 23 of exhaustion on descent
- Kalpana Dash, 52, died on May 23 of exhaustion on descent
- Kevin Hynes, 56, died on May 24 of altitude sickness
- Druba Bista, age unknown, died on May 24 of exhaustion and altitude sickness
- Robin Fisher, 44, died on May 25 of exhaustion during descent
- Christopher John Kulish, 62, died on May 27 of Cardiac arrest during descent
Experienced climbers expressed concerns over the overcrowding and adventure companies offering cheap packages to unsuitable climbers - resulting in blocking the path.
Elia Saikaly, a film maker, said that as he watched the sunrise it unmasked the dead body of another climber.
In an Instagram post he wrote: "I can't believe what I saw up there.
"Death. Carnage. Chaos. Lineups. Dead bodies on the route in tents at camp 4. People who I tried to turn back ended up dying. People being dragged down. Walking over bodies. Everything you read in the sensational headlines all played out on our summit night. "
Elia told : "There were 200 plus climbers making their way up to the summit.
Mount Everest and surviving altitude sickness
Oryana Angel, from Australia, began noticed the change in altitude on day six of their 12 day trek when they were 4410m above sea level.
After first walking in t-shirts, as they get further up the temperature drastically changes, the Himalayan wind icy.
Every few moments she had to stop to regain her breath, claiming that each step she took was an effort.
She began to feel unwell a few hours before reaching Base Camp and considered turning back. She felt that she had come down with a cold or chest infection.
But once she arrived at Base Camp she said that climbers were crying, complaining of lack of sleep, headaches, dizziness.
She was checked by guides and locals who said that her oxygen saturation was low but her heart rate was high.
The next day she set off at a slow pace, but after stumbling along the path her guide said she had acute mountain sickness and she was taken off the mountain by emergency helicopter.
If altitude sickness is ignored, it can lead to life-threatening conditions affecting the brain or lungs.
"I came across a deceased climber... that person's body was fixed to an anchor point between two safety lines and every single person that was climbing towards the summit had to step over that human being."
"It’s difficult for people at sea-level, who are not mountaineers, who have never been above 8,000 metres, to understand that particular scenario. When you are on Everest and you’re in the death zone and you can barely think … it becomes a very complicated situation and you realise in your mind that your fate could be the same.
"And with a line-up pushing you up the mountain there nothing you can do. You really have no choice but to carry on."
He also said how he spotted a man clutching his chest and bent over. Elia went to help and checked his oxygen mask, which was working fine.
The man was shaking, pale and couldn't speak and died on the mountain that night.
American John Kulish, 61, died at South Col on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday.
Most of the deaths on Everest this year have been attributed to exhaustion and tiredness, exacerbated because a crowded route to and from the summit has led to delays.
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British climber Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, died on the mountain just hours after warning overcrowding on the mountain could be "fatal".
He was 150m from the top of the world's highest mountain when he collapsed in the so-called "death zone", which is known for having low levels of oxygen.
Fisher chillingly revealed on social media how he had changed his plans to avoid the crowds on Everest just hours before he died on the descent.
Robin is the tenth person to die on Everest this season - with most suffering weakness, exhaustion and delays on the crowded route to the summit.
Dad-of-two Kevin Hynes died earlier this week as he attempted to scale the Everest summit.
The 56-year-old, from Galway, Ireland, was coming from the Tibetan (North) side on Friday morning as part of a team of six along with three expert sherpas.
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Mount Everest - the Goddess Mountain that continues to claim lives
Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest, a Welsh official of the British Raj who surveyed the Himalayas.
In 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest – known to Tibetans as Chomolungma or Goddess Mother of Mountains.
Since then more 4,000 people have reached the summit, according to the Himalayan Database.
Jordan Romero, from the US became the youngest person to climb Everest aged 13 and 10 months in 2010, while in 2013 an 80-year-old Japanese man Yuichiro Miura became the oldest.
Nearly 300 people have died trying to climb the famous mountain since the first attempt to scale it in 1922.
The deaths that have perhaps grabbed the most attention over the years were those of George Mallory (pictured) and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine.
They disappeared in 1924 after setting off for the summit with only primitive gear and there has been endless speculation they were in fact the first to the top.
Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999 but that failed to resolve the mystery.
Many of the corpses are buried under the snow but melting glaciers are exposing bodies once entombed in ice on the world's highest graveyard.
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