Fun fact: Wikipedia has a list of every single person that died on Mount Everest

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• doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “The path to Everest is littered with the dead bodies of highly motivated people”

  Is one of my mantras

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  • splatt9990@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fun fact: it’s pretty much impossible to get those bodies down and there’s not really anywhere to bury them on the mountain so they’re literally laying pretty much wherever they died. They call that section of the mountain “Rainbow road” because of the multi-colored winter coats of the corpses you have to walk past to get to the summit.

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    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is impossible for many. It is just not worth the risk of making more dead bodies while trying to retrieve them. So they do not bother. Callous to some but that’s reality. Hell some dead bodies are used as milestones or waypoints for some going up.

      There a few though that have been lost over the years. And trying to find them is simply too risky. There was the body of a British lady who you could see a few years ago but no one can see her anymore. Likely just covered in snow/ice.

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    • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The similarities to MarioKart are… frightening…

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  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Friend, remember, it is not about the end goal but about the dead bodies of other motivated people you find, along the way. Be wary of the denial that it could be you, one day serve the same purpose to those that come after you."

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    • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “If you like the view but don’t like climbing the mountain, you do not like hiking”

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    • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “I guide others to a treasure I can not possess”

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    • doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is the that the original source ?

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• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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  • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they ever retrieve the bodies or there is some place where they tend to accumulate, like a gigantic human billar?

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• moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  1. make it a meme using this template: Image

  2. post it on distressingmemes

  3. bask in your glory

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fun fact: Wikipedia has a shit ton of lists about how people die

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  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My favorite list was list of murdered hip hop musicians.

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• turkishdelight@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dying on Mount Everest is actually pretty easy to avoid.

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• Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are many things I can get a kick out of and have played with in my mind, like seafaring. But climbing a damn rock, which just gets colder while it’s getting harder to breathe? No, thank you.

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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  [off topic]

  “High Crimes” is a graphic novel about a disgraced Olympian who now carries dead bodies off Everest for a high fee.

  bookshop.org/p/books/…/12960923?ean=9781534310476

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• finickydesert@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  it’s true

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It works on my me. My sense of self has been replaced by the Ralph Wiggum “I’m in danger” meme.

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• Sorgan71@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Everest is covered in dead bodies and poop

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  • orphiebaby@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And trash. Lots of trash.

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• Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like to call a singular piece of trivia a trivion.

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• asteriskeverything@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wanna say fun fact but I lacking a source beyond a podcast episode. I do feel that fits the spirit of the meme tho so fun fact most childhood human trafficing victims are youth that identify with the LGBTQA+ and lost their entire support network after coming out. But that’s not as appealing sooo

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• cmder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rip 😢

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