Fun fact: Wikipedia has a list of every single person that died on Mount Everest
Submitted 7 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Siegfried@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do they ever retrieve the bodies or there is some place where they tend to accumulate, like a gigantic human billar?
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
jeffw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fun fact: Wikipedia has a shit ton of lists about how people die
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My favorite list was list of murdered hip hop musicians.
turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Dying on Mount Everest is actually pretty easy to avoid.
Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 7 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.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 7 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.
finickydesert@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
It works on my me. My sense of self has been replaced by the Ralph Wiggum “I’m in danger” meme.
Sorgan71@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Everest is covered in dead bodies and poop
orphiebaby@lemm.ee 7 months ago
And trash. Lots of trash.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I like to call a singular piece of trivia a trivion.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 7 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
cmder@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Rip 😢
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“The path to Everest is littered with the dead bodies of highly motivated people”
Is one of my mantras
splatt9990@lemmy.ml 7 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.
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 7 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.
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The similarities to MarioKart are… frightening…
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 7 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."
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
“If you like the view but don’t like climbing the mountain, you do not like hiking”
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“I guide others to a treasure I can not possess”
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is the that the original source ?