How many dead bodies are on Everest?

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asked Mar 19, 2020 in Polls/Surveys by Leterible (260 points)
How many dead bodies are on Everest?

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answered Mar 19, 2020 by Jamie (42,600 points)
As of the year 2020 there are about 200 to 300 bodies that are on Mount Everest.

When people are killed and die while climbing Mount Everest it can be very difficult and sometimes impossible to recover the bodies that do die while climbing Mount Everest.

There was a rescuer who did die while trying to recover a dead body on Mount Everest so it's not worth the risk to other life to recover a dead body.

If someone is just injured then it's worth it to try to save the person but for someone who is dead it's not worth someone else possibly dying trying to recover the body.

If I were to die on Mount Everest I would prefer my body stay there instead of being buried in a cemetery.

There's no way to know for sure on how many actual bodies are on Mount Everest but it's estimated to be between 200 to 300 dead bodies that are spread across the mountain on various routes.

Some of the dead bodies on Everest are buried in deep crevasses while others now rest in different places from where they died, due to moving glaciers, and a few have been intentionally moved.

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