'Walking over bodies' What Climbers Pass on Mount Everest is Pretty Grim...

For those who succeed, climbing Mount Everest is an amazing achievement, and one that they can look back on for the rest of their lives. A little over 5,000 people have managed to reach the summit and safely get back down again, but for others, it's not that simple. Rainbow Valley is an area of Mount Everest located at 8,000 metres in altitude, on the peak's northern ridge. Climbers who pass this section of the mountain will be met with the grisly sight of numerous dead climbers who have been unsuccessful in scaling this part of the mountain, giving the area its name from their brightly-coloured jackets, oxygen supplies and climbing equipment. It is the point on the mountain where the most climbers have perished, and, due to the location and nature of the region where they died, some of the bodies are impossible to reach or remove, and are left where they fell. These climbers are likely to have been killed by running out of oxygen, falling, or harsh weather.

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[samblundell]

I trekked to EBC (base camp) 2015 we arrived on the 24th August and we originally planned to camp at Base Camp that night. Due to the poor weather the year before our guide (my dad) decided we would head back to GorakShep instead of staying as it was congested and lots of climbers were attempted to summit that missed out on the previous season. The massive earthquake that followed the next day killed over 8, 000 people in Nepal and the avalanche that wiped out Everest Base Camp killed 55 people. The decision to leave early hurt at the time but we felt it was the right thing to do, as we were only trekkers and did not want to get in the way of the climbers who payed a fortune two years in a row to achieve their dream, it was a decision that may have saved our lives! RIP to all those who have lost their lives on that mountain.

[DiamondDee]

Even if I am the poorest person in the world you couldn't pay me all the money in the world to climb that.

[korimajhor]

I have asthma. My body would look at me and say "girl."

[jeffjames]

I'll take your word that there's a peak on mt Everest.

[GeneralGouda]

Not only did they leave the bodies where they are, the locals and guides use them as markers. They associate a different area of the mountain with each body.

[staceparsons]

“Every dead body on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person…”

[sylviawilson]

The world's most expensive graveyard.

[JinxMarie]

There are many bodies on the way up and down the mountain. They are usually covered with flags or covered up with a blanket.

[allietaylor]

I was lucky enough to go to Tibet doing photography for a company my dad worked for. While I was there, there was huge news of a 16 year old girl who was climbing Mt. Everest with her father, who ended up passing away about halfway up. She didn't know weather to go back down, or finish on her own. She ended up finishing all on her own and then saved and brought back down. WILD. how incredible.

[AlyGSpirit]

Your voice is soooo soothing. Thank you

[annep.]

Not all the climbers in Rainbow Valley were unsuccessful in scaling Everest. Some climbers scaled it successfully several times, before dying in a later attempt.

[squeeze]

Imaging being a body frozen there for decades. Such beautiful scenery yet extremely grotesque.

[bluevalentine]

There is a small portion of this video that shows how fast clouds actually move. You and I driving at sea level look up and see clouds that look like they're barely moving. But they are 30, 000 feet in the air. Here we see clouds at 30, 000 feet at the summit and the actual high speed at which they move.

[tracieramson]

I bet some Climber have PTSD after stepping over Multiple Dead Bodies

[Unlicensed-egg]

(Not) Fun fact; sometimes people climbing Mount Everest use dead bodies as landmarks to find their way back

[ABerCul]

Most died from altitude sickness which makes them to weak to climb down, worst brain fog, lack of sufficient normal breathing air, and they can't be helped because everyone is weak, foggy, & barely surviving themselves. They are all aware if they can not get themselves down then they want come down at all!

[filss]

I climbed Mt. Everest once, I reached the first base then chickened out, its way too cold and windy up there, 1 step up there is like you running 1 mile without stopping.

[captainsensiblejr.]

"Grisly"- gruesome, bloody
"Grizzly" a North American brown bear.

[KingKrispyTwo]

THIS IS THE THIRD VIDEO ABOUT MOUNT EVEREST I WATCHED IN A ROW TODAY 💀

[arnoldlee]

It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Go on, you'll have fun they said. Life's an adventure or nothing at all, they said. They died doing what they loved, they said. Winners of the Darwin awards.
Do not go where angels fear to tread.