Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down

Dec 24 2022 by Business Insider

 
Mountaineers are seen making their ascent of Mount Everest on May 12, 2021.

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More than 300 people have died climbing Everest since exploration first started in the early 1900s.  It's dangerous to retrieve the bodies, so many litter the mountain to this day.  Many have blamed overcrowding for a surge in deaths in recent years. 

Dead bodies are a common sight on top of Mount Everest. 

"I cannot believe what I saw up there," Everest filmmaker Elia Saikaly wrote...

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