Frozen bodies to be retrieved from Everest
- Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:37
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A team of mountaineers have planned to retrieve dead bodies of the past climbers who have lost their lives on Mount Everest.
It has been calculated that 150 bodies might still be on the mountainside, beyond the reach of recovery because of treacherous climbing conditions.
Around 300 people have died along a perilous stretch of the world’s highest peak known as the “death zone” because of its lack of oxygen and treacherous terrain.
Namgyal Sherpa, is the leader of this operation called “Extreme Everest Expedition 2010”
He has climbed the Mount Everest for seven times.
Namgyal further said that, “We’ll bring down the body of a Swiss climber who died in the mountain in 2008 and cremate it below the base camp, for which we have got the family’s consent”.
The team hopes to bring at least five dead bodies down from the summit.
