Wednesday, July 24, 2024

"Everest: Bodies of fallen mountain climbers finally recovered from 'death zone'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9r31g50xqdo 


"Nepal has received a bad name for the garbage and dead bodies which have polluted the Himalayas on a grave scale," Major Aditya Karki, the leader of this year's operation, told BBC Nepali...

The military allocated five million rupees ($37,400; £29,000) this year to retrieve each body. Twelve people are needed to lower a body from 8,000m, with each needing four cylinders of oxygen. One cylinder costs more than $400, meaning that $20,000 is needed for oxygen alone..."