AIBU to be blown away by this? TW - Deaths on Everest.

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I have read a news article about the person who died on Everest 30 years ago, known as Green Boots and wondered if his body would have been preserved by the snow and icy conditions up there. After some reading, I believe his body would not have decomposed and so his face will be the same, still in his late 40's. Forever young.

And by the way there is no trigger warning needed for any of this stuff FFS!!!

Trigger warnings!!!!

Oh the cat's done a shit in my shoe again - Trigger Warning everyone

The body’s need for oxygen above 8000m is not dependent on whether someone is a good climber. Lack of oxygen can lead to some poor decision making as well which could lead to more fatalities

It is a strange place and climbers have a strange mindset. Hannelore Schmatz was another climber whose body was a landmark. I'm not sure banning the use of oxygen would stop enough people would it?

I think the word 'survived' is doing some strong work here.

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I was using the word Sherpa informally to mean mountain guide.

Have you met many psychopaths?! He’s dead, people who climb Everest know and accept that’s a possibility. Although the boots lasting on a corpse is irrelevant I’d have said as they aren’t being subjected to boot wear and tear ie walking in them.

I have just replaced a pair of meindl Borneos that are more than 20 years old and have been to Nepal, Kilimanjaro and the mountain in Borneo whose name escapes me so they are a good brand I’d say.

Does he look "forever young"??? 😂

Anyone who climbs up Everest is incredibly selfish and egotistical.

How do you know they have a love of nature? They like climbing things nature had created I’m not sure that’s the same.

I’m not sure that bodies will stay there. Global warming is having many unpleasant consequences

So more people die getting g the bodies? Sorry so more locals who are economically dependent on rich tourists die? Nope.

Seeing the recent pictures of hundreds upon hundreds of climbers queuing nose to tail up the slopes, I can’t think of anything less appealing. A huge toll environmentally has made much of the mountain look like a landfill site, and with the numbers increasing year on year I can’t see this changing, despite the ongoing clear up of the mountain.

Also, the climbs relative ease (compared to eg K2 or Annapurna) means that some of those climbing have inadequate experience, being hauled up by Sherpas who are being put in a dangerous position having to look after those without the experience.

It’s a very self centred, ego driven thing to do imo.

People have a choice. The consequences of their choices mean they don’t make as much money. There are other lower paid jobs than being a sex worker.

I think disrespect is becoming normalised. We see it in those commuters who take the reserved seats on trains, to those boys who killed PC Harper laughing at the cameras while being sent down.

Who is it disrespecting? The climber is dead, so not him. His family knew he was risking his life to climb Mount Everest.

If there was any disrespect, I think it was on behalf of the person who started a thread inviting comment on how decomposed the body of a man who died on Everest 30 years ago would be. Not the poster asking about his boots.

Its not disrespectful or psychopathic in the least to ask what brand of boots someone was wearing!!

Or do we need a trigger warning for that now as well?

There we are @Lobsterteapot you are now officially no better than PC Harper’s murderers. But murder has now been downgraded to mere disrespect so don’t take it too much to heart. It’s really no worse than taking a reserved seat on a train. .

It’s getting ridiculous. Someone is always being offended!!

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Climbing everest is not ethical

I did a bit of climbing in my younger days. Nothing like Everest, much easier. One guy in the group said he couldn't think of anything worse than dying in bed of old age and he would much rather die on a mountain attempting something almost impossible. I made a mental note never to get in a situation where I was dependent on him for my safety and opted for other climbing partners where possible. I do think it probably wasn't just him, but he was prepared to express it out loud.

Some people on this thread would be appalled at the Victorian practice of dressing up dead babies to appear in family photographs.

And the tradition of making sculptures and friezes from human bones. Well worth a look if you delve into various catacombs you may find (the Paris ones are a hidden gem).

I don’t know!! I was just thinking they might as the view at the top is breathtaking apparently.

It's too dangerous to retrieve bodies from Everest. I only found out about green boots a few months back on a Tiktok vid. They know the risks it's unfair to put other lives at risk to retrieve people who didn't survive.

One of my science teachers climbed Everest. He wanted to do it before he had children. He brought a slide show in to show us pics of his expedition on the projector. There was some amazing pictures. He fell into a sinkhole in the ice even took a picture of that.

Sadly a few years ago he started hearing voices in his head. His wife came home one day and found him in the garage after taking his own life.😥