There are over 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest: Francys Arsentiev, David Sharp, Green Boots are only some. Who were they, and how did they die? See here pictures and articels about them. The article Into thin Air deals with the subject.
Robert Edwin “Rob” Hall (1961 – 1996) has been a Mt Everest head guide in the 1990s. He was a New Zealand mountain guide and organized guided tours to Mount Everest with the guide agency Adventure Consultants yearly. By 1996, Rob Hall had completed four summits of Everest, more than any other non-Sherpa mountaineer and …
The Mt Everest catastrophe of 1996 is being discussed around the world since Jon Krakauer published the book „Into thin air“. It is presumed as one of the largest incidents at Mt. Everest, as ultimate proof that Mt Everest has its own will. Two films, three books and many interviews fall short that the highest …
Francys (Fran) Arsentiev got famous a little late: she was ambitious and reached the summit of Mt Everest as first american women without supplementary oxygen. She died on the way down from the summit. Fran, the Sleeping Beauty Her death has been internationally discussed, because the circumstances of her death were tragic and her dead …
Francys Fran Arsentiev *1958 +1998: Sleeping Beauty Read More »
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886 – 1924) is the first “super hero” of Mt Everest. He was part of three British expeditions and eventually died high up on the mountain, below Second Step.
Marco Siffredi is the worlds first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard. In 2001 he chose the Norton Couloir at the left side of the north face. He disappeared in 2002 after making his second successful Everest summit – accompanied by the three Sherpa among them Phurba Tashi – while attempting to snowboard the …
David Sharp was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mt Everest after possibly reaching the summit of Mount Everest on his third attempt. David Sharp on Everest His death caused controversy and debate: While deceasing in the Green Boots Cave high up on Mt Everest he was passed by a number of climbers heading …
Green Boots on Mount Everest The Green Boots Cave is a small cave close to the summit of Mount Everest on the Northeast ridge at 8.500 m (27,900 ft) height. It is located alongside the main climbing trail from the north at approximately 450 m (1,480 ft) below the summit and 250 m (820 ft) above Camp …
Green Boots Cave – Tsewang Paljor on Mount Everest Read More »
Marko Lihteneker was a Slovenian mountain climber. Lihteneker died due to oxygen problems around 8800m on his descent of Mount Everest.
