NatureGround >> Dead Bodies on Mount Everest

springfield - 
Göran Kropp:  He didn't die on Everest but biked from Sweden to Everest and then climbed it without extra oxygen.

For his famous 1996 ascent, Kropp left Jönköping on October 16, 1995, on a specially-designed bicycle with 108 kg (240 lb) of gear and food. He traveled 8,000 miles on the bicycle and arrived at Everest Base Camp in April 1996. Following a meeting of all of the Everest expeditions currently on the mountain, it was agreed that Kropp would attempt to summit first. On May 3, Kropp blazed a trail through thigh-deep snow and reached a point 300 feet from the summit. However, Kropp decided to turn around, believing that he would be too tired to descend safely if he went up further. While Kropp recovered from the ordeal at base camp, the 1996 Everest Disaster unfolded. Kropp helped bring medicine up the mountain. Three weeks later, on May 23, Kropp again tackled the mountain, this time successfully summitting (without extra oxygen support). He then cycled home.[1] He returned to Everest in 1999 with girlfriend Renata Chlumska to undertake a cleanup, during which they removed 25 discarded canisters from the mountain. They also made a successful summit attempt together.

balloon knotter - you can't land a helicopter on everest.

gregbrady - I wonder which mtn has more dead bodies, K2 or Everest. Apparently you have a 10% chance of dying climbing K2. That's crazy.

It seems most ppl die on Everest in storms. I don't think you're going to be able to land a helicopter on Everest in hurricane force winds. Then again, I'm no helicopter pilot.

Stronghold - Standard procedure when finding a dead body is to loot it for more ammo, energy packs, and health kits. It they have a weapon upgrade, take it.

sadic1 - My brother in law actually drove his Jeep about 9/10 of the way to the summit of Everest. The way he told it, he had the 8 cylinder and ran out of gas. He might have made it if he had the straight 6, but then he might not have had the torque he needed. It's all he ever talks about when we're sitting around having beers.

Mako_ - Couple good books I've read on Everest are

-Into Thin Air, John Krakauer
-The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev

A good book on ice/general climbing is "kill or kill" Mark twight.

Tyson86 - That's pretty intense.

A good book on ice/general climbing is "kiss or kill" Mark twight.

Roastbeef - Watch the video I posted. It is pretty amazing. An hour long but I couldn't stop watching it.

Most of the deaths occur due to human error. Very very few are act of god stuff.

Apparently you can't digest food at super high altitudes. The guy in the video, Chris Warner, was talking about how you might take in 200 calories on summit day and then burn 20,000 calories.

A lot of people just sit down and then die.