Mallory, Irvine, and other eternal captives Everest

• Mallory, Irvine, and other eternal captives Everest

August 8 - The International Day of mountaineering, and today we remember those for whom the best of the mountains can be only mountains, which have not yet visited. This activity is associated with many dangers, but despite all this every year thousands of people go on a journey from which they most likely will not come back, and they know it.

Everest group of climbers pass by unburied corpses scattered out there, here - is the same climbers, but they were not lucky. Some of them fell and broke bones themselves, someone cold, or simply relax and still cold.

What morality can be at a height of 8000 meters above sea level? Here it is every man for himself, just to survive.

So if you want to prove to yourself that you are mortal, then it's worth a try to go on Everest.

Most likely, all of these people who were left lying there, thinking that this is not about them. And now they are as a reminder that not everything is in the hands of man.

Statistics defectors there are no leads, after climbing basically savages, and small groups of three to five people. And the price of this ascent is from 25t to 60t $ $. Sometimes pay extra life if saved on the little things. Thus, in the eternal guard there remains about 150 people, maybe 200. And many who have been there say they feel look black climber, resisting in the back, because right on the northern route is eight bodies lying openly. Among them, two Russian. It is about ten from the south. But deviate from paved trails climbers are already afraid, and could not get out, and no one to save them will not climb.

Creepy tales walk among climbers who have been at the top, because it does not forgive mistakes and human indifference. In 1996, a group of climbers from the Japanese Fukuoka University climbed Everest. Very close to their route were three climbers in distress from India - emaciated, icy people asked for help, they have experienced high-altitude storm. Japanese passed. When the Japanese group down, then there was no one to save already - Indians froze.

It is alleged corpse of the first climber to conquer Everest, who died on the descent.

It is believed that Mallory was the first to reach the summit and already died on the descent. In 1924, Mallory and his partner Irwin began to climb. They were last seen with binoculars in the clouds break only 150 meters from the top. Then the clouds came together and climbers disappeared.

Ago, they did not return until 1999, at an altitude of 8290 m, the top of the next explorers stumbled onto the set of bodies killed in the last 5-10 years. Among them are found Mallory. He was lying on his stomach, as if trying to hug the mountain, head and hands are frozen into the slope.

Mate Irvine has never been found, although the harness on Mallory's body said that the couple were together until the end. The rope was cut with a knife and possibly Irwin could move, and leaving a comrade died somewhere down the slope.

The wind and snow do their work, the places on the body that are not covered by clothing, snow gnawed to the bone by the wind, and the older the body, the less it is still flesh. Evacuate the dead climbers nobody is going, the helicopter can not rise to such a height, and drag myself to the carcass from 50 to 100 kilograms is not altruists. And lie unburied climbers on the slopes. Well, not quite so all climbers are so selfish, after all, save and not throw in their distress. Only the many who lost their lives - blame yourself.

In order to establish a personal record of oxygen-free ascent, American Francis Arsenteva already on the way down she lay exhausted for two days on the southern slope of Mount Everest. By stopping beating, but still living woman took the climbers from different countries. One offered her oxygen (from which she at first refused, not wanting to spoil his record), while others poured a few sips of hot tea, there was even a couple that was trying to gather people to sneak her into the camp, but they are soon gone, as They jeopardize their own life.

American husband, Russian climber Sergei Arsent'ev, which they lost on the descent, did not wait for her in the camp, and went to look for her in which was killed too.