Mount Everest: melting glaciers exposing bodies of climbers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/mount-everest-melting-glaciers-exposing-bodies-dead-climbers
Mount Everest: melting glaciers exposing bodies of climbers
Sandra Laville
Thu 21 Mar 2019 16.03 GMT
Melting glaciers on Mount Everest are exposing the dead bodies of climbers previously entombed in ice, as global warming causes temperatures to rise.
Almost 300 climbers have been killed attempting to climb the mountain since the first attempt to scale it in 1922.
As the spring climbing season begins bodies which are being exposed by the melting glaciers are being removed on the Chinese side of the peak, BBC News reported.
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Officials with the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) said they were bringing down all ropes from the higher camps of Everest and Lhotse mountains this climbing season, but dealing with dead bodies was not as easy. Under Nepalese law government agencies must be involved when handling bodies.
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