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Plan to remove Everest bodies

April 21st, 2010

The Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 05:20 PM

Plan to remove Everest bodies 106 words A team of Sherpas plans to remove the bodies of climbers from Everest’s “death zone”. The team also intends to remove tons of rubbish left behind on the slopes. The 20 Sherpas plan to begin the expedition, which is funded by the Nepalese government, on May 1 and will set up camp at the South Col, 26,240ft above sea level. Just above the South Col is the “death zone”, a stretch of hazardous terrain that has claimed some 300 lives since 1953. The team said it plans to remove at least five bodies from a narrow trail between the South Col and the summit, but did not identify them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/7606720/Team-of-Sherpas-to-clear-dead-bodies-from-Mount-Everest.html

Keywords Climbing, death zone, everest, mountaineering, Sherpas

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