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Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Dead Body on South Col, Everest. This is known as the Death zone. Oxygen cylinders lie strewn nearby. South Col is an almost flat field very close to the summit of Everest, with rocks and ice covering it... Dead body on Mount Everest. The body has turned to leather under the harsh sun and dry dessicated conditions. This clip is shown with due respects to the mountaineer. On a personal level, we want something done about this terrible personal and ongoing human tragedy where dead mountaineers are not able to be brought down from the peak, due to the many limitations. However, we recognize the same and so submit to the situation with due humility. A body is so heavy that a single porter cannot possibly lift and bring it down, so most
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