Conquest of Everest nine tragic stories of climbing

1. 40 passers-by and a crew of TV channel Discovery h3>

the first time the general public learned about the "terrible" morals prevailing on the way to Everest in May 2006, when it became known circumstances of the death of David Sharpe, a British climber who tried to conquer the summit alone. He never got to the top, dying from hypothermia and oxygen starvation, but it is noteworthy that by slowly freezing math teachers took a total of 40 people, and no it did not help. Among the past proved by the crew of TV channel Discovery, journalists who took the dying Sharp's interview left him and went on oxygen.

The public was outraged "immoral" act "passed by", but truth is that Sharpe at a height no one and no help could not even if they wanted

2. "Green Boots» h3> It is not known when the concept of "green shoes" came into use conquerors of Everest and became folklore. But it is known that they belong to the Indian climber Tsewang Palzhoru, one of the victims' bloody May "in 1996 - in the month on Everest killed a total of 15 people. This is the largest number of casualties in a single season in the history of the conquest of the highest peaks on the planet. Years Palzhora green shoes are a reference point for those who climbs the mountain.





In May 1996, it climbed Everest several commercial expeditions - two American, one Japanese, one Indian and one Taiwanese. About who is to blame for the fact that most of the participants had not returned, still argue. As the events of May some films, the surviving participants wrote several books. Someone blames the weather, some conductors who began to descend before their clients, some other expeditions, which did not help in distress, or even prevent them.

3. Spouses Arsenteva h3> In May 1998, the wife Frances and Sergei Arsenteva attempted to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Bold idea, but it is real - no additional hardware (at least 10-12 kg) up and down quickly, but also the risk of complete exhaustion from lack of oxygen is very high. If during ascent or descent something goes wrong and the climbers linger in the "death zone" for longer than the body's physical capabilities allow, they face imminent death.

In the base camp at an altitude of 8200 meters the couple spent five days, twice their attempts ended up in failure, as time went on, with him gone and strength. Finally, May 22, they came for the third time ... and reached the summit.

However, during the descent of the couple lost sight of each other and Sergey was forced to go down alone. Francis has lost too much energy and just fell, unable to continue. A few days went by freezing Francis Uzbek group not help her. But participants said Sergei had seen his wife and the one taking oxygen bottles, went in search of ... and died. His body was found much later.

The last people who saw Francis and who therefore saw her alive was the British climbers Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, who spent a few hours with the dying. According to them, she kept saying, "Do not leave me," but it has to help the British could do nothing and walked away, leaving her to die alone.

4. Perhaps the first true conquerors of Everest h3> No wonder those who seek to conquer Everest, say a little up - until you went down, reaching the top can not be considered




In 1933, at an altitude of 8460 m was found a hatchet one of the climbers. In 1991, at an altitude of 8480 m was found oxygen tank produced in 1924 (and, therefore, belong either Irving or Mallory). And finally, in 1999, Mallory's body was found - at an altitude of 8200 m. When it does not find any cameras, no photographs of his wife. The latter fact makes the researchers believe that a Mallory or both climbers have reached the summit yet, as Mallory before leaving for Everest, said his daughter, be sure to leave the photo on top of the couple.

5. Everest does not forgive "not like all» h3> Everest severely punishes those who try to act "like everyone else». No wonder the majority of successful ascents is accomplished either in May or in September and October - the rest of the year the weather is not conducive to mountain ascents and descents. Too cold (until May), too quickly changing weather conditions, is too high a risk of avalanches (in summer).





Bulgarian Hristo Prodanov decided to prove that the rise of Mount Everest in April, it is possible - to do something that no one before him did not. He was a very experienced climber conquering a lot of iconic peaks.

In April 1984, Christo made an ascent of Everest - alone and without oxygen. He successfully conquered the top, at the same time becoming the first Bulgarian to set foot on the highest mountain in the world and the first person who did it in April. However, on the way back he was in a fierce storm and froze to death.

6. The most eerie corpse on Everest h3> Hannelore Shmats became the first woman and the first German citizen who died on the way to the top of Mount Everest. It happened in October 1979. However, we know it is not the only reason, and not because of what has died of exhaustion on the descent, successfully conquered Everest, but because it is still a good 20 years her body frightened those who tried to conquer Everest. It blackened the cold, frozen in a sitting position toward the rising of Everest, with eyes wide open and with developing hair in the wind. Her body tried to pull from the top, but several expeditions had failed, and the participants of one of them killed themselves.

In the end, the mountain took pity and during one particularly violent storm at the beginning of the "zero" Hannelore body was dropped into the abyss.

7. Anniversaries leave alive h3> Schering Lobsang Sherpa, Tenzing Norgeya nephew, the first official conqueror of Everest, in May 1993, decided to climb to the memory of what he did, his uncle. The blessing and the 40th anniversary of the conquest of the mountain is just approaching. However, Everest is not very fond of "anniversaries" - Schering successfully climbed the highest mountain in the world, but died during the descent, when he thought he was safe.

8. Everest can rise as much as necessary, but once he takes you h3> Babu Chiri Sherpa - Sherpa legend, the conductor, who visited the Everest ten times. The man who held on a mountaintop 21 hours without oxygen, a man who rose to the top in 16 hours 56 minutes, which is still a record. 11th expedition ended tragically for him. At an altitude of 6500 meters, the "child" for the conductor, he photographed the mountains, accidentally miscalculated his movements, slipped and fell into the crevice in which to his death.

9. He died, and someone - survived h3> The Brazilian Vitor Negrete perished in May 2006 during the descent after the conquest of Everest. This was the second ascent Negrete, and this time it was planning to become the first Brazilian who conquered the mountain without oxygen. Rising, he made a hiding place in which left food and oxygen, which he would have been able to take advantage on the descent. However, on the way back, after successful completion of the mission, he found his hiding place was ruined and all supplies are gone. Negrete was not strong enough to reach the base camp, and he died not far from it. Who took the supplies and Brazilian life - remained unclear.







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