Mount Everest - The Highest Burial Ground in the World

Most of us know that Mount Everest is the highesthighest burial ground in the world.
mountain in the world, but only few may know thatDavid also told when he went for conquering Everest
the summit has also become the highest burial groundwith his 13 members' team, one of their Taiwanese
in the world. Nearly 175 mountaineers have lost theirteam member died of hypothermia. They spared no
lives at this well-known highest point of mothereffort to bring the dead body with them, but they
earth, and most of them were buried there.couldn't do so despite all that efforts and they had
According to a report, almost 41 mountaineers haveto bury him there.
been buried in the northern part of the Everest.In 1996, an ice storm surrounded the eight member
Hypothermia and lack of oxygen are considered twoteam of mountaineers, who were trying to conquer
main causes of death at the summit. But somethe summit, and none of them could escape from
mountaineers have also become the victim of deathdeath.
because of different sort of climbing accidents. DavidDespite all these difficulties and impossibilities, some
Brash, a well-known mountaineer, says that it is quitemountaineers succeed to bring the dead bodies of
difficult to go down with a dead body in thesetheir companions back, but it happens once in a blue
mountains, and that's why mountaineers' teams avoidmoon. With every passing day, the number of graves
descending with a dead body if some member ofis on increase at this highest burial ground of the
their team dies at the summit, therefore, the highestworld, but most of these graves are without any
mountain in the world is unnoticeably becoming thename or identity.