The bodies typically do not decompose on Mount Everest because of the cold temperature. They sometimes break down due to extreme weathering in the glaciers.
Above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest lies the death zone — a place where the human body begins to break down no matter how ...
KATHMANDU, May 27 (Reuters) - A rescue helicopter brought the body of Australian climber Maria Strydom from Mount Everest to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, a week after she died on the ...