As ice melts, Everest's 'death zone' gives up its ghostsTents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024 on the tenth anniversary of an avalance which killed 16 Nepali guides. Rescuers took hours to chip away the ice with axes, with the team sometimes using boiling water to release its frozen grip. Many are inside the "death zone", where thin air and low oxygen levels raise the risk of altitude sickness. One body, encased in ice up to its torso, took the climbers 11 hours to free. "I feel that we have to give back to them, we have to remove the trash and bodies to clean the mountains."

Source: Philippine Star June 30, 2024 10:07 UTC