For those who wish for a traditional service, the costs and obstacles of retrieving bodies from the mountain are staggering. “This is the first time we are cleaning the death zone,” Namgyal Sherpa, leader of the Extreme Everest Expedition 2010, told the newspaper. Five people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest this month, and one is missing. The body of 34-year-old Australian climber Maria Strydom, who died last Saturday, was also brought to Kathmandu Friday. On Thursday, his body was taken from the mountain by helicopter and brought to a hospital in Kathmandu.

Source: National Post May 27, 2016 10:03 UTC