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one of the oldest bodies on the mountain wasn't discovered until 1999-nearly 75 years after he died. Mallory was the most famous mountaineer of his time.
One of the most famous bodies on Everest 'Green Boots' is Tsewang Paljor. The body of 'Green Boots' is passes by every climber who attempts the North East route to the summit.
In 1986 a British women suffered a bad fall and suffered from HACE, and ultimately she died. In 1992 Scott Fisher and Kisser were the only two on the mountain and over the radio they heard "Do you read, over"? and the voice that they heard was a of a British women.
In May 2004 ,Pemba Dorji was climbing Mount Everest, he encountered what he described as 'black shapes near the summit'. Pemba says that the shapes were the ghosts of climbers who died on the mountain, and that as the shapes approached him they held out their hands, begging for some food.
The colorful gear worn by the dead climbers, has earned Everest's Northeast Ridge route nickname "Rainbow Valley"
British climber Frank Smythe, who attempted Everest several times in the 1930s, may have the most colorful story, however. He describes encountering two presences, the one seemed so real he offered it some of his mint cake.
Over 280 people have died climbing Everest, the majority of bodies are left frozen on the slopes, turning the mountains into a high-altitude cemetery. Some bodies remain visible , lying close enough that climbers have to step over them.
In 1992 Wanda Rutkiewicz climbed mount Everest and suffered from frostbite and eventually died from her injuries. One night Ewa Matuszewka(Wanda's friend) was woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call and on the the other end of the line was the voice of Wanda. she kept repeating "we are all despair, where are you"?