You learn something new everyday
 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100420/...e-870a197.html

i guess other lives cannot be endangered in order to retrieve the dead.

but if it was a relative of mine i'd like them brought home.

but on the other other hand the costs of a safe retrieval have to be paid by somebody...

i do like the phrase "clean up campaign"! sounds like they're dredging a canal or sumic...

Re: You learn something new everyday
 

It's one of my life-long ambitions to see Everest myself from the ground, not an aeroplane looking down. I think that for many of those who died up there, they would rather stay put having died trying to fulfill their ambition.

I don't know about the "grieving over a body" aspect, I would hope that Mrs BP wouldn't pine away over a grave containing my rotting remains. I don't visit my grandparents graves, nor those of friends I have lost, both in my personal life and in the job. I do visit Grandpa's bench (Over Slaidburn - most Pennine Massive members know it) but only because I can have a chat with the old boy and enjoy a magnificent view.

Maybe the dead on Everest are enjoying their view? Leave them be, I would rather be left there.

Pete ;)

Re: You learn something new everyday
 

I watched the documentary about fellow Brit David Sharp-think its a good thing that the bodies will be brought down and laid to rest with some dignity-in the pic his body has been covered in white as a mark of respect (you can't see the indian climber who is also dead next to him), but as the link says the route to the top goes past the bodies-how many people must walk by every week?

http://www.everestnews.com/everest20...st05272006.htm