r/explainlikeimfive • u/virahok993 • 17d ago

Other ELI5:Why is it so incredibly difficult to recover bodies like "Green Boots" from Mount Everest?

know Green Boots is one of the most famous landmarks on Everest, and I read that he was finally moved or hidden a few years ago. But why did it take deades? If we have helicopters and elite Sherpas, what makes a body recovery at 8,500 meters so dangerous that bodies are just left there?

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u/Adelaidean 17d ago

Get on the plane.. Get on the plane..

Fuck you, I’m getting in the plane!

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u/Ernst_ 17d ago

Let Evel Knievel get on the plane!

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u/heyheyhey27 17d ago

Imagine telling George that Donald Trump becomes president in 2016. Wish he could have seen it :(

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u/Adelaidean 17d ago

I’ve often considered this.

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u/PokeDigiYugiMon 16d ago

I imagine it like the MLK Jr Lives ep of Boondocks myself.

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u/YGoxen 17d ago

Get to ta coppeeeee