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PRAKASH MATHEMA / Stringer / Getty Images There are some 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest, serving as grim warnings for other climbers to this day. Mount Everest holds the impressive title of tallest mountain in the world, but many people don’t know about its other, more gruesome title: the world’s largest open-air graveyard. Since 1953, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay scaled the summit for the first time, more than 4,000 people have followed in their footsteps, braving the harsh climate and dangerous terrain for a few moments of glory. Some of them, however, never left the mountain, leaving hundreds of dead bodies on Mount Everest. How Many Dead Bodies Are On Mount Everest? The top portion of the mountain, roughly everything above 26,000 feet, is known as the “death zone.” There, the oxygen levels are only at a third of what they are at sea level, and the barometric pressure causes weight to feel ten times heavier. The combination of the two makes climbers feel sluggish, disoriented and fatigued and can cause extreme distress on organs. For this reason, climbers don’t usually last more than 48 hours in this area. The climbers that do are usually left with lingering effects. The ones that aren’t so lucky and To date, These are the stories behind just some of the bodies on Mount Everest that have accumulated over the years. The Tragic Tale Behind One Of The Most Infamous Mount Everest Bodies Standard protocol on One of the most famous Mount Everest bodies, known as B...