Obligatory bad humor:
With all the bodies still up there, no wonder they call it Mount Ever Rest.
Some sources say 300 killed. I guess it depends on date of writing or how far back you go. After all, the mountain's been around for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_EverestLatest: #307 Robin Fisher
May 25, 2019 Died of exhaustion 150 metres down slope from mountain peak after summiting, so according to protocol, it was not a successful climb.
Not sure of how the dating works, what with the date line and all.
"Sleeping Beauty"
On the morning of May 24, Briton Ian Woodall, South African Cathy O'Dowd, and several more Uzbeks encountered Francys Arsentiev while on their way to the summit. She was found where she had been left the evening before. Sergei Arsentiev's [her husband's] ice axe and rope were identified nearby, but he was nowhere to be found. Both Woodall and O'Dowd called off their own summit attempts and tried to help Francys for more than an hour, but because of her poor condition, the perilous location, and freezing weather, they were forced to abandon her and descend to camp.[3] She died as they found her, lying on her side, still clipped onto the guide rope. She was aged 40, with one son.[2] Her corpse had the nickname "Sleeping Beauty".[1]
The mysterious disappearance of her husband was solved the following year when Jake Norton, a member of the 1999 "Mallory and Irvine" expedition, discovered Sergei's body lower on the mountain face, apparently dead from a fatal fall while attempting to rescue his wife.[4]
RIP X 307 + any others not even reported missing.
Smartassed question from Terry: "If the thrill and challenge and narcisstic goose is derived from climbing a very difficult mountain, why do they take the easiest routes up the thing instead of the most difficult routes?"
Terry, 230RN