Impact of Climate Change: The number of dead climbers on Mount Everest has increased

Kathmandu. Global warming has accelerated the melting of snow and glaciers in Mount Everest. Due to this, the number of dead bodies of climbers who lost their lives while climbing the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has increased.

Lately, the number of people climbing Mt. Everest has increased.

The first climber to die while attempting to ascend in 1922 has a history. Since then, an average of 200 climbers have died. Most of those who lost their lives while climbing Mt. Everest are believed to have been buried in glaciers or snow.

‘Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly due to the effects of climate change and global warming. At the same time, the number of dead bodies has increased, ”said Aang Chiring Sherpa, former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

"Since 2008, my own company has brought down seven bodies. Some have been found to be members of the 1970 British campaign, 'he said.

Studies have shown that glaciers in the Everest region are melting faster than previously thought.

An official of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Suvit Kunwar, said, "This is a very serious matter. As it grows, it affects our campaign. We are really worried that the impact is getting worse instead of getting worse. '

"We are trying to spread the word that there is a coordinated way to deal with this," Kunwar added.

Union Treasurer Chhiring Sherpa said that climate change is rapidly affecting Nepal. Due to this, the glacier is melting one meter every year, he said.

"We are bringing the corpses that can be brought down and in case we cannot bring them, we cover them with stones or snow by praying," Chiring said.

He lamented the government's failure to bring down the bodies found in the mountains. "We have not seen the government take any responsibility in this regard," he said.

Bringing the corpse down is a difficult task

Bringing down corpses from the base camps above is a dangerous and expensive task.

Aung Chiring Sherpa is one of the first students of the mountaineering school opened by the first Everest climber, Adam Hillary. Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, later helped expand Everest tourism.

Sherpa recalled one of the most dangerous attempts to return from the summit was an incident at 8,700 meters.

"The body weighed about 150 kg. Similarly, it was in a difficult part of the mountain. It was very difficult to bring it down, ”he said.

He said it would take a long time for the government to release the body. "But we, the operators, consider it our duty and because of this sense of duty, we bring down the bodies until they are found," he said.