# Everest: Just Don't Do It **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397 "2016-05-22T21:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 387
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/387 "2022-05-18T10:20:24Z")
My and a few others’ comments from December '21 > [@Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across/851674/3270): > > I just watched “Into Thin Air,” the film about the [1996 disaster on Everest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster) that took 5 lives. A few facts from [this article.](https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/05/14/everest-2021-a-look-at-deaths-on-everest/) Leading cause of death for Sherpas: avalanche Leading cause of death for climbers: falls 304 have died since 1953, with only three years not having at least one. 27% have died after reaching the summit. I was curious to know how many bodies are still there…I see estimates of 200. [source](https://www.climbernews.com/how-many-dead-bodies-are-on-mount-everest/#:~:text=There%20are%20thought%20to%20be,on%20Everest%20are%20still%20there.) If you scroll halfway down on the last source, you’ll see an eery photo…or may… In this article, he expresses regret for climbing it. [https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/living/jon-krakauer-everest-feat/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/living/jon-krakauer-everest-feat/index.html) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397)._