00:00Can you believe there are over 200 frozen bodies just chilling on Mount Everest?
00:05Wild, right?
00:07It's like a real-life horror story up there.
00:10You can still see many of these today, and climbers use them as trail markers.
00:15They call this eerie place the Death Zone.
00:18It's pretty intense, right?
00:20A place that's way up high, super cold, and honestly pretty harsh.
00:25It's so intense that your body starts to feel it the second you step in.
00:30On Everest, you don't just conquer the mountain.
00:33The mountain chooses who stays, and who never makes it back down.
00:37You know, Everest has been the ultimate test of human endurance for decades.
00:44Pushing our limits and dreams.
00:46Climbing that massive peak is like chasing the wildest adventure ever.
00:51It towers a mind-blowing 8,948 metres high, way above where planes even fly.
00:58Imagine a place so empty and far away that people actually call it the third pole of the earth.
01:06Pretty wild, huh?
01:08It's like a hidden gem waiting to be discovered.
01:11Every year, hundreds of climbers from around the world make the pilgrimage to Nepal,
01:17drawn by one dream, to stand at the top of the world.
01:20It's absolutely wild how they train for years, pouring in tons of cash, all just to chase their dreams.
01:29Seriously, isn't that crazy?
01:32And when they finally arrive at the base camp, surrounded by prayer flags fluttering in the cold wind,
01:39they believe they're ready.
01:41But Everest is not a mountain.
01:42It's a force, one that humbles arrogance and punishes mistakes.
01:49It waits patiently.
01:50Above 8,000 metres, there's this super scary spot every mountaineer fears.
01:57The death zone.
01:58It's a place where survival gets tough.
02:01And the air is thin.
02:03Can you believe it?
02:04Up here, the oxygen levels are just a third of what you breathe at sea level.
02:10It's wild, right?
02:11It makes you feel a bit lightheaded.
02:14Your lungs are gasping.
02:16Your mind feels like it's about to burst.
02:18And your body starts eating itself.
02:21It's a wild ride, right?
02:23Even standing still drains your strength.
02:26The temperature can plummet to 60 degracine.
02:29Winds roar like jet engines.
02:32Frostbite can sneak up on you, grabbing your fingers before you even feel the sting.
02:37It's wild how quickly it can happen.
02:39At that altitude, every step feels like drowning.
02:44You move in slow motion.
02:46Your heartbeat echoing in your ears.
02:49One wrong breath.
02:50A misplaced foot.
02:52And just like that, you're in the mountains forever's silence.
02:55It's wild how quickly things can change, right?
02:59Once you kick the bucket up here, you just kinda stay put, right?
03:04Everest is a wild place.
03:06And getting someone down is super risky, you know.
03:10Helicopters just can't fly that high.
03:12And climbers can't risk their lives carrying the dead.
03:16It's a tough situation, you know.
03:19So the mountain keeps them.
03:21Frozen in time.
03:23Perfectly preserved by the cold.
03:25Their faces, still pale beneath layers of ice.
03:29Their clothing, still bright after decades.
03:32They've totally become part of the scenery.
03:34Like little whispers of the mountain's amazing history.
03:39As climbers ascend, they pass bodies sitting upright in the snow.
03:44Arms outstretched.
03:45As if reaching for something just out of reach.
03:48They pass others lying face down in the ice.
03:52Forever staring into the abyss.
03:54And then, there's one that everyone knows.
03:57Green Boots.
03:58Near a rocky cave on the northeast ridge.
04:02A pair of neon green mountaineering boots.
04:05Marks one of the mountain's most haunting landmarks.
04:08Green Boots.
04:09The body everyone talks about.
04:11Has been hanging out in that cave since 1996.
04:16Just chilling there, you know.
04:18He sits cross-legged.
04:19Back against the wall.
04:21One arm on his knee.
04:22Just chilling and soaking it all in.
04:25His face is completely covered in frost and shadow.
04:29So many climbers have just walked right past him, you know.
04:33Some folks take a moment to breathe.
04:36Totally clueless, they're flirting with danger.
04:39He is believed to be Sewang Paljo.
04:41An Indian border police officer.
04:44Who joined an expedition to conquer Everest that year.
04:48He reached the top.
04:49But never came back.
04:50On May 10th, 1996.
04:53A violent storm swept across the mountain.
04:56Winds exceeded 160 kilometres per hour.
05:00Visibility dropped to zero.
05:02Teams from around the world were trapped near the summit.
05:05Exhausted, freezing and running out of oxygen.
05:09Paljo and his teammates tried to descend.
05:12But they were caught in the storm's full fury.
05:15Temperatures plummeted.
05:17Communication broke down.
05:19One by one, they tumbled into the snow.
05:23Dazed, totally lost.
05:25And gasping for air.
05:27It was a wild scene, you know.
05:29Paljo found shelter in that tiny cave on the ridge.
05:32The last spot anyone saw him alive.
05:35It was dark and cosy.
05:38But little did they know what would happen next.
05:41He sat down to rest.
05:43Likely believing he'd continue.
05:45Once the winds eased, unaware that he had just signed his own death warrant.
05:51When the storm cleared, rescuers found his body.
05:54Frozen in that same position.
05:57A silent warning to every climber that would follow.
06:00Green Boots isn't alone.
06:03Tons of others have faced this wild journey too.
06:06It's really something, right?
06:08There are so many more out there.
06:10Scattered across the slopes.
06:11Each with its own unique story.
06:14A moment of giving in, you know.
06:16Sleeping beauty.
06:18A woman who climbed to the top, but just couldn't get down.
06:22It's like she reached her dreams but got stuck up there.
06:25You know?
06:26Rainbow Valley is this awesome trail,
06:29packed with colourful jackets left by climbers.
06:33It's like a vibrant treasure hunt, right?
06:35So many voices out there.
06:37Forgotten and unheard.
06:39Their last breaths just fading away in the breeze.
06:43It's like they're whispering stories that no one gets to hear.
06:46You know?
06:47To the climbers who pass them.
06:49These frozen figures remind everyone that on Everest,
06:53death isn't just a tragedy.
06:55It's part of the game.
06:57It's all just part of the journey, you know.
06:59We're climbing together, step by step.
07:02And having a blast while doing it.
07:05Everest doesn't roar.
07:06It whispers.
07:07It whispers in the sound of the wind.
07:10In the crunch of snow under your boots.
07:13In the quiet moments between breaths.
07:16Climbers come each year.
07:18Chasing their dreams of glory and adventure.
07:22Some people totally make it to the top.
07:25While others just don't.
07:28And those who stumble, they never really go away.
07:32They stick around, you know.
07:33Their bodies stay there.
07:35Untouched by time.
07:37Forever watching over our dreams and struggles.
07:40You know.
07:41It's like they're always with us.
07:43Guiding us through life's ups and downs.
07:47On Everest, victory and death share the same view.
07:51And in the thin air above the clouds.
07:53Where the world falls away into silence.
07:55The mountain remembers every name.
07:59Every story.
07:59And every wild adventure that's ever gone down.
08:03It holds all those memories close.
08:06Like a friend who never forgets.
08:07Who never forgets.
08:08Who never forgets.
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