Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest, so why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?

Reuters/Phurba Tenjing Sherpa 11 people have died summiting Mount Everest this spring. The deaths this year bring the total Everest death toll to more than 300 people since explorers first started climbing the mountain in the early 1900s. The b.....»»

CNN has published a shocking image of crowds of climbers stuck in.....»»

Emergency crews expect to find more bodies from a deadly tsunami as they press into villages cut off by the devastation that has already left at least 429 dead, officials said Tuesday......»»

AFP/Getty Images Six more bodies have been recovered from beneath tons of mud after a landslide devastated a village on Indonesia's main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 15. Following recent torrential rains, the landslide st.....»»

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The "Death Zone" is a region near the top of world's tallest mountains that earns the name because humans aren't meant to survive there. The "Death Zone" is a region near the top of world's tallest mountains that earns the name because hum.....»»

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Chunks of dense rock hundreds of miles tall lurk in Earth's mantle. They may have come from an ancient planet named Theia that once hit Earth. An artist's depiction of a possible impact of a proto-planet.....»»

STR/Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images Corpses remain in family homes and on the street in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as authorities are overburdened with a collection of the bodies of dead, several news agencies reported. The city is the epicenter of Ecuador's.....»»

Residents in Mecklenburg County could soon face stricter rules or enforcement measures after a sunny spring weekend found Charlotteans gathering in crowds in outdoor spaces, from Freedom Park near center city to beachy islands on Lake Norman, despi.....»»

Daniel Prudek/Business Insider Mount Everest has been closed t.....»»

Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, a government minister said on Friday......»»

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New Zealand Defense Forces New Zealand police on December 24 called off the search for two missing people presumed dead after one of New Zealand's most active volcanoes erupted earlier this month. The death toll from the incident stan.....»»

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At least nine climbers have died this season, and some cite overcrowding as a possible factor.....»»

Five climbers have died this week, and some cite overcrowding as a factor......»»

After a century of elite climbers taking on the dangerous challenge of ascending the world's highest peak since it was first conquered in 1921, which has seen numbers mak.....»»