Some spooky stories from Everest on today's Quora:
"Many Sherpas believe that Everest is haunted by the ghosts of those who died trying to climb it, and that their spirits will not rest until they are given a worthy burial. However, considering the large number of victims, we are talking about over 300, whose bodies remain trapped in the “Death Zone”, that is, the area above 8,000 meters, if not impossible, it is highly unlikely that it will be freed from otherworldly presences.
On May 21, 2004, taking only 8 hours and 10 minutes, Sherpa Pemba Dorje broke the record for the fastest climb on Everest, in addition to this, what made the news was what he said. He declared that as he approached the southern ridge, he saw the spirits, in the form of black shadows, of a group of deceased climbers who stretched out their hands towards him, asking for something to eat;
- In 1975, Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, two British climbers, were forced to spend a night in the "Death Zone" due to bad weather and to shelter, they slipped into a hole made in the snow. They felt that they would not be able to survive because, in addition to suffering from the cold, they had run out of oxygen and food. Until something very strange happened and, as they themselves stated: “We felt the presence of another person, someone who not only warmed us but gave us advice on how to stay alive”. Haston and Scott, however, are not the only mountaineers to have experienced or had this sensation. In fact, other mountaineers, always in moments of difficulty, have told of similar experiences;
– In 1933, the English mountaineer Frank Smythe was at an altitude of 8,565 meters when he noticed something very strange. Two spherical objects floating in the sky and pulsating very slowly. Before noticing these two objects, while he was climbing, he felt a presence near him. He felt that he was no longer alone and that it was not evil. And when he took a piece of cake from his supplies to offer it to her, he realized that the mysterious “partner” had disappeared;
– In May 2017, at the Everest base camp, which is located at an altitude of 7,950 meters, while rescuers were looking for the body of a Slovakian climber, they found the bodies of 4 mountaineers, and so far nothing strange. The problem, however, is that no mountaineer was missing from the lists of tourist agencies. The Nepalese Ministry of Tourism hypothesized that they could be corpses dating back to the previous year, but strangely enough, the four were not missing from the roll call the year before either. So what happened to the 4 and above all who were they? The mystery remains to this day. "
