Human bodies work best at sea level ... but they can wind up waiting in line for hours Climbing in the death zone is "a living hell," as Everest climber and 1998 NOVA expedition member David ...

In the Everest region, which also consists of ... “It was very tough to bring back the bodies from the death zone,” Mr Sherpa says. “I vomited sour water many times. Others kept coughing ...

Five bodies, including one skeleton, have finally been recovered from Mount Everest’s so-called ‘death zone’ after the Nepali army deployed a dozen military personnel and 18 sherpas to clean ...

“And they would be dead within an hour because their body is not adjusted to that ... to less than 40% when they reach the Everest “death zone.” The first target for mountaineers is Everest ...

Human bodies cannot function properly above ... All told, climbing in the Death Zone is "a living hell," as Everest climber and 1998 NOVA expedition member David Carter told PBS.

Getting bodies out of the death zone is a hazardous chore. "It's expensive and it's risky, and it's incredibly dangerous for the Sherpas," Everest climber Alan Arnette previously told the CBC.

And a government officer who worked as a liaison officer on Everest added: "I myself have retrieved around 10 dead bodies in recent years from different locations on Everest and clearly more and ...

This makes reaching Everest, at 8,849 meters ... No amount of acclimatization can prepare the body for the death zone. Above 6,000 meters, the body never fully adjusts and above 8,000 meters ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Vanessa O'Brien: 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters, they do call the "death zone." The death zone is, you know, a part of what happens at height in the mountain.

A sherpa guide saved the life of a climber struggling on Mount Everest's "death zone" in a rare high altitude rescue. The first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest talks about her achievement ...