Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and is covered with snow and ice all year round, even in summer, the glaciers here will not melt.
Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, humans do not decompose even in death. Is it possible to find the remains of ancient people on Mount Everest?
Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (Photo: Sohu).
Extremely low temperatures plus little biological activity make the original environment on the mountain top relatively well preserved. Moreover, the extremely low temperature is equivalent to a giant natural refrigerator, creatures can hardly move here, if creatures die here, their remains will be preserved for a long time.
The question is, is it possible to find the remains of ancient people on Mount Everest? If so, what is the state of their remains?
To know if there are any remains of ancient humans on Everest, we must first understand the evolutionary history of Everest. Mount Everest began to rise 38 million years ago, but Mount Everest was not high, nor was it as deserted as it is now, with a lot of vegetation and jungle.
As the Indian continent continued to drift northward and squeeze Eurasia, the topography of Mount Everest gradually increased. More than 20 million years ago, Mount Everest underwent a period of rapid ascent. 7 million years ago, the height of Mount Everest reached more than 3,000 meters, and now the height of Mount Everest has reached 8,848.86 meters.
From the evolutionary history of Mount Everest, it can be seen that the topography of Mount Everest was raised more than 3,000 meters around 7 million years ago, when humans did not appear. At the time of human evolution, the height of Mount Everest had risen to a level unsuitable for human survival.
Climbing Mount Everest is a very dangerous undertaking even with the help of technology and safety equipment.
More importantly, the topography of Mount Everest is steep, the environment is harsh, the oxygen content is extremely low, it is very difficult to climb here without advanced equipment, even today, as science is more and more advanced, climbing Climbing Everest is a very dangerous thing even with the help of technology and safety equipment, not to mention ancient people.
Therefore, the probability of traces of ancient people on Mount Everest is very low, almost impossible.
Although there are no more ancient human remains on Mount Everest, there are more than 300 sets of human remains sleeping here, the most famous of which is the Green Boot . Green Shoes died in 1996 and is one of Everest’s most famous corpses. It is speculated that the Green Shoes is the Indian mountaineer Zewang Pajo – who died suddenly while climbing Everest in 1996. If the Green Shoes really were Pajo, he would have been lying here alone for more than 20 years. year. Although more than 20 years have passed, but because the temperature here is too low, his remains are still the same as before, as if they were fast asleep.
In addition to Green Shoes, there are also “sleeping beauties” and “mountain guards” on the mountain, because their remains are located at an altitude of over 5000m above sea level, and many remains are at an altitude of over 8000m. it is very difficult for people to collect their remains down the mountain.
Many people have lost their lives in reaching this area and it is impossible to rescue in this place because the rescuers can burn out and kill themselves, and this is extremely expensive. To make it easy to imagine, bringing a body down to the foot of the mountain can cost several thousand dollars depending on the altitude and this takes 6 to 8 healthy people because an average person weighing 80 kg can weigh up to 150 kg dead and frozen. So when climbers at this height see someone who has died from exhaustion, they leave their bodies in that position.
When climbers at this height see someone who has died from exhaustion, they will leave their bodies in that position.
For various reasons, these skeletons lie quietly on high mountains, but invisibly, these skeletons threaten the survival of local people.
First of all, a large number of microorganisms still live inside and outside the human body, although the microorganisms will stop working in the low temperature environment, they are not dead. When the environment is right, they can flow downstream with melting ice and snow, threatening people downstream.
In addition, human climbing activities are also threatening this sacred mountain. If not treated, the feces and urine of climbers will remain on the mountain. Like human corpses, the microorganisms they carry can also flow downstream.
In addition, a large number of oxygen tanks and ropes are left behind during the climbing process, and these wastes will pollute the local environment. To clean up this garbage, local people and local authorities organize recycling on Mount Everest every year, but due to the harsh environment of Mount Everest, it is very difficult to clean up trash more than 5000m above sea level. towel. If this situation continues, perhaps in the future we will see human garbage all over the “roof of the world”.