Climbers who ascend higher than 26,000 feet on Mount Everest enter the "death zone." In this area, oxygen is so limited that the body's cells start to die, and judgment becomes impaired. Climbers ...

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The Mount Everest Base Camp, at 17,598 feet high, hosts climbers acclimating to the elevation before they make their ascent. Daniel Oberhaus via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than 300 ...

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It would be another 75 years before Mallory's body was discovered on Mount Everest, on May 4, 1999, the BBC News reported. Mallory's body was identified by his name tag that was still on him.

Climbers who ascend higher than 26,000 feet on Mount Everest enter the "death zone." In this area , oxygen is so limited that the body's cells start to die, and judgment becomes impaired.