The temperature on Mount Everest is so low that people will not rot after death. Can you see ancient Chinese people on it?
The northern part of Mount Everest is in Dingri County, Tibet, my country, while the southern part extends into Nepal. However, the highest peak on earth, the place closest to the sky, actually attracts Mountaineers from all over the world.
As of now, the number of corpses on Mount Everest has exceeded 300, of which Sleeping Beauty, The Rester and Green Boots are the three most famous ones, and no one has gone to bury them. So, the temperature on Mount Everest is so low that even corpses are difficult to rot. Can we see ancient people after climbing up?
How low is the temperature on Mount Everest?
Mount Everest is not an independent existence. It is equivalent to a part of the Himalayas. However, the peak has the highest altitude. Even excluding the snow cover on the top area, the height is 8844.43 meters. In one day, the weather on Mount Everest may experience various weather conditions, including raging ice and snow, torrential rain, or clouds and fog. It may be better described as turbulent and unpredictable.
The climatic conditions corresponding to high altitudes are often low temperatures and lack of oxygen. Mount Everest is naturally no exception. The snow that falls here will not melt all year round, while seracs, ice slopes and glaciers are relatively Relatively rare landscapes are also common on Mount Everest. Moreover, there are often strong winds blowing above level 7 or 8. When the strong wind blows the snow, there will be a scene of flying snow all over the sky.
Why mountaineers usually choose to climb Mount Everest in spring and autumn? On the one hand, it is because the overall weather on Mount Everest in these two seasons is better, and the overall temperature is relatively higher. It is precisely because Mount Everest is not only high in altitude, but the surrounding environment is extremely hypoxic, and also very cold, that it has the title of the third pole in the world. Looking at the whole year, the highest temperature on Mount Everest should be in August in summer, when the average temperature can reach about minus 10.4 degrees Celsius, while the average temperature throughout the year is close to 20 degrees Celsius.
Specifically, from mid-November to February of the following year, the Everest Summit is greatly affected by the cold in the northwest, and the wind speed can reach 90 meters per second at its maximum. Therefore, during this period, when the temperature of Mount Everest is at its lowest, it can even reach minus 50°C, and even the average temperature is around minus 30°C.
Will the corpses on Mount Everest rot?
The temperature on Mount Everest is indeed relatively low, but this does not mean that the corpse itself has not decomposed. It can only be said that the low temperature environment will slow down the decomposition of the corpse, but it is by no means unchanged. In fact, after a person's heartbeat stops and the brain stops working, that is, after losing life characteristics in the traditional sense, the human body will begin to decay in about 24 hours, because the corpse will decompose under the action of bacteria. A series of corrupt responses.
Normally, if the temperature of the environment in which the body is located is between 25 and 35 degrees Celsius, the body will decompose very quickly, and the temperature of 0 to 1 degrees Celsius, or 45 to 55 degrees Celsius will The temperature range may slow down or even stop the decay of the body. Although the temperature on Mount Everest is always below zero degrees Celsius, the weather there is changeable and it is not an absolutely dry or humid environment. Therefore, the body will still decay, but the symptoms may not be as penetrating as the natural environment seems. Corruption is also very slow.
Generally no one buries the corpses on Mount Everest, because the place where they died is often close to the top of Mount Everest. It is difficult for people passing by to maintain their physical strength, and they are already frozen hard. The corpse will be heavier than the deceased's own weight, which is very difficult for the person carrying the corpse in terms of physical strength and perseverance, and even life safety. Therefore, although some corpses can be seen on Mount Everest, no one has buried them after so many years. It is not that everyone turns a blind eye, but that the risk is really too great. These corpses have slowly become a warning to more climbers. road sign.
Can you see ancient people when you climb Mount Everest?
Judging from the existing records, the discoverers of Mount Everest as the world’s highest peak were Chuerqin Zangbo, Lanbenzhampa and Shengzhu, although in 1921, 1922, 1924, and 1933 Eight British mountaineering teams tried to climb Mount Everest in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938, but they all ended in failure when they reached different heights. Of course, in the following time, mountaineering teams from more countries climbed Mount Everest, but it was not until May 29, 1953 that Edmund Hillary, a mountaineer from New Zealand, guided Tenzing With the help of Norgay, he climbed Mount Everest. This was also the first recorded time when humans climbed Mount Everest.
The Chinese mountaineering team’s climb of Mount Everest dates back to 1960. Through the efforts of three members, Wang Fuzhou, Gonpot, and Qu Yinhua, at 4:20 on May 25, the five-star red flag was finally planted. They reached the top of Mount Everest, and their climbing route was on the north slope of Mount Everest, which has the harshest environmental and climatic conditions. Although we were not the first people to climb Mount Everest, in 1975, the Chinese mountaineering team set a world record for the largest number of mixed men and women to climb Mount Everest.
With the improvement of modern mountaineering equipment and the professional training of the mountaineers themselves, more and more people have climbed Mount Everest in the following time, although there are also some People stay on Mount Everest forever due to sudden accidents. However, we can see from the timeline of Mount Everest climbing records that it was not an ancient time that was very far away from us, and most of those who slept on Mount Everest were also mountaineers from other countries in the world. Therefore, people who climb Mount Everest may see Green Boots and Sleeping Beauty, but they are unlikely to encounter people from ancient times.