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Title: Everest Clean Up
Post by: MikeD on April 20, 2010

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/everest-death-zone-set-for-a-spring-clean-up/608345/0

Title: Re: Everest Clean Up
Post by: billy backpack on April 20, 2010

There was a small bit in a newspaper today about this and the retrieval and removal of some of the deceased was mentioned as part of this initiative.

I'm not sure how the next of kin would feel about this as it is a pretty sensitive subject !

Title: Re: Everest Clean Up
Post by: surfnscenic on April 20, 2010

Saw this link on my Yahoo homepage.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100420/tod-frozen-bodies-to-be-retrieved-from-e-870a197.html

Title: Re: Everest Clean Up
Post by: ChuckMcB on June 02, 2010

and another one (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7141769.ece).   :(