1998 Sleeping Beauty who died on Mount Everest unfortunately, no one dared to touch her for more than 20 years. What is the reason?

Mount Qomolangma, known as the world's highest peak, is located at the junction of Xizang Autonomous Region and Nepal, with an altitude of 8,844.43 meters, and is known as the "roof of the world". The top of Mount Everest is covered with snow all year round. Steep cliffs and hidden ice cracks constitute its harsh environment. If you are in it, you may die in Xue Hai if you are not careful.

The air at the height of Mount Everest is thin, and the oxygen content at the peak is only a quarter of that in the plain area, and the temperature is extremely low. The lowest temperature at the peak is around MINUS 30 to 40 degrees all the year round, and the ice and snow will not melt for many years.

Because of its height, there are often strong winds and avalanches on Mount Everest. This is almost equivalent to the polar regions, or many explorers are welcome.

Humans have always dreamed of exploring the unknown world, and mountaineering is a common way to challenge nature. For hundreds of years, human beings have been challenging Mount Everest, and climbing Mount Everest is the ultimate dream of climbers.

At the top of the world where human beings have never set foot, everyone is eager to be the first person to reach the top, but almost all climbers who have come here to explore have failed. It was not until 1953 that Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer, and Tenzin Nogai, a Sherpa guide, reached the summit of Mount Everest for the first time, and the dream of reaching the summit of Mount Everest became a reality.

Since then, Mount Qomolangma is no longer considered unconquerable, and climbers' footprints began to gather on Mount Qomolangma.

Climber after climber

Mount Everest deserves to be the highest mountain in the world. It has always maintained the mysterious characteristics of precipitousness and changefulness. In front of many people who dream of reaching the top of the world, it is still not so easy to be conquered. The harsh environment makes mountain climbing dangerous. Climbing Mount Everest requires climbers to have strong physical and psychological qualities, because they will face the challenge of polar life and even the death threat of isolation. At the same time, they need climbers to have enough mountaineering experience to cope with natural phenomena such as snowstorms and avalanches that may occur at any time.

Even if climbers are well prepared, there are still many losers and even victims every year. According to statistics, an average of three climbers are killed every year. For decades, the number of victims on Mount Everest has reached more than 300. Some of them were buried by heavy snow, some fell into cracks in the ice, and some fell on the roadside forever to become permanent road signs.

But even so, it still can't stop the mysterious charm that Mount Everest exudes to climbers.

Regrettable "Sleeping Beauty"

The wheel of time is still moving forward. Those sacrificed climbers made us feel the courage to pursue our dreams, but their ending was regrettable. They lay quietly on the ice and snow, and their frozen bodies became signposts for countless latecomers. One of the most famous is the regrettable Sleeping Beauty.

"Sleeping Beauty", whose real name is Francis, 1958 was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Influenced by his father, Francis liked extreme mountaineering since he was a child, and later married Sergey Asentif, who also loved mountaineering. After the marriage, the husband and wife began to challenge the peaks on all continents and successfully climbed many peaks.

As a senior climber, standing on the top of the world is basically their ultimate dream. From 65438 to 0998, the husband and wife challenged Mount Everest. Francis is a brave woman. She has always longed to be the first American woman to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. However, she underestimated the danger of Mount Everest and did not fully realize the seriousness of its harsh environment.

1May, 998, the husband and wife arrived at the base camp to climb Mount Everest; On may 17, the two helped each other and climbed to an altitude of 7700 meters. On may 19, they climbed to an altitude of 8200m. In the next two days, the two rushed up again, but both failed with great regret; On May 22nd, they challenged again after two days' rest. On May 23rd, they finally stood on the top of the world. Francis completed the challenge of climbing Mount Everest without oxygen.

However, this climbing trip is not perfect. On the way back with the mountaineering team, an accident happened. Because Francis challenged to climb the summit without oxygen, she was exhausted on the way down the mountain, and the whole team was trapped by the sudden attack of snowstorm on the way back. They brought less and less emergency supplies, and the situation was not optimistic. When she returned to the altitude of 8000 meters, Francis finally fell on the snowy mountain, and at this time, she had separated from her husband.

Francis endured extreme cold and couldn't move. Just before she lost consciousness, two climbers found her. At this point, she was already in a semi-coma state. As the two climbers had only enough oxygen for their own use, they could only try to help Francis stand up.

This kind of help was easy on the plain, but the environment at that time was Mount Everest, with an altitude of seven or eight kilometers. In such a cold and oxygen-deficient environment, once she falls, it is very difficult to get up again, let alone move others or even move her down the mountain.

After more than an hour of rescue, the climber had to give up, and poor Francis lay on the mountainside of Mount Everest forever.

Francis's husband Sergei couldn't let go of his lost wife after returning to the camp smoothly. He decided to go back and look for it. Perhaps because of the weather, or because he was worried about his wife, he slipped suddenly and fell to the mountain and died.

Francis lay forever in the ice and snow of Mount Everest, and became a signpost for countless later climbers. For 20 years, Francis has been sleeping quietly halfway up Mount Everest, known as the "sleeping beauty" on Mount Everest.

Eternal "signpost"

Some people may wonder that many climbers have died because of the challenge of Mount Everest. In today's advanced technology, why didn't anyone transport the bodies of these dead people? Why don't their families try to do something? Like "Sleeping Beauty" Francis, we know her nationality and details. Why should we make her body a "landmark" in the frozen world?

In fact, the relatives of these victims have never tried it, but the practice is too difficult. The environment of Mount Everest is harsh, and the oxygen content at altitude is extremely low, so people's mobility is greatly restricted. In addition, it is difficult to carry another person on the cliff when transporting oxygen cylinders.

Moreover, even if people can be lifted at a high altitude with the help of the current equipment technology, it is also an expensive expense for their families, which is beyond the affordability of ordinary families.

In 2007, nine years after Francis was killed, two climbers who failed to rescue her at first launched an activity called "Journey to Mount Everest", and once again organized a delegation to come here, covering her with a national flag and leaving a toy teddy bear.

Mountaineering is a sport full of danger and uncertainty. Without enough experience and equipment, it is almost impossible to climb the summit of Mount Everest. Francis didn't carry an oxygen bottle when he climbed Mount Everest. She succeeded in the challenge, but unfortunately she will never get out of Mount Everest again.

For the "sleeping beauty" on the way to the summit of Mount Everest, people express a warning of grief and gain.