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Climbing Mount Everest is a very difficult and challenging endeavor. The altitude and harsh weather conditions make the climb hard, even for experienced mountaineers. Join us, as we look at 20 new terrifying discoveries on Mount Everest that scare scientists.
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The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
Around 1 p.m. on June 8, 1924, George Mallory, one of the era's best climbers, and his teenage partner Andrew Irvine were noticed as small black specks clinging to Everest's towering Northeast Ridge, only a few hundred meters from the summit. Irvine has never been seen since, and Mallory's frozen corpse was discovered in 1999.
Their unresolved story is mountaineering's most intriguing enigma. It is undeniable that they died on the mountain over 90 years ago, but what exactly happened up there, on the world's roof, has been a source of continuous debate among alpinists and armchair watchers for decades.
Terrifying Sounds
Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet above sea level, is the world's tallest summit. Climbing this mountain, which has claimed over 300 lives, is always a terrifying prospect, but it becomes even more so when you hear its creepy groans at night. As the sun sets on the summit, Everest makes some terrifying noises. It's popping, and you can hear ice and rocks cascading down across the valley. Until the publication of a 2018 study, no one knew why the mountain appeared to come alive at night, or what was causing such sudden and deafening sounds that could be heard from hundreds of kilometers away. In 2017, a team of Nepalese and Japanese experts began monitoring glacier seismic activity in the Himalayan range.
During the almost one-week-long walk, the team made camp on an open glacier that was devoid of debris and observed the weird noises that started around nightfall. The team's further investigations led to the conclusion that the noises were caused by "nocturnal thermal fracturing". This outlines how temperature variations affect the motions and sounds made by glaciers. The debris-free glaciers, like the one the scientists chose, are more exposed to the elements than their debris-covered counterparts, resulting in substantial thermal contractions as their surfaces cooled. This, in turn, produces near-surface fractures on exposed glaciers, producing loud cracking sounds that reverberate across the mountain range.
Climbing Mount Everest is a very difficult and challenging endeavor. The altitude and harsh weather conditions make the climb hard, even for experienced mountaineers. Join us, as we look at 20 new terrifying discoveries on Mount Everest that scare scientists.
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The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
Around 1 p.m. on June 8, 1924, George Mallory, one of the era's best climbers, and his teenage partner Andrew Irvine were noticed as small black specks clinging to Everest's towering Northeast Ridge, only a few hundred meters from the summit. Irvine has never been seen since, and Mallory's frozen corpse was discovered in 1999.
Their unresolved story is mountaineering's most intriguing enigma. It is undeniable that they died on the mountain over 90 years ago, but what exactly happened up there, on the world's roof, has been a source of continuous debate among alpinists and armchair watchers for decades.
Terrifying Sounds
Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet above sea level, is the world's tallest summit. Climbing this mountain, which has claimed over 300 lives, is always a terrifying prospect, but it becomes even more so when you hear its creepy groans at night. As the sun sets on the summit, Everest makes some terrifying noises. It's popping, and you can hear ice and rocks cascading down across the valley. Until the publication of a 2018 study, no one knew why the mountain appeared to come alive at night, or what was causing such sudden and deafening sounds that could be heard from hundreds of kilometers away. In 2017, a team of Nepalese and Japanese experts began monitoring glacier seismic activity in the Himalayan range.
During the almost one-week-long walk, the team made camp on an open glacier that was devoid of debris and observed the weird noises that started around nightfall. The team's further investigations led to the conclusion that the noises were caused by "nocturnal thermal fracturing". This outlines how temperature variations affect the motions and sounds made by glaciers. The debris-free glaciers, like the one the scientists chose, are more exposed to the elements than their debris-covered counterparts, resulting in substantial thermal contractions as their surfaces cooled. This, in turn, produces near-surface fractures on exposed glaciers, producing loud cracking sounds that reverberate across the mountain range.
