More than 200 bodies remain frozen on Everest’s slopes—some so well-preserved, they’ve become trail markers for climbers ...

Slava Leykind, a father of three, died on July 2 at age 43, days after he took part in a Mount Everest-themed endurance ...

Everest was first climbed in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. More than 300 people have died on Everest since then. Several climbers died in the region recently.

“Everything that you do see about Everest, in terms of, like, the dead bodies and all of that, it’s very true,” said Selby. And even those who do pay a price. “It’s a nightmare.

The endurance-style event sees hikers repeatedly trek 1,500 feet up the mountain to match climbing Mount Everest — the world’s tallest peak at 29,032 feet.