When you climb the world’s tallest mountains, death is never far away. Just last week we covered the Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila’s controversial 8,000-meter record, where she was accused of leaving a fallen sherpa to die on Pakistan’s K2. 

A few months ago, we covered a viral clip exposing Mount Everest as a garbage and dead-body-filled junkyard. The truth is, when climbers die in such cold and dangerous environments, it’s sometimes just impossible to safely carry them back down… and then they don’t decompose.

Three climbers got to witness this firsthand while ascending Nepal’s Manaslu mountain, immediately following a September avalanche. The avalanche was the first of two near the base of the world’s eighth-tallest summit and resulted in the death of at least one support climber.

“Somebody help them,” one woman screamed while watching multiple bodies tumble down the steep incline. 

Climber screams seeing the bodies of deceased alpinists rolling down a 5,000ft slope after an avalanche.
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“Think of all the oxygen that she is going through,” Steve_Codgers commented. “This is definitely a situation where panic can literally kill you.” Other viewers agreed. “You cannot be hyperventilating that high up in altitude,” ShemsuHor said. “She definitely shouldn't be there.”

While tackling a mountain of Manaslu’s difficulty is not for the faint of heart, the woman’s reaction is understandable… if not a sign that it’s time to turn back.

"Come on, we can't quit now,” Element1977 joked. “We just have to get to where those dead bodies slid down from."