Hundreds have died attempting to climb Mount Everest and a map has pinpointed the known locations of their bodies.

Following is a transcript of the video. Vanessa O'Brien: 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters, they do call the "death zone." The death zone is, you know, a part of what happens at height in the mountain.

K2 and Everest. If you have ambitions to climb above 8,000 meters, you’ll have to grapple with the death zone. On Shishapagma or Gasherbrum II, your acquaintance with the death zone would be rel ...

But if climbers want to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea level, they have to brave what's known as "The Death Zone" - the ...

Five bodies, including one skeleton, have finally been recovered from Mount Everest’s so-called ‘death zone’ after the Nepali army deployed a dozen military personnel and 18 sherpas to clean ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A Nepali sherpa made a nearly impossible rescue after finding a climber clinging in Mount Everest's 'death zone'. More from News A Nepali sherpa made a nearly ...

The documentary, entitled "Everest: The Death Zone," was about the deleterious effects of high altitude on the human body, especially on brain functions. I was to be not only the filmmaker ...

He went to Everest for the first time when he was 21, hauling loads to the infamous South Col at the edge of the “Death Zone” that begins at 26,000 feet. The following year, he reached the summit.