Death and Deliverance From 27,000 Feet

Nepal officials estimate that about 200 bodies remain scattered across Everest. Most are far out of sight. Some have been moved, dumped over cliffs or into crevasses at the behest of families or Nepali officials who worry that the sight of dead bodies hinders the country's tourist trade. This well-written, beautifully illustrated article focuses on the efforts to retrieve the body of a Bengali police officer who died in 2016 while detailing the life-long dream that cost him his life.