Memorials to climbers who perished on Mount Everest
About this photograph
- Creator
- Ciprian Popoviciu
- Date created
- April 2008
- Location
- Nepal
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2009. All Rights Reserved
See this photograph in context
- Journey to the top of the world: Climbing Mount Everest: This slideshow tells the story of a North Carolina adventurer's ascent of Mount Everest in photos, video, and text, including excerpts from his journal. (Page 7)
Related media
Learn more
- Search LEARN NC for Asia, Himalaya Mountians, memorials, Mount Everest, and Nepal.
In the classroom
- See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
Many people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest and these rock piles are memorials to the Sherpas and climbers who have made Mount Everest their eternal home. The largest of the three memorials in this photograph has brightly colored Buddhist prayer flags draped over it. The prayer flags are made of fabric and are strung together. They are tattered from the extreme weather conditions on the mountain.
