Dead bodies left on top of Mount Everest are warning to climbers You are in the death zone. But while he was still in the so-called 'Death Zone' everything from around 26,000ft above sea level, where the air is too thin to sustain human life he was torn from his path and his guide by a snowstorm. The Britisher approached Mingma Sherpa, Wangs brother, and asked them if they would like his team to bring back his body if they could not find Michael. It was the last time Lene was to see her friend. Death on Everest | | The Guardian Backup regulators were exhausted. "Michael Matthews, aged 22, was lost presumed dead whilst descending from the summit of Mount Everest on the afternoon of 13th May 1999. They also claim that the organisation of the expedition by OTT fell apart on the day Michael Matthews reached the summit. We have nowhere to go to sit with him. He. The minimal clues surrounding the incident make the job harder. Mike was much loved and is greatly missed - his name continues to be a force for good. The task itself is far from easy, given the circumstances in which the latter passed away. On Mike's birthday James and I send mum and dad red roses for the age he would have been. "For more information on The Michael Matthews Foundation or to donate to this amazing cause . At just 22 years old, Michael Matthews younger brother of Pippa Middleton's husband James successfully became the youngest British citizen to summit Everest in 1999. This was only the first part of their arduous journey, and the group made stops at Camps Two and Three. There was a genuine issue, he said. , updated It called no witnesses, none of the clients, it only dealt with the professionals. Following Bear Grylls advice, Spencer approached Nirmal Nirms Purja, a mountaineer who climbed to the top of the tallest 14 mountains in the world in 169 days. Bear Grylls led Everest expedition to recover Michael Matthews' body It was Russian climber Anatoli Boukreev, who returned with an oxygen tank and dragged her back to camp, who saved her life. Speaking on his newpodcast, Big Fish, released on Wednesday, he told Ant Middleton:'I never really processed Mike's death until just now. (Atkins died in an unrelated climbing accident in August.) He died in 1999, you know, 23 years ago.