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{$doesthisfixthebug} rating: +986+–x Item#: 5140 Level4 Containment Class: keter Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: ekhi Risk Class: critical link to memo Mt. Everest.
Special Containment Procedures: Due to the exorbitant cost and difficulty in safely extracting SCP-5140 instances from Mt. Everest, MTF-Delta-14 "Winter Wonderland" will periodically ascend Everest to bury any SCP-5140 instances in the snow.
Campaigns are underway to tighten restrictions for climbing permits for Mt. Everest on both the Nepalese and Tibetan sides.
Description: SCP-5140 refers to a number of frozen corpses scattered across Mt.
Everest, located in the Himalayas of Tibet. The number of SCP-5140 instances is unclear, but accepted to be over 100 and below 200 at the time of writing. SCP-5140 instances are ectoentropic; when physically exposed to heat of any form, including body heat, they will absorb it without raising their temperature, which rests at approximately 10°C (50°F). This process usually renders physical contact with SCP-5140 instances fatal. If an individual dies as a result of contact with SCP-5140 instances, their corpse will become another SCP-5140 instance.
Addendum 5140.1 MISSION RECORD — 11.12.2015 ▼ Click to confirm credentials ▼ | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION STATUS UPDATE APPROACHING SUMMIT ENCNTERED 34 BODIES ACRSS CHINESE ROUTE BURIED ALL PROVISIONS STEADY LIKELY TO REACH SUMMIT TMRW | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED CONTINUE | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ENCOUNTERING MINOR ANOMALY ON INSTANCES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW TEMPS RESULT IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION POSTMORTEM BODIES CURLED UP & FROZEN HARD TO PRY OPEN B4 BURIAL MIGHT HAVE TO BURY LIKE THAT | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED PERMISSION GRANTED BURY AS CONVENIENT | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION APPROACHING SUMMIT ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBERS OF INSTANCES ENCOUNTERED 19 SINCE YESTERDAY OLD INSTANCES GETTING UNBURIED?
| 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION LIKELY STRONG WINDS BLOWING OFF SNOW BURY DEEPER IF POSSIBLE | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION APPROACHED HILLARY STEP THIS MORNING WILL ASCEND TO SUMMIT IN HOUR OR TWO 14 MORE BODIES SINCE LAST CONTACT TEAM UNNERVED | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION UNDERSTANDABLE ALMOST THERE NOW | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION DISCOVERED LONE BODY ON SUMMIT ATTEMPTED TO BURY SHOVEL HIT SOMETHING, IS STUCK CAN'T PULL IT OUT TURNED AROUND BODY WAS GONE FELL OFF THE SUMMIT?
DON'T KNOW TEAM IS RATTLED PLZ ADVISE | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED SENDING OUT SURVEY TEAMS ATTEMPTING TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS SEEN FALLING FROM SUMMIT USE SPARE SHOVEL IF MORE BODIES ENCOUNTERED ORDERS ARE TO DESCEND FROM CHINESE ROUTE USING ALREADY CLEARED PATH GODSPEED | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION DESCENDED STEP PATRICK TOUCHED ONE ME N ARNOLD BURIED HIM | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION EMERGENCY ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND CHINESE ROUTE DISCOVERED CAMP REMAINS TORN APART THREE INSTANCES CURLED UP IN TENT INSTANCES MOVING???
HURRIED DESCENT | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED GET DOWN SAFELY WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE PERSONNEL READY TO RECEIVE YOU AT CAMP V STAY SAFE | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION MASS OF THEM BLOCKING THE PATH ONE REACHED OUT FROM GROUND GRABBED ARNOLD HE'S ONE OF THEM I RAN BACK UP CAN'T GO DOWN CAN'T GO BACK UP ARNOLD WAS CARRYING PROVISIONS ONLY HAVE ONE CAN OF OXYGEN LEFT HELP | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ATTEMPT TO USE FLARE GUN TO CLEAR PATH STAY AT SAFE DISTANCE TEAM IS ALREADY EN ROUTE TO EXTRACT YOU STAY CALM, MINIMIZE BREATHING | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: BASECAMP | FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION THEYRE MOVING DNT COME TO TH SUMMIT ITS NOT SAFE TH GROUND ISNT SAFE DONT LET CLIMBERS ON EVERST THE MOUNTAN IS DANGER | 11122015████Z | PRIORITY TRAFFIC | TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9 | FROM: BASECAMP | RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION TEAM IS ARRIVING IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS HOLD STEADY A rescue detachment of MTF Delta-14 arrived at Charlie Smith's GPS tracker an hour and thirty-six minutes later. They sighted no unburied SCP-5140 instances on their approach. Smith's body was discovered, lacking the signs typical of a SCP-5140 instance. Autopsy indicates he died from exposure and suffocation due to inadequate oxygen intake. Further investigation indicated his oxygen intake valve was damaged during the ascent to the summit. Bodies of Arnold Hillary and Patrick Edmund were discovered higher up Everest. Hillary died from exposure, while Edmund was found to be an SCP-5140 instance.
It is currently believed that Smith's inadequate oxygen led to him hallucinating SCP-5140 instances blocking their path and destroying their campsite. Hillary's foot was found wedged into a rockfall, likely the source of his immobility.
This incident has been taken into account and supply manifests for future expeditions adjusting accordingly.
Addendum 5140.2 FILE UPDATE — 4.25.2024 ▼ Click to confirm credentials ▼ EVENT REPORT Scanner image of Mt. Everest. Brighter zones indicate increased SCP-5140 density.
LOCATION: Mt. Everest, Nepal STATUS: Concluded TIME: 01:49 PM (local time) April 25 2024 DISRUPTION CLASS: Keneq EVENT SUMMARY: Increased global temperatures have resulted in significant thawing of ice sheets and snow drifts on Everest. Such thawing caused a large avalanche at 11:49 local time which moved a large amount of snow off the summit. Lower depth of snow allowed scanning planes to identify significant amount of SCP-5140 instances below the snow. Further excavation revealed SCP-5140 instances form a significant portion of Everest itself.
Currently, it is estimated 45% of Mt. Everest's mass is formed by corpses.
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