SCP-5140 "Everest" object class: Keter
ITEM#: 5140 LEVEL4
CONTAINMENT CLASS: KETER
DISRUPTION CLASS: EKHI
RISK CLASS: CRITICAL
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
STATUS UPDATE APPROACHING SUMMIT
ENCNTERED 34 BODIES ACROSS CHINESE ROUTE BURIED ALL
PROVISIONS STEADY LIKELY TO REACH SUMMIT TOMORROW
ACKNOWLEDGED CONTINUE
ENCOUNTERING MINOR ANOMALY ON INSTANCES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW TEMPS RESULT IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION
POSTMORTEM BODIES CURLED UP & FROZEN
HARD TO PRY OPEN BEFORE BURIAL MIGHT HAVE TO BURY LIKE THAT
ACKNOWLEDGED PERMISSION GRANTED
BURY AS CONVENIENT
APPROACHING SUMMIT ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBERS OF INSTANCES
ENCOUNTERED 19 SINCE YESTERDAY OLD INSTANCES GETTING UNBURIED?
LIKELY STRONG WINDS BLOWING OFF SNOW
BURY DEEPER IF POSSIBLE
APPROACHED HILLARY STEP THIS MORNING WILL ASCEND TO SUMMIT IN HOUR OR TWO
14 MORE BODIES SINCE LAST CONTACT TEAM UNNERVED
UNDERSTANDABLE ALMOST THERE NOW
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
PLEASE ADVISE
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
DESCENDED STEP PATRICK TOUCHED ONE
ME AND ARNOLD BURIED HIM
ACKNOWLEDGED
EMERGENCY ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND CHINESE ROUTE
DISCOVERED CAMP REMAINS TORN APART THREE INSTANCES CURLED UP IN TENT
INSTANCES MOVING???
HURRIED DESCENT
ACKNOWLEDGED GET DOWN SAFELY
WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE PERSONNEL READY TO RECEIVE YOU AT CAMP V
STAY SAFE
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
ATTEMPT TO USE FLARE GUN TO CLEAR PATH STAY AT SAFE DISTANCE
TEAM IS ALREADY EN ROUTE TO EXTRACT YOU STAY CALM, MINIMIZE BREATHING
THEYRE MOVING DONT COME TO THE SUMMIT
ITS NOT SAFE THE GROUND ISNT SAFE
DONT LET CLIMBERS ON EVERST THE MOUNTAN IS DANGER
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
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.