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Item#: 5140

Level4

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
critical

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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

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| 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

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| 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

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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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