Around 300 people have received permission from the Nepalese government to climb Everest’s most dangerous mountain this year, according to Alan Arnette, a mountaineering coach, to CNN.
The same source added that this number means a decrease compared to previous years.
“I think one of the reasons is the fact that we had 18 deaths last year and people realized that Mount Everest is a dangerous mountain,” he explained.
“However, I really believe that when we climb those mountains, we come home a better version of ourselves.”
Remember that typical conditions for the highest mountain in the world include freezing winds, which transport snow at more than 100 kilometers per hour, and freezing temperatures of around -34 degrees Celsius.
Furthermore, oxygen levels drop to less than 40 percent once they reach Everest’s “death zone,” meaning that human life is almost unable to survive and climbers must use supplemental oxygen.
Therefore, an attempt to climb Everest requires months, sometimes years, of training and preparation (and even then, nothing guarantees the climber of reaching the mountain’s summit». Which still doesn’t deter hundreds of people, who every year defy risk.
