GV_Climbing+Everest

Everest the mount

The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other [|eight-thousanders] such as [|K2] or [|Nanga Parbat] are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as [|altitude sickness], weather and wind. By the end of the 2007 climbing season, there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals. Climbers are a significant source of [|tourist] revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to [|US$]25,000 per person.[|[][|4][|]] Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the [|death zone] that most corpses have been left where they fell, some of which are visible from standard climbing routes.[|[][|5][|]]