45+ Mountain Madness Everest Deaths Background. Mount everest, at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft), is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers, but climbing it can be hazardous. Deaths on everest have become a tragically normal event during the climbing season.
But when i say our sport is a hazardous one, i do not mean that when we climb mountains there is a large chance that we shall be killed, but that we are surrounded by dangers which will kill us if we let them.
British climber robin haynes fisher, 44, died on the mountain just hours after warning overcrowding on the mountain could be. While most mount everest deaths occur due to avalanches, falls, and exposure to the harsh climate, the area known as the death zone holds a terribly high body the death zone is commonly known as the area above 26,000 feet. Tourists climb over a dead body to continue their journey up mount everest.source:supplied. Dead bodies litter mount everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down.