View Highest Mountain Climbed Before Everest PNG. Photograph by johnathan ampersand esper, getty images. At least 11 people have died trying to climb mount everest this year.
The dangers of climbing the highest mountain in the world.
The answer might be no. Historically, less than 30 percent of people who attempted to make it to the summit succeeded. Until conditions improve at mount everest, beat the crowds and help preseve the environment by looking to other epic climbs around the world. Although reaching the top of the world is an arduous and potentially deadly undertaking due to the extreme altitude, avalanches.