View Swiss Mountaineer Everest Death PNG. Scaling mount everest, the highest peak in the world at an elevation of 8,848 meters, is the ultimate accomplishment for any mountaineer. 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.
The deaths have spurred, once again, calls for reform, regulation and simply rethinking the hows, whys and whos of everest.
Reaching an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters), mount everest is the highest mountain in the world. Blanc, it is like only 2 percent. The catalan mountaineer ferran latorre said he and two others had been climbing everest when steck died. Mount everest is the highest point on earth.