Some years ago, we gave you seven reasons not to climb Mt. Everest, but people still do it. It's a cool story to tell your friends, but reason #5 is that there's a good chance you will die up there. There are many ways that the climb might kill you- it's not just the cold and the lack of oxygen, although those are big and may lead to other problems.
Dr. Emily Johnson is a physician and a mountain climber. She's been to the peak of Mount Everest three times, and knows how dangerous it is. In this video, she enumerates the different ways you could lose your life climbing the world's tallest mountain. Dr. Johnson tells us that Everest is not the most dangerous mountain peak. Both Annapurna and K2 are tougher, but way more people die on Everest because way more people climb it, and many of those people are oblivious to the dangers and aren't as well prepared as they should be. Just because a lot of people have been to the peak of Everest doesn't guarantee that you'll make it back. -via Digg