| Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world | | | | by there own internal fluids. |
| attracts many climbers from around the world to | | | | HACE is where your brain swells due to increased |
| try and reach her lofty summit. Safety on a | | | | blood circulation from not getting enough oxygen. |
| mountain like Mount Everest is paramount, one | | | | This can also cause loss of coordination, |
| mistake and it could be the last thing you do. | | | | hallucinations and mental deterioration. |
| The climber will probably experience avalanches, | | | | For any climber on the slopes of Mount Everest |
| hidden crevasses and extreme weather conditions | | | | the best way to avoid getting into serious |
| while on the slopes of Mount Everest, all of which | | | | problems at high altitude is to climb high, sleep low, |
| are beyond the climber's control. One thing that | | | | this way it gives the body a chance to acclimatize |
| climbers can have control over is human errors | | | | to the thinner air. A series of Camps will be made |
| brought on by the effects of high altitude. | | | | to reach the summit, usually the climber will climb |
| The region above 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) is | | | | carrying a load of equipment to the camp above |
| called the death zone. The reason for this name is | | | | then descend for a rest before going higher again. |
| because nothing lives at that altitude or above and | | | | This is repeated many times before the final long |
| no human can survive long there due to the lack | | | | ascent to the summit. |
| of oxygen in the thin air. | | | | It was first unsure if humans could even survive |
| Climbers are very vulnerable to altitude sickness | | | | such altitudes as the summit of Mount Everest |
| once they climb into the death zone. They cannot | | | | without oxygen. In 1978 it was proved that you |
| escape the potentially deadly effects of oxygen | | | | could stand on the highest point on earth without |
| deprivation, although they can help themselves by | | | | breathing bottled oxygen. Climbers Reinhold |
| staying in the Death Zone for as minimum time | | | | Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit |
| as possible before the thin air eventually wears | | | | without using any bottled oxygen, they were the |
| the body down. | | | | first to do so. Although shown it can be done |
| On the summit of Mount Everest the atmospheric | | | | nearly all climbers make the use of bottled |
| pressure is about one-third that of sea level. It | | | | oxygen on there summit attempt and many |
| has been said if you magically arrived on the | | | | would probably not have survived without it. |
| summit straight from sea level you would lose | | | | Bottled oxygen gives a very much needed |
| consciousness nearly immediately and would be | | | | performance boost, it helps climbers sleep, retain |
| dead within minutes. One famous climber, David | | | | there mental clarity, and resist the mountain's |
| Breashears from the USA once stated that even | | | | fierce cold. But it also adds one more thing to the |
| when using bottled oxygen on the summit it feels | | | | list of what can potentially go wrong. If there is a |
| like "running on a treadmill and breathing through a | | | | malfunction with the bottle or it runs out of |
| straw." | | | | precious oxygen, oxygen deprivation can have |
| Upon reaching the death zone the climber will | | | | catastrophic consequences for climbers who |
| notice his or her increased breathing rate and | | | | suddenly find themselves high on the mountain |
| heart beat. The ability to do any basic tasks like | | | | and without it. |
| making a meal, putting on climbing boots etc will | | | | Lack of oxygen, exhaustion, extreme cold, and |
| leave the climber very short of breath. Inside the | | | | the dangers of the climb all contribute to the |
| body the blood will start to thicken which could | | | | death toll. A person who is injured high up and can |
| lead to clotting or strokes. These physical | | | | not walk himself is in serious trouble since it is |
| reactions are the body's way of combating | | | | often extremely risky to try and help a stricken |
| oxygen deprivation, also known as hypoxia. | | | | climber down to safety. |
| Altitude also affects the climbers loss of appetite | | | | People who die during there climb on Mount |
| which can be potentially dangerous as it is vital to | | | | Everest are usually left behind. About 150 bodies |
| remain well hydrated and nourished for the climb | | | | have never been recovered. It is not uncommon |
| a head. Sleeping can also be a problem in the | | | | to find corpses near the main climbing routes. The |
| death zone, many climbers can not sleep at all | | | | reason for this is that in many cases there is not |
| while others sleep but wake frequently during the | | | | the available manpower and those climbers in the |
| night gasping for air. | | | | area just don't have the reserve of strength |
| As the climber goes higher, the air quickly gets | | | | needed to carry a body down the mountain. |
| thinner and this can lead to far more dangerous | | | | Climbers who have gained the summit and arrived |
| medical conditions such as High-Altitude Pulmonary | | | | back home safely have written and shared their |
| Edema (HAPE) and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema | | | | experiences with others. They have said that |
| (HACE) which is known as acute mountain | | | | climbing Mount Everest is not just an ordinary |
| sickness. | | | | expedition but an experience in itself. |
| HAPE is when the lungs fill up with fluids. If the | | | | No matter how good a climber you are there will |
| climber does not descend to a lower altitude as | | | | always be dangers up in the death zone that are |
| soon as possible he or she will eventually drown | | | | out of your control. |