Sudden deaths on Mount Everest caused by lack of Oxygen!

2005-12-13

It`s so fantastic standing on the top of the world - Mount Everest. It`s also fantastic viewing the mountains around, but as written about in an earlier article on our website, it`s also a big risk climbing this mountain. In the previous years around 500 climbers yearly have challenged Everest, including high altitude sherpas, and of course those climbers and sherpas need oxygen. In the article Oxygen on Everest - The highest death lab in the world, website ExplorersWeb writes about "sudden deaths" caused by lack of Oxygen. ExplorersWeb warns about the risk and give advise how to take precautions.

Photo. Mount Everest in its full pride. Photo from Cecilie Skog`s Mount Everest expedition 2004 - www.cecilieskog.com.

Referred from ExplorersWeb`s website: "Imagine you were to dive into the deepest ocean on Earth: Would have your scuba tanks filled and managed by a convicted drug dealer? Well, something similar to this situation has been and is still happening on Mount Everest".

Although ExplorersWeb has posted a number of stories on the problem since they ran the series about Henry Todd in 2003, other players have emerged, and more climbers have died.

Click on the link for reading the full story on ExplorersWeb`s website: Mount Everest Oxygen.

Stein Morten Lund, 13 December 2005

Additional information
ExplorersWeb is aimed to open up the most extreme parts of the world to all go-wishers.The site publishes independent, non-commercial guides and news on mountaineering, ocean sailing, polar treks and other upcoming fields. ExplorersWeb`s website: www.explorersweb.com.