Mount Everest ‘death zone’ less deadly but more crowded, study finds

The number of climbers tackling Mount Everest has soared over the past two decades, but a study shows the risk of dying at the peak’s so-called death zone has lessened slightly.Between 2006 and 2019, around two thirds of climbers successfully reached the summit, compared to around a third in the preceding 15 years, according to the study by the University of Washington and the University of California, Davis.The risk of dying on the mountain stood at 0.5 per cent for women and 1.1 per cent for…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3099201/mount-everest-death-zone-less-deadly-more-crowded-study-finds