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Your have a 10% chance of dying if you attempt a summit, right? 10% of people who attempt a summit die, but that does not mean that attempting a summit necessa
by neilc 16y ago
Your have a 10% chance of dying if you attempt a summit, right?
10% of people who attempt a summit die, but that does not mean that attempting a summit necessarily has a 10% chance of death. That 10% figure is not conditioned on your individual preparation, your guides, and your fellow climbers. I would guess that with the right preparation, the chance of death is much less than 10%.
- edanm 16y agoHow many attempt a summit without proper preparation? (Or what they consider proper preparation, which amounts to the same thing)? I honestly don't know, but I would guess that people attempting to climb Everest are not just random climbers, but people who train specifically for this.
- kyleslattery 16y agoThis is a pretty good point. Russell Brice, the owner of one of the largest Everest companies and the main person in Discovery's Everest series, has never had a client die on one of his expeditions, and he's had something like 200 people climb with him. He's able to be so successful because he makes sure his climbers are adequately prepared, and he doesn't allow people to climb who he doesn't think are fit enough. It seems like (at least from the Discovery series) that many of the people who die are hiking on their own, without the help of one of the successful companies, so when something goes wrong, they don't have a support network to help them.