Why is it harder to breathe at the top of Mount Everest than at sea level?

Answer 1

It is harder to breathe on the summit of Mount Everest than at sea level due to the lack of oxygen. The higher you climb upwards the less oxygen there is, you enter the death zone where the thin air is.

Answer 2

Climbers use bottled oxygen on Mount Everest to help them breathe more easily because the higher you climb the less oxygen there is.

At the summit of Mount Everest there is approximately 33% of the oxygen that is available at sea level.

Answer 3

At high altitudes, such as on Mount Everest there is less air above you. This means that the density and pressure of air decreases as altitude increases. Each intake of air on Mount Everest has only one-third of the gas molecules—including oxygen—that would be present at sea level.

Answer 4

You can breath, but the oxygen levels are very low, Most climbers carry oxygen with them when they climb. Although you can do it without.

Answer 5

It is hard to breathe on the summit of Mount Everest because of the altitude and lack of oxygen.

Answer 6

Mount Everest is not a technical mountain to climb, it is the altitude and weather that makes it so difficult to climb.

Answer 7

It is hard to breathe at the top of Mount Everest(8.849 m altitude) because at high altitudes Earth's atmosphere is much thinner than it is at sea level