The most dangerous section of Mount Everest is climbing through the Khumbu Icefall. Here there are blocks of ice the size of a house waiting to fall down. A crevasse can be as deep as the length of a football pitch and as wide as a house or ten feet deep and 4 foot wide, whatever the size it can be deadly.
The most dangerous part to climb on Mount Everest is probably the Khumbu Icefall. The Icefall is a moving glacier, ice blocks the size of a car or house very often colaspe and destroys the route. The Icefall is where the most deaths happen.
There are many dangerous sections on Mount Everest but the Khumbu Icefall is probably the most feared and dangerous part of the climb.
The Khumbu ice fall
not the top!
Although the summit of Everest is at a higher altitude, K2 is a much more difficult and dangerous climb, due in part to its more inclement weather and comparatively greater height from base to peak.
Mount Everest is the most difficult to climb. This is because of the high altitude and weather conditions. Kilimanjaro is a trekking peak.
April, May and early June is the best time to climb Mount Everest before the monson arrives.
the most dangerous part of mt Everest is called khumbu
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La Cosita (Left Side), the trail is rated a 5.7.
Most expeditions take place on Mount Everest during March to late May because it is the safest time to climb the mountain. In early June the monsoon arrives bring very bad weather that makes it impossible to climb on Everest.
Mount Everest, perhaps K2.
In North America, Mount Rainier is probably the most challenging mountain to climb. Joining an expedition to scale it should be good training for Mount Everest.
The main climbing season for Mount Everest is the end of April to the end of May.
Most attempts to climb Mount Everest are made in the month of May before the monsoon season starts.