We climb Mount Everest for many reasons, these might include one or more of the following I have listed below:
Because it has been a life long dream
Maybe to see how far you can push your body and mind beyond its comfort zone
For the challenge
Perhaps you are a born risk taker and enjoy beating the odds
For the experience
Being obsessed with the mountain
You enjoy mountaineering
For the adventure
To prove to yourself that anything is possible if you try
It is my job, I am a mountain guide/leader
Climbing for charity
Well, yeah! Other wise, why would they?
Like many other mountaineers, Beck Weathers wanted to climb Mount Everest for the adventure and to see if he could reach the summit or not.
It was cold.
land is rocky and snowy very hard to climb
Like nearly all Mount Everest climbers the best time to climb Mount Everest would be during April and May before the monsoon arrives making it near impossible to climb or survive on the mountain.
Just like climbers today, Edmund Hillary wanted to climb Mount Everest for the adventure and challenge.
Today in 2013 it is more like 5,000 people have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Sorry, it doesn't work like that. No one is going to pay you to climb Everest, per se.
It is difficult to provide an exact number as records vary, but on average around 100 people are injured annually while attempting to climb Mount Everest. These injuries can range from minor frostbite to serious conditions like high altitude pulmonary or cerebral edema.
Climbers descend from the summit of Mount Everest by the same route they took to get to the top. During the descent climbers must be more carefull because they are usually very tired and a small mistake could kill them.
No because Mount Everest is not a volcano
Peak has 256 pages. It was written by Roland Smith. It is the story of a boy who likes to climb. His father would like him to be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.