Everest: Because It’s There?
We’ve been hearing the unfolding story of Australian Maria Strydom’s tragic death on Mt Everest. She’s one of four people who have died climbing Everest so far this season.
The path to the top of Everest is the final resting place of an estimated 200 people, climbers and sherpas, who are unable to be brought down. Despite the extreme risks of freezing temperatures, altitude sickness and avalanches climbers continue to perish trying to reach the top of the world. What drives them to reach the top?
Jamie speaks to celebrated mountaineer Andrew Lock about altitude sickness and the risk versus reward of nature’s most extreme environments.
