Difficult and Dangerous Mountains

Everest is the worlds tallest mountain but it is not the most difficult.  There are a least five more mountains more difficult to climb then Everest.  2,700 people have reached the top of Mount Everest and made their way back down. However, approximately 4000 people have tried to climb it.  The death tole has dropped, in 1990 the death tole was 37% but in 2004 the death tole was 4.4% with the year 2007 having the least amount of deaths. 

The most dangerous mountain to climb is Kanchenjunga which is 8598. Making it the third highest mountain in the world.   Only 181 people have managed to reach its summit.  The first people to climb it were Joe Brown and George Band on the 25 May 1995.  Many of the people who have died on this mountain have fallen or disappeared.  

Another dangerous mountain is K2.  It is the second tallest mountain and it is 8,611 meters tall.  K2 is an extremely steep mountain.  Many people use it for snowboarding and for skiing because it is steep.  It is permitted to go on K2 between June and August but it is not uncommon for people to have to wait at least two weeks to scale the mountain due to treacherous weather.

This is a short video of the route that you would take to climb Mt Kanchenjunga.

Read more about the other difficult mountains on
http://mentalfloss.com/article/30757/5-mountains-deadlier-everest