I thought not many viewers to this site would ever stand on top of Everest
So utilising the benefits of modern technology (Stealing from the net)
I have added a picture from the summit and route description
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Just Minutes from
| Climbers leave the South Col
on a summit bid around midnight to assure a daylight return time up to 18 hours later. In
most cases, the altitude has prevented them from sleeping or eating since Camp II (2 days
ago), and each breath only brings in about half the oxygen of sea-level. Each step is a
struggle, it's cold, and extremely windy. From their camp, the climbers first cross an icy wall at the end of the
col and begin moving up the triangular face to the corniced Southeast Ridge which crests
at a spot called the Balcony at 27,500'. |