Sitting at a towering 8,848m above sea level, Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain. It is also earth’s largest open-air graveyard. In part one we will cover the South Col, North Col, and tap on the subject of the West Direct route to Everest’s Summit. Along with two of the first people to be on the mountain and remain on the mountain. In part two, we will cover some of the more well-known climbers that still remain on the mountain to this day. Then finally in part three, we will cover the 1996 Everest disaster.
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