Everest has many dangers.

• The slopes are steep and icy, so you could slip to your death. Or be buried by an avalanche (a rock or ice fall).

• It is colder than you can possibly imagine. You'll get frostbite in a few seconds, if you take off your gloves.

• There are blinding snow blizzards, and icy winds tear at you. So you could lose your way and stumble off a ledge.

• But your worst problem could be the thin air. On the upper slopes there is far less oxygen than you are used to at home. So you slowly suffocate. If you don't carry oxygen with you, you will collapse. And then you will probably die.

The things you suffer for geography!
But perhaps the landscape makes it all worthwhile. Click on these photos to see.