This, combined with the sheer number of companies that offer climbing packages, means concerns about risk continue to sit front and centre.
Despite the 1.3% mortality rate for people climbing Everest, and they’re being an average of more than one death for every ten successful ascents, there remains a seemingly unquenchable desire to summit the world’s highest mountain. This, combined with the sheer number of companies that offer climbing packages, means concerns about risk continue to sit front and centre.