Climbing the majestic Mount Everest is a daunting task. However, it is a dream of every mountaineer. Located on the border between Nepal and Tibet, this is a notorious peak to climb and mountaineers face avalanches, icefalls and other issues! However, the Nepali Sherpa, Pasang Dawa Sherpa, has created a record for climbing the peak for the 26th time.
Pasang Dawa Sherpa Climbs Mount Everest For 26th Time!
Mountaineer Pasang Dawa Sherpa is 46 years old and has undertaken several difficult expeditions. On Sunday, it was revealed that by climbing Mount Everest for the 26th time, he has become the second person in the world to do so! The only other person to make this record was Kami Rita, who is on the way to setting another record by climbing the peak again.
The Sherpa community is native to the mountains in Nepal and is regarded as a mountaineering expert in the region. They were the experts who guided people in regions with high altitudes. Today, the term is used in reference to guides by foreigners. It is assumed that their climbing ability has something to do with genetic adaptation to living in high-altitude areas.
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Climbing Mount Everest Is Difficult
The air pressure at Everest’s summit is roughly one-third that at sea level. And it drastically decreases a climber’s capacity to take in enough oxygen. Because of this, researchers have shown that the human body cannot survive over 19,000 feet for an extended period of time.
A number of illnesses, such as pulmonary edema and blood embolisms, are more likely to affect climbers as they ascend further up the mountain and their oxygen intake decreases. At such an altitude, your heart must work harder to circulate blood around the body, carrying oxygen, increasing the risk of frostbite.
Most climbers ascend Everest with oxygen tanks to lessen the effects of the extremely high altitude. But using bottled oxygen has risks and disadvantages of its own. To begin with, it is costly, and unwieldy to transport, and empty cylinders are commonly dumped as trash.
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