On
May 19, 2012, a 73-year old Japanese woman , Tamae Watanabe
, reached the peak for the second time. She did scaled the
peak when she was 63 year's old. So why do human's take
on this treacheorous adventure? Is it because it is there?
Such a feat has to be achieved against various odds - extreme
weather, lack of oxygen, exhaustion, frost bite, frozen
caverns, dangerous ice falls such as Khumbu ice fall. Don't
discount the fact that it costs a lot of money to plan such
an expedition. As Edmund Hillary rightly said "Strong
motivation is the most important factor in getting you to
the top". Every year approximately 4000 people attempt
to scale the mountain but only around 1500 has reach the
summit so far.
In
this brain tickler section, let us explore some interesting
aspects of the highest point on earth. Check yourself.
