26 Jul 2011
The Most Dangerous Mountains in the World
Below is list with the deadliest mountains in the world. Many climbers
have to pay with their lives while trying to conquer those mountains.
| Baintha Brakk (Northern Areas of Pakistan) or commonly known as The Ogre
Mountain. - , definitely deserves to be mentioned here. Height 7,285m.
(23,901 ft). Baintha Brakk is a dangerous combination of altitude, height
above local terrain, and steepness. That’s the reason why the first ascent
from 1977 was only followed 24 years later, in 2001. | |
| Annapurna is a 55-km long massif in Himalaya with six major peaks over
7,200 m and the 10 highest peak in the world. Since the first ascend in
1950, it’s been climbed by 130 people out which 53 died trying. Fatality
rate is close to 40% making it the most statistically dangerous mountain
in the world. | |
| Monte Fitz Roy (near to the Argentinta - Chile border) - also known as
Cerro Chaltén or Cerro Fitz Roy. The mountain guarded on all sides by
steep rock faces that make it extremely difficult for climbing from a
technical point of view. Also:unpredictable weather and the relative
isolation, Monte Fitz Roy has been considered the most dangerous mountain
in the world. | |
| Mount Vinson (Antarctica ), has made it to the list with the most
endangered mountains in the world. Though not very high, less difficult
and with a lower fatality rate than the other mountains, Vinson is an
isolated place with extreme temperatures and unpredictable weather.
Accidents, no matter how small, are not an option and could lead to
disasters. | |
| K2 (Northern Pakistan) is the second highest mountain in the world also
known as the Savage Mountain. One out of four people die trying to
“conquer” K2 making it one of the most dangerous in the world, all these
because of steep, exposed, and committing nature of all routes, because of
the extreme high altitude that lacks in oxygen and the fact that it’s
renowned for extreme storms that last for days. | |
| Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain peaks after Mt. Everest and K2,
it translates as The Five Treasures of Snows. Because technology evolved
and we now have access to better gear, fatality rates are expeCted to go
down, but not on Kangchenjunga. In the recent years, 22 people out of 100
trying to win the top have died because of avalanches and and weather
hazards. | |
| The Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps made it to the list as a legendary
dangerous, too. The most dificult part of the Eiger is the north face
which got the “nickname” of Mordwand (Murder Wall). | |
| Matterhorn (Located on the Swiss-Italian border) is one of the most
renowned mountains in the European Alps. It was one of the last peaks in
the Alps to be conquered and not only because of its technical difficulty,
the prevalence of avalanches and rockfall, but mostly because of the fear
it inspired in early mountaineers. Even nowadays several climbers die each
year. | |
| Nanga Parbat (located in Himalayas) is the ninth highest peak in the
world. Nanga Parbat has two nicknames that made it famouse; Killer
Mountain and The Man Eater. That’s mainly because of its technical
difficulty. | |
| Mount Denali is the highest mountain in North America. Also known as Mount
McKinley, the 20,32 ft tall mountain is renowned for its extreme weather
conditions and temperature that make it a tough ride. More than 100
climbers lost their lives trying to conquer Denali, keeping the success
rate at low levels (50%). | |
| Mount Everest - the highest mountain on Earth (8,848 m), makes it hard
for climbers to reach its top mainly because of the high altitude where
temperatures dip to very low levels causing frostbites to any body parts
exposed to air. Exhaustion, extreme cold, the dangers of the climb or the
low level oxygen (pressure is one third of sea levels pressure), makes Mt.
Everest an undeniably dangerous objective. | |
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