More climbers successfully summit Mount Everest, death rate stays the same

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 15:50 in Health & Medicine

The success rate of climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest has doubled over the last 30 years, despite a dramatic increase in climbing traffic. But new research suggests the death rate remains flat at 1 percent.

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