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Unforgettable views, sparkling glaciers and severe snowstorms, the adrenaline in the blood. They say this is what attracts climbers, and sometimes the temptation is stronger than common sense. And then they are risking their lives to get to the most recalcitrant vertices. After analyzing accident statistics, site Matador Trips made Tor5 deadliest peaks in the world.
Eiger (Switzerland), 3970m
Despite the fact that the height of the peak reaches 4 kilometers, it deserved hit list, the remaining four members of which more than two times higher. The reason for that - the northern side of the mountain, going down almost vertically. Open begins at 100 meters below the summit and extends almost 2 km. For a long time, "take" on this side of the mountain did not even try. More or less serious attempts were made only in 1935, but the first successful ascent took place only in 1938. Before that, all the participants of the expedition ended in death. The first conquerors of the peak A.Hekmayera Germans, Austrians and L.Ferga F.Kaspareka and G.Harrera, received awards from the hands of Hitler.
Inside the mountain laid Jungfrau Railway, which runs from Kleine Scheidegg and rises through the Eiger and Mönch to the Jungfraujoch. Climbing higher and higher, you can admire the amazing beauty of the species. The terminal station is located in Mount Jungfraujoch, located at an altitude of 3454 meters and is the highest railway station in Europe, bearing the name "roof of the world».
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Kanchenjunga (Nepal, India), 8586m
The third highest peak in the world
Despite the global trend to reduce mortality in the mountain climbs in the case of Kanchenjunga rule is violated. In recent years, the number of tragic cases has risen to 22% and is not going to fall. Mountain consists of five peaks, all of the above eight kilometers, which is often called the "Five snowy treasures." Nepalese argue that particularly dangerous climbing on its top for the fair sex, as Kanchenjunga - a woman who dreams overshadow everything around the beauty and does not tolerate rivals on their slopes.
The first peak of Kanchenjunga only succumbed in 1955 to the British George Band and Joe Brown, 50 years after the first tragic attempt made in 1905. The main danger when climbing are numerous avalanches and extreme weather conditions.
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan), 8126m
The ninth highest peak of the world
The first attempt to reach the summit "Naked Mountain" took place in 1895, but the success of the climbers reached only 58 years later, in 1953. And the highest point reached by one person, while the second member of the expedition turned back from the height of 7300 meters. In terms of difficulty climbing the mountain peak competes Chogori, considered the most difficult of the world. Snowy slopes Parabata steeply on all sides, and its most famous wall Rupal, stretches down to the 4, 6 kilometers and is the longest wall in the world. Paying tribute to the complexity of the Rupal Face ascent and the number of fatalities on it, it is often called the "eater of men."
Chogori / K2 (Pakistan, China), 8611m
The second highest mountain in the world
The second highest mountain peak after Chomolungma is considered the first in difficulty climbing it. Hidden in the Karakoram massif on the border with China, a mountain surrounded with pretty high peaks, glaciers difficult to pass, and, in addition, mountaineers wishing to reach it, are constantly exposed to the danger of falling under the avalanche. The mortality rate is very high: one out of four brave man dies, and has not reached the coveted point, situated at a height of 8611 meters. A total of 160 people attended the summit, of which only five Russians.
Annapurna (Nepal), 8091m
The tenth highest peak in the world
In the first position in the ranking of the danger of the mountain that bears the name of the goddess of fertility, could climb only 130 people. Mortality rates while climbing here is 40%. This is the first eight-vertex, subject to the person: the French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed to a June 3, 1950. The main problem for climbers are frequent avalanches and unpredictable weather conditions. It was here in 1997, died a famous Russian climber Anatoli Boukreev, conquered for his life 11 eight-thousanders of the planet of the 14 existing ones.
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Eiger (Switzerland), 3970m
Despite the fact that the height of the peak reaches 4 kilometers, it deserved hit list, the remaining four members of which more than two times higher. The reason for that - the northern side of the mountain, going down almost vertically. Open begins at 100 meters below the summit and extends almost 2 km. For a long time, "take" on this side of the mountain did not even try. More or less serious attempts were made only in 1935, but the first successful ascent took place only in 1938. Before that, all the participants of the expedition ended in death. The first conquerors of the peak A.Hekmayera Germans, Austrians and L.Ferga F.Kaspareka and G.Harrera, received awards from the hands of Hitler.
Inside the mountain laid Jungfrau Railway, which runs from Kleine Scheidegg and rises through the Eiger and Mönch to the Jungfraujoch. Climbing higher and higher, you can admire the amazing beauty of the species. The terminal station is located in Mount Jungfraujoch, located at an altitude of 3454 meters and is the highest railway station in Europe, bearing the name "roof of the world».
5 ph via turist.ru
Kanchenjunga (Nepal, India), 8586m
The third highest peak in the world
Despite the global trend to reduce mortality in the mountain climbs in the case of Kanchenjunga rule is violated. In recent years, the number of tragic cases has risen to 22% and is not going to fall. Mountain consists of five peaks, all of the above eight kilometers, which is often called the "Five snowy treasures." Nepalese argue that particularly dangerous climbing on its top for the fair sex, as Kanchenjunga - a woman who dreams overshadow everything around the beauty and does not tolerate rivals on their slopes.
The first peak of Kanchenjunga only succumbed in 1955 to the British George Band and Joe Brown, 50 years after the first tragic attempt made in 1905. The main danger when climbing are numerous avalanches and extreme weather conditions.
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan), 8126m
The ninth highest peak of the world
The first attempt to reach the summit "Naked Mountain" took place in 1895, but the success of the climbers reached only 58 years later, in 1953. And the highest point reached by one person, while the second member of the expedition turned back from the height of 7300 meters. In terms of difficulty climbing the mountain peak competes Chogori, considered the most difficult of the world. Snowy slopes Parabata steeply on all sides, and its most famous wall Rupal, stretches down to the 4, 6 kilometers and is the longest wall in the world. Paying tribute to the complexity of the Rupal Face ascent and the number of fatalities on it, it is often called the "eater of men."
Chogori / K2 (Pakistan, China), 8611m
The second highest mountain in the world
The second highest mountain peak after Chomolungma is considered the first in difficulty climbing it. Hidden in the Karakoram massif on the border with China, a mountain surrounded with pretty high peaks, glaciers difficult to pass, and, in addition, mountaineers wishing to reach it, are constantly exposed to the danger of falling under the avalanche. The mortality rate is very high: one out of four brave man dies, and has not reached the coveted point, situated at a height of 8611 meters. A total of 160 people attended the summit, of which only five Russians.
Annapurna (Nepal), 8091m
The tenth highest peak in the world
In the first position in the ranking of the danger of the mountain that bears the name of the goddess of fertility, could climb only 130 people. Mortality rates while climbing here is 40%. This is the first eight-vertex, subject to the person: the French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed to a June 3, 1950. The main problem for climbers are frequent avalanches and unpredictable weather conditions. It was here in 1997, died a famous Russian climber Anatoli Boukreev, conquered for his life 11 eight-thousanders of the planet of the 14 existing ones.
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