10 most dangerous mountain in the world to be climbed


1. Annapurna, Central Nepal (26,545 ft.)

This mountain is the 10th highest mountain in the world. 130 climbers have been climbing up to the peak which is prone to landslides. But 53 climbers have died when a try, making the death rate in Annapurna reached 41%, the highest in the world.

2. Nanga Parbat, Kashmir (26,657 ft.)

Often dubbed "The Man Eater", a mountain with a sharp edge in Kashmir consists of rocks and snow. 9th highest peak in the world, while the south side is the tallest mountain on the planet's face. Nanga Parbat has claimed 31 souls before it managed to climb to the top by Herman Buhl in 1953.

3. Siula Grande, Peruvian Andes (20,814 ft.)

In 1985, the duo Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, whose ascent immortalized in the book and the film Touching the Void, trying to climb the west side of the Siula Grande: a vertical ascent that has never been resolved. They get to the top, but Simpson fell and broke his leg while descending. Yates lowering Simpson tried the rope, but then could not see it because it was blocked cliffs. After an hour had passed, Yates cut the rope. Miraculously, Simpson survived despite falling 30 meters into the slit of snow. He survived three days by eating snow and crept over the five miles back to his tent. Simpson arrived at when Yates was about to leave the camp because it was considered dead.

4. K2, frontier Pakistan and China (28,251 ft.)

The second highest mountain in the world, reportedly at risk for female climbers. The first woman to reach the peak is Wanda Rutkiewicz on 18 June 1986. In subsequent years, all five female climbers who reached the peak have been killed. Three were killed while descending from K2, two were killed in a nearby mountain. Rutkiewicz was also killed in the nearby mountain Kangchenjunga in 1992. The curse is finally solved in 2004 by Edurne Pasaban, 31-year-old female climber from Spain were still alive until now.

5. Kangchenjunga, the border of India and Nepal (28.169 ft.)

In 1999, a novel load the latest James Bond adventure in the mountain this agent. The mountain is famous by avalanche snow and cold so be including deadly mountain.

6. The Matterhorn, Swiss and Italian borders (14.691 ft.)

Today, the biggest danger in the Matterhorn more because of its popularity. The tourists who are eager often make the stones collapsing and falling climbers below.

7. Everestthe border of Nepal and China (29.029 ft.)



If you look at height, may directly be considered the most deadly mountain. But it turns Everest has only 9% mortality rate when many are trying to climb each year.

8. Mt.Washington, New Hampshire (6,288 ft)

Famous by easily changing weather, strong winds and hail that have killed 100 climbers. Even once record the fastest wind speed 231 miles per hour.

9. Denali, Alaska (20,320 ft.)

The mountain is frequently hit by earthquakes. The combination of altitude and latitude make climbers easy to get sick. Denali oxygen levels much lower than the existing mountain on the equator.

10. Mt.Fuji, Japan (12,388 ft.)

Sometimes the low mountain too often deadly. At the foot of Mount Fuji there is an area called Sea of Trees (Sea of Trees), an area full of pine and other trees is the only area that was not hit by a large flow of lava in the eruption of 1707. In Japan, it is also called Aokigahara forest, and often regarded as the ideal place to die. Many news about the strange events here, local residents tell about the magnetized region which could confuse people. While the population of the forest inhabited snakes, wild dogs and the occasional ghost sightings.
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