Kungani abantu bezama ukufinyelela esiqongweni seNtaba i-Everest?
Ukufinyelela esiqongweni seNtaba i-Everest kuletha inselele abambalwa abangayifinyelela ngempela. Ingqungquthela iyindawo ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi itholakala ngaphakathi "kwendawo yokufa" engamamitha angu - 29 000 ukuphakama, lapho kungekho muntu ongasinda khona isikhathi eside. Abaningi abanawo amakhono okukhwela adingekayo ukuze bafinyelele esiqongweni, kulabo abazama ukufinyelela kuso, u-4% uyafa entabeni egcwele izidumbu njengoba izidumbu zingakwazi ukususwa kalula. Ukuhambela kwamanye amazwe nakho kubiza imali eningi, ingqikithi yayo ingase idlule u-$100.000 futhi lokho akuqinisekisi ukuthi uyokwazi ukufinyelela esiqongweni noma ukuthi uyosinda. Ngenxa yakho konke lokhu, abaningi babheka ukugibela i-Everest njengento enzima kakhulu umuntu angayenza, futhi ngo-2023 abantu abangaba ngu-6 000 kuphela asebephumelele.