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This is why Everest climbers typically make several trips up and down the mountain to increasingly high elevation camps to acclimate their bodies to high altitude conditions. Other risks to Everest climbers include frostbite and hypothermia from the extreme temperatures, thrombosis or embolisms caused by thickening of blood in response to high altitude, extreme sunburn, and broken bones from falls.
1 Death Rate on Everest is 6.5% of Summit Climbers. 2  Most Die While Descending. 3  More People Equals More Risk. 4  One Death for Every 10 Ascents Prior to 2007. 5  Two Ways to Die on Mt. Everest. 6  Most Die from Non-Traumatic Causes. 7  Fatigue Causes Death. 8  Death of David Sharp. 9  Hillary Lambasts Callous Everest Climbers.