Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. my recent locations Â°f
Their goal was to reach the summit of Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen canisters, a feat that remains rare today but was, in 1978, actually considered scientifically impossible. More than 4,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, but fewer than 200 have done so without oxygen.
Mount Everest had its highest death toll ever in 2015 with 22 climbers killed (and NOBODY reached the summit) 1  An earthquake, which hit Nepal in April, killed 22 climbers at Base Camp. 2  For the first time since 1975, nobody reached the 29,035-foot peak summit. 3  Today, the death toll stands at 275 people out of the 6,958 who have tried.