THE CLASSICAL ROUTES ON EVEREST
There are two main “classical” routes on Everest: Southeast Ridge that is approached via Nepal, and the Northeast Ridge via Tibet. Short statistics about these two routes are:
 Southeast Ridge:
- First Ascent: 29 May 1953 - Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Indıa)
- Ascents:1140
- Deaths: 80
- Death rate: 7%
Northeast Ridge:
- First Ascent: 25 May 1960 - Wang Fu-chou (China), Chu Yin-hua (China) and Gongbu (Tibet)
- Ascents: 655
- Deaths: 62
- Death rate: 9%
The most dangerous part of the Southeast Ridge is Khumbu İcefall. In the remaining part of the climb, Lhotse face constitutes another risk on the route.
Along the North side of Everest, North Col hold the highest risk in terms of avalanches. Another risk on this route is to fall from the ridge due to strong winds and altitude affect as it might have happened to Mallory and Irvine.
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