Forget Mt. Everest — it's not even close to the most difficult mountains to climb, according to mountaineers

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Hundreds of people stand atop Mt. Everest each year. But far fewer summit the Seven Second Summits, the second-highest peaks on each continent that push climbers to their limits.

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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous

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A Mt. Everest cimber prepares to cross a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall
Navigating the Khumbu Icefall involves crossing ladders laid over crevasses that can be up to hundreds of feet deep.

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Climbers on Mount Everest will be ordered to buy poop bags and bring their waste back down with them, authorities say

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Climbers collect garbage at a Mount Everest base camp on May 11, 2020.
Climbers collect garbage at Mount Everest base camp on May 11, 2020.

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2 women chasing a climbing record across 14 mountains both died in avalanches on their last peak

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Mount Shishapangma
Mount Shishapangma in southern Tibet, China.

Photographer: Reinhard Goldmann 50829 Cologne, Germany

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