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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Climbers Twice as Likely to Reach Top of Mount Everest than in Past' data-article-id='5166'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15208'>People climbing Mount Everest are two times as likely to reach the top and less likely to die on the climb than 20 years ago, a new study finds.</span> <span data-start-time='15208' data-end-time='24146'>Everest, high in the Himalayans, is the tallest mountain above sea level on Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='24146' data-end-time='30813'> It reaches 8,848 meters into the sky.</span> <span data-start-time='30813' data-end-time='43083'>Between 2006 and 2019, around two thirds of climbers were successful in their attempt to reach the top.</span> <span data-start-time='43083' data-end-time='50979'> In the 15 years before that, only about one-third went all the way to the top.</span> <span data-start-time='50979' data-end-time='62417'>The study was a project of researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, Davis.</span> <span data-start-time='62417' data-end-time='76729'>They found that the risk of dying on the mountain was 0.5 percent for women and 1.1 percent for men in recent years.</span> <span data-start-time='76729' data-end-time='91542'>That is down from 1.9 percent and 1.7 percent in the period from 1990 to 2005, the researchers said.</span> <span data-start-time='91542' data-end-time='105063'>The number of attempts to reach the top of Everest has risen sharply over the years, leading to a 300 percent increase in overcrowding.</span> <span data-start-time='105063' data-end-time='112500'> In 2019, 955 climbers tried to reach the mountaintop.</span> <span data-start-time='112500' data-end-time='118458'>Only 222 people did so in 2000.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16204 data-hint-location='15208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/what_is_special_about_mount_everest.wav'>What is special about Mount Everest?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='It is the tallest mountain above sea level'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/it_is_the_tallest_mountain_above_sea_level.wav'><span>It is the tallest mountain above sea level</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/it_is_the_most_active_volcano_in_the_world.wav'><span>It is the most active volcano in the world</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/it_has_subtropical_temperatures_all_year_round.wav'><span>It has subtropical temperatures all year round</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/it_is_the_most_popular_ski_resort_in_asia.wav'><span>It is the most popular ski resort in Asia</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16205 data-hint-location='112500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/how_many_people_tried_to_reach_the_top_of_mount_everest_in_the_year_2000.wav'>How many people tried to reach the top of Mount Everest in the year 2000?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='222 '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/222_.wav'><span>222 </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/122_.wav'><span>122 </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/22.wav'><span>22</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/120.wav'><span>120</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16206 data-hint-location='91542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/the_percentage_increase_in_overcrowding_on_mount_everest_reached__blank_.wav'>The percentage increase in overcrowding on Mount Everest reached <span class='blank'>300 percent</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='300 percent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/300_percent.wav'><span>300 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/100_percent.wav'><span>100 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/30_percent.wav'><span>30 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4639/50_percent.wav'><span>50 percent</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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