At least 11 people died on Mount Everest last week. But it's just the 10th deadliest mountain in the Himalayas. - Business Insider

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world: 29,029 feet (8,848 meters).Wikimedia Commons

If climbers want to summit Mount Everest, they have to brave the "death zone" — the area above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) in altitude, where there is so little oxygen that the body starts to die, minute by minute and cell by cell.

Last week, at least 11 people died on Everest, which is the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea level. Some reportedly collapsed from exhaustion after waiting in line for hours to ascend to the summit on narrow parts of the route.

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But Everest isn't the only Himalayan peak on which climbers face the death zone. In fact, nine other mountains are deadlier than Everest.

According to NASA's Earth Observatory, Annapurna I — the 10th highest mountain in the world — is the most dangerous to climb, with a fatality rate of 32% as of 2012. K2, second-highest peak in the world, is almost as dangerous, with a fatality rate of 29%. Everest, by contrast, has a 4% fatality rate.

Granted, Mount Everest has seen many tragedies since 2012. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, sending an avalanche careening into Everest's Base Camp. More than 20 people were killed.

Here are the 10 deadliest mountains in the Himalayas — in order from most to least deadly — according to NASA.

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2019-05-30 12:21:56Z
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