The "Ballroom of Death" and the "Popcorn Field" are treacherous areas on the path through this mountain's Khumbu Icefall. The South Col is a pass from Lhotse to this mountain within the "death zone" over (*) 8,000 meters. An April 2014 avalanche on this mountain killed sixteen Sherpa guides. For 10 points, name this peak in the Himalayas first summited by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, the tallest mountain in the world.
The "Ballroom of Death" and the "Popcorn Field" are treacherous areas on the path through this mountain's Khumbu Icefall. The South Col is a pass from Lhotse to this mountain within the "death zone" over (*) 8,000 meters. An April 2014 avalanche on this mountain killed sixteen Sherpa guides. For 10 points, name this peak in the Himalayas first summited by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, the tallest mountain in the world.
The "Ballroom of Death" and the "Popcorn Field" are treacherous areas on the path through this mountain's Khumbu Icefall.
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