Everest - could it be climbed in a week?

A BBC Futures page delves into the methods used by climbers to overcome some of the effects of altitude when they attempt to climb the highest peaks, notably Mount Everest.

Most expeditions take about two months, due to the need to acclimatise to altitude.

Now a controversial and untested method of speeding up acclimatisation to altitude is being suggested, and the various drugs and other methods that some climbers apparently use are explored in this long article.

It could be argued that even the supplementary oxygen that climbers need as they approach the 'Death Zone'

This will be helpful for the Year 8 unit that I am currently teaching on Extreme geographies.