where to start if you want to climb the Everest

at the BOTTOM

Well.there r two things u need to do. One - get in shape. Two - acquire the necessary skills. l will focus on #2.

Start climbing mountains & getting some altitude. Start off with guided climbs to learn the skills for glacier travel. There r some good climbing schools in the east (like EMS), but for glaciers u will have to go west. Try climbing Mt. Rainier in Washington with Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. They have a one week mountaineering skills course where u will learn knots, glacier travel, & crevasse rescue. Then start climbing glaciated peaks - like in the Cascades (Hood, Shasta, Rainier, Adams, etc.). Try hiking & climbing some 14ers in Colorado to get experience with moderate altitude. Then try something higher, like one or two of the Mexican volcanoes. Then Denali.

Then maybe do one of the lower, ''easier'' 8000 m peaks like Cho Oyo. Or a trek to Everest basecamp & a climb of Island Peak (20K ft) to see what it is like in the Himalayas.

l do not know what is with all these Everest questions?

Your question should be ''where to start if u want to climb a 12,000+ ft snow bound peak''. There r lots of them - Palisades, Rainier, Shasta, & Hood r some on the west coast. Making it to the top of Whitney is not the same as there is not any glacier travel required.

Many people get to that point & decide that is enough challenge for them - l did. Ice axes, crampons, & 4 layers of clothing change climbing into a completely different activity. Even this will probably be the hardest thing u have ever done in ur life.

Once u have summited several high peaks & still like climbing for hours on end with crampons & a really heavy pack, then set ur sites on Denali or some other similar 20,000+ ft peak which requires multi-day shuttles. Only then r u even in a position to consider climbing Everest.

Good Luck

Yeah, it seems like every second question here these days is am l too old, is it possible with no previous experience. How to start if you want to climb everest. l think all the interest is because of Everest beyond the limit being repeated on tv.