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North face of Mount Everest. Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level, has been host to numerous tragedies. Deaths have occurred on the mountain every year since 1978, excluding 2020, when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11] Dr. A. M. Kellas (1921, en route to Everest as part of expedition) [3] [12] Dr. Karl G. Henize (1993), PhD in Astronomy and U.S. Astronaut [13] Dr. Sándor Gárdos (2001), Hungarian team doctor, specialist of high altitude medicine [14]
North face of Mount Everest. Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; Timeline of climbing Mount Everest; Junko Tabei (Japan), the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest (16 May 1975). Wanda Rutkiewicz (Poland), the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest (16 October 1978). Hannelore Schmatz (Germany), the first woman to die on Mount ...
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David Sharp (15 February 1972 – 15 May 2006) was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mount Everest. [2] His death caused controversy and debate because he was passed by several other climbers heading to and returning from the summit as he was dying, [3] [4] although several others tried to help him. [3]
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