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List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; 0–9. 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster; 1936 Eiger climbing disaster; ... Dachstein hiking disaster;
List of deaths on Makalu Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 14 May 2024 Johnny Saliba France: Altitude sickness [88] 7 May 2024 Lakpa Tenji Sherpa Nepal: Exhaustion [89] [90] 24 October 2021 Henrik T. Adersen Denmark: Unknown (died near Base Camp; likely a trekker as no climbing permits were issued in autumn 2021) [91] 24 May 2019
The 1967 Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (then still officially known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the worst to occur on the mountain in 100 years. [1]
B. Johannes Theodor Baargeld; John Bachar; Klemens Bachleda; Francis Maitland Balfour; Gary Ball; Tom Ballard (climber) Bronisław Bandrowski; Roger Baxter-Jones
As of 2007, about 10,000 people attempt to climb the mountain each year. [1] As of May 2002, more than 130 people are known to have died climbing Mount Hood since records have been kept. [2] One of the worst climbing accidents occurred in 1986, when seven high school students and two teachers froze to death while attempting to retreat from a ...
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest to date after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the ...
New Zealand Police say they don't believe two Americans and a Canadian who have been missing for five days survived a fall on New Zealand's tallest peak. The three men -- 56-year-old Kurt Blair ...
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.