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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
This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate. The most recent years without known deaths on the mountain are 1977, in which only two people reached the summit, and 2020, when permits were suspended by Nepal because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] [3]
2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster; The Himalayan Database; List of deaths on eight-thousanders; List of Mount Everest records; List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; Mount Hood climbing accidents; mountains portal
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Starting in late 2025, the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest will increase by more than 36%, according to a private expedition group based in the Himalayas.
A climbing instructor fell to his death on Yosemite's El Captain, according to a report, marking the latest accident on the iconic rock peak that is a favorite among rock climbers.
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
807 climbers summited Mount Everest in 2018, [3] including 563 on the Nepal side and 240 from the Chinese Tibet side. [5] This broke the previous record for total summits in year from which was 667 in 2013, and one factor that aided in this was an especially long and clear weather window of 11 days during the critical spring climbing season.
In a 2012 documentary, [16] Bob McKeown travels to Nepal and pieces together what happened, including video of Shah-Klorfine's final hours on Everest. Shah-Klorfine has been noted as a case of the pros and cons of risk taking. [17] The Vancouver Sun noted that dangerous adventures can offer achievement but that danger can also result in death. [17]