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The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. They are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges . This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
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Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either directly (loss of vital functions) or indirectly (unwise decisions made under stress or physical weakening leading to accidents). In the death zone, the human body cannot acclimatize, as it uses oxygen faster than it can be replenished.
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]
Mountaineering deaths (3 C, 260 P) Pages in category "Mountaineering disasters" ... 2022 Marmolada serac collapse; 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche; A. Avalanche; B. Ben Nevis;
June 18, 2022: 53 Massachusetts: Hypothermia Gulfside Trail Clay [59] [60] John R. Quick Jr. July 30, 2022: 65 Missouri: Hypothermia Jewell Trail Washington [61] Yanick Belanger August 25, 2022: 46 Quebec: Heart attack Summit Washington [62] Jason Apreku August 11, 2023: 21 Pennsylvania: Unknown Osgood Trail Madison [63] Madison Saltsburg ...
B. Johannes Theodor Baargeld; John Bachar; Klemens Bachleda; Francis Maitland Balfour; Gary Ball; Tom Ballard (climber) Bronisław Bandrowski; Roger Baxter-Jones
On 4 October 2022, an avalanche at the Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarakhand, India killed 27 mountaineers in the Advanced Mountaineering Course of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. [1] The death toll makes this the worst mountaineering disaster recorded in India.