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As of May 2022, there had been 1,089 successful summits and 22 deaths on Lhotse. [1] A further 10 deaths had occurred on Lhotse Shar, a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse that offers a more difficult climb to Lhotse's peak than the standard route. [1] The summit attempt fatality rate thus stands around 2.9%.
Pages in category "Deaths on Lhotse" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J. Nicolas Jaeger; K.
An early attempt on Lhotse was made by the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.It also included two Austrians (cartographers Erwin Schneider and Ernst Senn) and two Swiss (Bruno Spirig and Arthur Spöhel), and was the first expedition in the Everest area to include Americans (Fred Beckey, George Bell, and Richard McGowan).
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] Deaths have been attributed to avalanches, falls, serac collapse, exposure, frostbite, or health problems related to conditions on the ...
On 27 April 1980, Nicolas Jaeger was seen for the last time at 8,200 metres (26,900 ft) altitude on Lhotse Shar, and is presumed dead. Jaeger was attempting a traverse from the Shar to Lhotse Main. [2] 27 September 1987 saw the single deadliest day on Lhotse Shar, as four Spanish climbers fell 1,500 meters to their deaths in an avalanche.
In 2010, he tried to climb Lhotse but reached only 7,800 metres (25,000'). [2] [3] Sedláček died on the descent of Lhotse in 2012, [4] and his body lay just a few meters (yards) below the summit for more than a decade. In 2024, Sedláček's body was recovered by a team of Sherpas cleaning Lhotse's peak. [5]
He was the 11th person to die on Everest and Lhotse in less than 30 days, in one of the most fatal seasons on the mountain. [7] After Kalný's death, Czech sculptor Otmar Oliva created a commemorative monument in his memory. [9] In April 2007, Martin Minařík placed it on Lhotse. [10] [11]
The following is a list of the other fatalities during the spring 1996 climbing season on Everest. These deaths were not directly related to the storm or the events of 10–11 May 1996 Everest disaster. 9 May – Chen Yu-Nan (陳玉男) – from the Taiwanese National Expedition, died after a fall down the Lhotse Face [41]