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List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest. Death extremes. Youngest people to die on Mount Everest Examples ...
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.
Six of the fourteen summits of the Eight-Thousanders (Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Mt. Everest and Makalu). 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.
Rescues are treacherous on Mt. Everest, especially past the elevation of 27,200 feet, known as the “death zone,” where the temperatures are dangerously cold and oxygen is scarce.
The lack of oxygen poses one of greatest threats to climbers who attempt to summit, with levels dropping to less than 40% when they reach the Everest “death zone.”
Pages in category "Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Weather-related deaths on Everest are generally associated with a drop in barometric pressure at the summit. A decrease of just 4 millibars can trigger hypoxia; a 6 millibar drop was enough to ...
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