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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.
Statue honoring the woman Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit but did not make it down alive. List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest.
While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb due to its steep faces and extreme weather. The most deadly events on K2 were the 1986 K2 disaster, 1995 K2 disaster, and 2008 K2 disaster. As of August 2023, an estimated 800 people had completed a summit, and 96 had died ...
Deaths Per Year on Mount Everest 1921-2024. Noting Sherpa and Non-Sherpa deaths. (Data Source: The Himalayan Database) Items portrayed in this file depicts. creator.
The world’s highest mountain continues to draw climbers willing to risk their lives as they clamber past frozen corpses on their way to the top.
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 ...
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. *
This year was Lama’s second-ever Everest ascent. Currently, the record for fastest ascent by a male climber is 10 hours and 56 minutes, set by Nepali Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa in 2003.