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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.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest. Death extremes
Deaths have occurred on the mountain every year since 1978, excluding 2020, when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most notable deadly events on Everest were the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition , 1970 Everest disaster , 1974 Everest disaster , 1996 Everest disaster , 2014 Mount Everest avalanche , and 2015 Mount ...
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 ...
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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 .
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Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date 1 22,000: Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake [1] Peru: 1970: 2 2,000−10,000: White Friday (1916) [2] Italy: 1916: 3 4,000: Huascarán avalanche [1] Peru: 1962: 4 310: 2015 Afghanistan avalanches: Afghanistan: 2015: 5 265: Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches: Austria ...