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Terry "Mugs" Stump (August 28, 1949 – May 21, 1992) was a noted American rock climber and mountaineer, active in establishing difficult first ascents in the Alaska Range and the Canadian Rockies. He died from falling into a crevasse while descending the South Buttress of Denali on May 21, 1992, while guiding clients Bob Hoffman and Nelson Max.
Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain. It's known for being extremely hard to climb; named the "Killer Mountain" by the 1953 German expedition, first to successfully reach the peak. [204] [205] In addition to the large number of climbing deaths, 11 mountaineers were killed in 2013 by Taliban.
Hundreds of climbers have died on Everest. ... More than 300 people have perished on the mountain since expeditions started in the 1920s. Some are hidden by snow or swallowed down deep crevasses.
Heart attack Caps Ridge Trail Jefferson [7] [5] Joseph Caggiano: August 24, 1938: 17 New York: Hypothermia Gulfside Trail Adams [7] [5] Edwin McIntire: June 9, 1940: 19 New Jersey: Fall into a crevasse Tuckerman Ravine: Washington [5] Louis Carl Haberland: October 13, 1941: 27 Massachusetts: Hypothermia Caps Ridge Trail Jefferson [7] [5] John ...
The climbers were last seen in the early afternoon of June 8 by expedition member and geologist Noel Odell, who was following behind and glimpsed them from a distance.
A missing climber was found dead from an apparent fall at Glacier National Park in Montana, officials said.
Jeffrey Kelly James (February 2, 1958 – c. December 11, 2006) was one of three experienced mountain climbers who died on Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon in December 2006 in an incident that received worldwide attention. James was a native of Dallas, Texas and a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the ...