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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%.
Broad death rate: The first metric is the ratio of total deaths [c] on the mountain to successful climbers summiting over a given period. [30] The Guinness Book of World Records uses this metric to name Annapurna I as the deadliest eight-thousander, and the world's deadliest mountain with roughly one person dying for every three people who ...
Annapurna (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ p ʊər n ə ˌ-ˈ p ɜːr-/; [5] [6] Nepali: अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea level and is well known for the difficulty and danger involved ...
The highest peak of the massif, Annapurna I Main, is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea level. Maurice Herzog led a French expedition to its summit through the north face in 1950, making it the first eight-thousander to be successfully climbed.
Pages in category "Deaths on Annapurna" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Anatoli Boukreev; C.
On May 1, 2016, Ben Yehuda became the first Israeli to climb to the summit of Mount Annapurna I, the tenth highest mountain in the world (8,091 meters above sea level), which is considered as the world's deadliest mountain. [14] Climbing Annapurna is a significant accomplishment due to the high death rate of more than 30%, and until now only ...
Deaths on Annapurna (11 P) B. Deaths on Broad Peak (6 P) C. Deaths on Cho Oyu (7 P) Deaths in the Cordillera Blanca (2 P) D. Deaths on Denali (3 P) Deaths on ...
The storms resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Among the dead were 21 trekkers from several countries walking the Annapurna Circuit , [ 14 ] including two Slovak climbers at Dhaulagiri base camp, [ 9 ] and several local Nepali mountain guides, cooks, and yak herders. [ 15 ]