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On April 18, 2014, 16 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall. [ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ] On April 25, 2015, 19 people—the most ever in a single day on Everest—were killed in an avalanche at base camp after a 7.8 earthquake, which killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in Nepal. [ 14 ][ 15 ][ 16 ] During the ...
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11] Dr. A. M. Kellas (1921, en route to Everest as part of expedition) [3] [12] Dr. Karl G. Henize (1993), PhD in Astronomy and U.S. Astronaut [13] Dr. Sándor Gárdos (2001), Hungarian team doctor, specialist of high altitude medicine [14]
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 Everest avalanches and the 2023 Mount Everest season. As of August 2024, there had been 12,678 successful summits, and 365 people had died ...
Cold, exhaustion. Occupation (s) Mountaineer, guide. Ray Genet (July 27, 1931 – October 2, 1979), often referred to by the nickname Pirate, was a Swiss-born American mountaineer. He was the first guide on North America 's highest mountain, Alaska 's Denali (Mount McKinley). Genet is the grandfather of actress Q'Orianka Kilcher.
He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29. [136] Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) Kami Rita Sherpa (24 times by 2019) One famous Nepalese female mountaineer was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest, but who died during the descent.
Francys Arsentiev. First U.S. woman to climb Mount Everest without help of oxygen; died on the descent. Francys Arsentiev (January 18, 1958 – May 24, 1998) became the first woman from the United States to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of bottled oxygen, on May 22, 1998. [1] She then died during the descent.
Maurice Wilson MC (21 April 1898 – c. 31 May 1934) was a British soldier, mystic, and aviator who is known for his ill-fated attempt to climb Mount Everest alone in 1934. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Often characterised as "eccentric", [ 3 ] Wilson wished to climb Everest as a platform to promote his belief that the world's ills could be solved by a ...
Spouse. Gerhard Schmatz. Hannelore Schmatz (14 February 1940 – 2 October 1979) was a German climber and the fourth woman to summit Mount Everest. She collapsed and died as she was returning from summiting Everest via the southern route; Schmatz was the first woman and first German citizen to die on the upper slopes of Everest. [1][2]