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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.
Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski, who died descending from the mountain. Examples of those who, after summiting, died on the descent down or soon after (not counting other climbs, on the same expedition but does not have to be their first summit) examples only. Dimitar Ilievski-Murato; Francys Arsentiev; Hannelore Schmatz; Hristo Prodanov; Jozef Psotka
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 after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the April 2015 ...
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 of the mountain ...
A view from the summit of Mount Everest in May 2013. The summit of Everest has been described as "the size of a dining room table". [267] The summit is capped with snow over ice over rock, and the layer of snow varies from year to year. [268] The rock summit is made of Ordovician limestone and is a low-grade metamorphic rock. [269]
The Himalayan Database records that she died on May 19, 2012, on the south side of Mount Everest at 8400 meters altitude. [12] Further fatalities that season include two on the north and seven on the south side, with four other deaths on the same day as Shah-Klorfine. [12] She is said to have died 250 meters (~820 feet) from Camp IV (Nepal side ...
Junko Tabei (Japanese: 田部井 淳子, Hepburn: Tabei Junko, née Ishibashi; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher.She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Death. Yasuko Namba, Mt. Everest, May 1996. On May 10, 1996, the 47-year-old Namba reached the summit of Everest, becoming the oldest woman to do so (her record was later broken by Anna Czerwińska of Poland who summited Everest at age 50). She was still high on the mountain rather late into the afternoon, and was descending when a blizzard struck.