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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.
Six of the fourteen summits of the Eight-Thousanders (Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Mt. Everest and Makalu). The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. They are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
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]
Five people have died during the 2024 Everest climbing season while three are missing and presumed dead. The death toll this season, which is nearing its end, however is lower than last year when ...
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 ...
Tributes to climbing ‘legend’ who scaled Mount Everest 10 times
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 ...
Mountaineers as they climb during their ascend to summit Mount Everest on May 12, 2021. - Pemba Dorje Sherpa/AFP/Getty Images ‘Watching the sunrise from 29,000 feet’