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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%.
Pages in category "Deaths on Lhotse" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J. Nicolas Jaeger; K.
An early attempt on Lhotse was made by the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.It also included two Austrians (cartographers Erwin Schneider and Ernst Senn) and two Swiss (Bruno Spirig and Arthur Spöhel), and was the first expedition in the Everest area to include Americans (Fred Beckey, George Bell, and Richard McGowan).
20 death toll on Lhotse + secondary summit. 1 comment. 21 Death toll on Makalu + secondary summit as of 2022. ... Qwrk 07:36, 22 March 2012 (UTC) Dubious causes of ...
Zsolt Erőss (March 7, 1968 – May 21, 2013) was the most successful Hungarian high-altitude mountaineer, [2] [3] summiting 10 of the 14 eight-thousanders. He was also the first Hungarian citizen to have climbed Mount Everest. [4] In 2010, he lost his right leg in an avalanche accident, requiring amputation below the knee.
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 ...
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On 27 April 1980, Nicolas Jaeger was seen for the last time at 8,200 metres (26,900 ft) altitude on Lhotse Shar, and is presumed dead. Jaeger was attempting a traverse from the Shar to Lhotse Main. [2] 27 September 1987 saw the single deadliest day on Lhotse Shar, as four Spanish climbers fell 1,500 meters to their deaths in an avalanche.