List of Mount Everest death statistics

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File:Pasang.jpg
Statute honoring the woman Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit but did not make it down alive

List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest. For a list of mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest, see List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

Youngest people to die on Mount Everest

Examples of known cases[1][2][3]

  • Pemba Sherpa, April 25, 2015, 19[1][2][4]
  • Ang Chuldim, August 31, 1982, 20[5]
  • Lobsang Sherpa, May 7, 2013, 22[6]
  • Víctor Hugo Trujillo, August 16, 1986, 22[7]
  • Andrew Irvine, June 9, 1924, 22[3]
  • Marco Siffredi, September 8, 2002, 23 [8]
  • Michael Matthews, May 13, 1999, 23[9]

Named corpses

File:Green Boots.jpg
The corpse known as Green Boots in its eponymous Everest cave

Died on descent after summiting

File:Memorial of Murato on Pelister.JPG
Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski, the first Macedonian to summit Everest but 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)

exampes only

Deadliest events at Everest

There is some generalizations to be made about summiting and one is that the early period was involved large "siege" style expeditions funded by large organizations, these helped overcome the remote nature and many unknowns of Everest (either both from Tibet or Nepal) This gave way to lightweight style expeditions, personified by Messner's solo summiting around 1980. After this was the rise of commercial expeditions, which range from logistics only (a permit and some basic base camp supplies), to expensive guided expeditions.

Died Date Notes / Ref
18-22 2015 2015 Mount Everest avalanches[13]
16 2014 2014 Mount Everest avalanche[14]
8-12 1996 1996 Mount Everest disaster
6 1974 1974 French Mount Everest expedition avalanche[15]
6 1970 1970 Mount Everest disaster
Northern panoramic view of Everest from below the Gyatso La on the Friendship Highway between Lhatse and Shelkar

Another very deadly event was in 1995, when 42 perished near Everest in a large avalanche.[16][17]

Statistics

A 2013 article in National Geographic noted 19,121 people above a base camp and 6,206 Everest summits up to the year 2012.[18] An example of statistics is that first German woman to summit mount Everest and survive, was Helga Hengge in 1999.[19] However, the first German (from West Germany) to make it to the summit was Hannelore Schmatz but she died on descent, getting down to about 8300 meters altitude.[10] Fatalaties may include people who died on Mount Everest that were not trying to summit (such as Everest Base Camp trekkers), or may have been climbing something else on the Everest massif such as Lhotse.

Year Summiters Deaths Notes
2012 547 ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠ (10) [18]
2013 658 ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠(8) [20]
2014 106 ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠(19) [21]
2015 0 ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠(24) [22]
2016 400+[23] ☠☠☠☠☠☠ [24][25]

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ortner 2001, p. 49
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  5. ↑ Reuter 1982, p. 3
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  7. ↑ Bell 1986
  8. ↑ Smith 2002
  9. ↑ Douglas 2001
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See also

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