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. The most recent years without known deaths on the mountain are 1977, in which only two people reached the summit, and 2020, when permits were suspended by Nepal because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3]
Deaths have been attributed to avalanches, falls, serac collapse, exposure, frostbite, or health problems related to conditions on the mountain. Not all bodies have been located, so details on those deaths are not available.
The upper reaches of the mountain are in the death zone, a mountaineering term for altitudes above a certain point – around 8,000 m (26,000 ft), or less than 356 millibars (5.16 psi) of atmospheric pressure – where the oxygen pressure level is not sufficient to sustain human life.[4] Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either directly (loss of vital functions) or indirectly (unwise decisions made under stress or physical weakening leading to accidents). In the death zone, the human body cannot acclimatize, as it uses oxygen faster than it can be replenished. An extended stay in the zone without supplementary oxygen will result in deterioration of bodily functions, loss of consciousness, and death.[5][6][7]
During the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition, two people died en route to the mountain: an unidentified porter and heart attack victim A. M. Kellas.[8][9] The first recorded deaths on the mountain itself were seven porters who perished in an avalanche in the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition.
In 1996, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, the most in a single year to that date. The number reflects the large number of climbers that year rather than a spike in the death rate: before 1996, one in four climbers died making the ascent, while in 1996, one in seven died.[10] But it also includes the 1996 Mount Everest disaster on May 11, 1996, during which eight people died due to being caught in a blizzard while making summit attempts. Among them was guide Rob Hall, the first non-Sherpa to have summitted five times. Two books detailing the disaster, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev, both written by mountaineers who were on Mount Everest at the time, give conflicting accounts of the events.
The 1996 record was surpassed in the 2014, 2015 and 2023 seasons. There were few summits from the south in 2014 and none in 2015. 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 2023 season, a total of 17 climbers died to and from the summit. Almost none of the deaths are related to one another.
In 2001, Babu Chiri Sherpa died from a fall near Camp II. He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record.[17] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes.[17]
In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers. Videos shared on social media showed climbers waiting in long queues to advance up the mountain.[18]
Due to the difficulties and dangers in bringing bodies down, most who die on the mountain remain where they fall. Two Nepalese climbers died on October 24, 1984, while trying to recover the body of Hannelore Schmatz.[19] In 1999, searchers for George Mallory's body found his and other bodies in the snow in a catchment basin near the peak.[20][note 1]
Melting glaciers are revealing bodies on Everest. The Nepalese government does clean-up efforts to remove trash left by climbers, and also recovers bodies along with these efforts. Four unidentified bodies were recovered in 2019.[22] Another five unidentified bodies were recovered in 2024.[23]
Information on 341 of the people who died climbing Mount Everest are listed in the table below.
Name | Date | Age | Expedition | Nationality | Cause of death | Location | Remains status | Refs |
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Alexander Mitchell Kellas | June 5, 1921 | 52 | 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition | United Kingdom | Heart attack | En route to base camp near the Tibetan village of Kampa Dzong | Recovered, buried near Kampa Dzong | [8][24] |
Unknown porter | June 5, 1921 | En route to base camp near the Tibetan village of Kampa Dzong | [9] | |||||
Dorje | June 7, 1922 | 1922 British Mount Everest expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | ||
Lhakpa | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Norbu | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Pasang | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Pema | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Sange | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Temba | June 7, 1922 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [8] | |||
Man Bahadur | May 13, 1924 | 1924 British Mount Everest expedition | Nepal | Pneumonia | Above Rongbuk B.C. | [8][25] | ||
Lance-Naik Shamsherpun | May 17, 1924 | Nepal | Brain hemorrhage | Above Rongbuk B.C. | [8][25] | |||
Andrew Irvine | June 9, 1924 | 22 | United Kingdom | Unknown. | N.E. Ridge | Partial remains discovered, 2024 | [8][26] | |
George Mallory | June 9, 1924 | 37 | United Kingdom | Possible ice axe injury following a fall. | N.E. Ridge | Found and buried in situ, 1999 | [8][27] | |
Maurice Wilson | May 31, 1934[note 2] | 36 | Solo Expedition | United Kingdom | Possible exhaustion, exposure or starvation. | East Rongbuk Glacier | Found but not recovered, 1935 | [28] |
Dorje Mingma | October 31, 1952 | Swiss Expedition | Nepal | Falling ice | Lhotse Face | [29] | ||
Wang Ji | April 11, 1960 | Chinese Expedition Northern Slope | China | Mountain sickness | [30][31] | |||
Shao Shi-Ching [note 3] | April 29, 1960 | China | N.E. Ridge | [30][31] | ||||
Nawang Tshering | April 28, 1962 | Nepal | Lhotse face | [32] | ||||
Jake Breitenbach | March 23, 1963 | 27 | Norman Dyhrenfurth's American Mount Everest Expedition | United States | Crushed under serac | Icefall | [33][34][35] | |
Ma Gao-shu | May 1, 1966 | Chinese Everest Expedition | China | Fall | Icefall | [31][36] | ||
Phu Dorjee Sherpa | October 18, 1969 | Japanese Everest Expedition | Nepal | Fall into a crevasse | Icefall | [37] | ||
Nima Dorje | April 5, 1970 | Japanese Skiing Expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [38] | ||
Kunga Norbu | April 5, 1970 | Nepal | Avalanche | [38] | ||||
Mima Norbu | April 5, 1970 | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [38] | |||
Pasang | April 5, 1970 | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [38] | |||
Kami Tshering | April 5, 1970 | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [38] | |||
Kyak Tsering | April 9, 1970 | 36 | Nepal | Crushed under serac | 5525 m | [39] | ||
Kiyoshi Narita | April 21, 1970 | Japan | Heart attack | 6150m | [40] | |||
Harsh Vardhan | April 18, 1971 | 31 | International Expedition of 1971 | India | Succumbed after falling and being suspended above a crevasse during a blizzard | 6900m | [36] | |
Tony Tighe | November 16, 1972 | Mt. Qomolangma expedition | Australia | Crushed under serac | Icefall | [41][42] | ||
Jangbu | October 12, 1973 | Nepal | Avalanche | S.W. Face | [43] | |||
Gérard Devouassoux | September 9, 1974 | 34 | 1974 French Mount Everest expedition | France | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |
Pemba Dorje | September 9, 1974 | Nepal | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |||
Lhakpa | September 9, 1974 | Nepal | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |||
Nawang Lutuk | September 9, 1974 | Nepal | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |||
Nima Wangchu | September 9, 1974 | Nepal | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |||
Sanu Wongal | September 9, 1974 | Nepal | Avalanche | 6400m | [44] | |||
Wu Zhuong Yue [note 4] | May 4, 1975 | China | Exhaustion, fall | 8500m | [45] | |||
Mingma ; deaf-mute Sherpa porter | August 1975 | "Young" | 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition | Nepal | Drowned | Below Base Camp | [46] | |
Mick Burke | September 26, 1975 | 34 | Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition | United Kingdom | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | Near Summit | [47][48] | |
Terry Thompson | April 10, 1976 | British-Nepal Army Everest Expedition | United Kingdom | Fall into a crevasse | Camp II | [36] | ||
Dawa Nuru | April 18, 1978 | Nepal | Fall into a crevasse | Icefall | [36] | |||
Shi Ming-ji | April 18, 1978 | Chinese Iranian Expedition | China | Fall into a crevasse | Icefall | [36] | ||
Ang Phu | May 16, 1979 | 1979 Yugoslav West Ridge expedition | Nepal | Fall | Icefall | [36] | ||
Ray Genet | October 2, 1979 | 48 | Gerhard Schmatz German Expedition or 1979 Swabian expedition | United States | Exposure and/or exhaustion | 8400m S.E. Ridge | [49] | |
Hannelore Schmatz | October 2, 1979 | 39 | West Germany | Exposure and/or exhaustion | 8400m S.E. Ridge | Body removal was attempted, but resulted in death for two sherpas | [27][49] | |
Wang Hong-bao | October 12, 1979 | Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition | China | Avalanche | Below North Col | [50] | ||
Lou Lan [note 5] | October 12, 1979 | China | Avalanche | Below North Col | [50] | |||
Nima Thaxi [note 6] | October 12, 1979 | China | Avalanche | Below North Col | [50] | |||
Akira Ube | May 2, 1980 | 31 | Japanese Alpine Society expedition | Japan | Avalanche | 7900m North Face (Hornbein Couloir) | [51] | |
Nawang Kersang | September 6, 1980 | Italian expedition | Nepal | Fall | Icefall | [52] | ||
Mario Piana | September 22, 1980 | Italy | Crushed under serac | Lhotse Face | [53] | |||
Noboru Takenaka | January 12, 1981 | 28 | Japanese winter expedition | Japan | Fall | 6900m W. Cwm | [54] | |
Marty Hoey | May 15, 1982 | 30 | Whittaker American expedition | United States | Fall | 8000m | [55] | |
Peter Boardman | May 17, 1982 | 31 | British Mount Everest expedition | United Kingdom | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m) | [37][56] | |
Joe Tasker | May 17, 1982 | 33 | United Kingdom | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m) | [56][57] | ||
Ang Chuldim | August 31, 1982 | 20 | Bill March Canadian expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [58] | |
Dawa Dorje | August 31, 1982 | 42 | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [58] | ||
Pasang Sona | August 31, 1982 | 38 | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [58] | ||
Blair Griffiths | September 2, 1982 | 33 | Canada | Crushed under serac | Icefall | [59] | ||
Lhakpa Tshering | September 27, 1982 | Spanish expedition | Nepal | Internal hemorrhage | 6770m | [45] | ||
Nima Dorje | October 14, 1982 | Nepal | Fall | 8300m W ridge | [60] | |||
Yasuo Kato | December 28, 1982 | 33 | Japanese expedition | Japan | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | Near Summit | [37][57] | |
Toshiaki Kobayashi | December 28, 1982 | Japan | Near Summit | [57] | ||||
Hironobu Kamuro | October 8, 1983 | Japanese expedition | Japan | Fall | Near Summit | [37] | ||
Pasang Temba | October 8, 1983 | Nepal | Fall | 8600m SE Ridge | [37][45] | |||
Hiroshi Yoshino | October 9, 1983 | Japan | Fall | Near Summit | [37] | |||
Ang Rinji | March 26, 1984 | Indian expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [45] | ||
Tony Swierzy | April 3, 1984 | 27 | Micheal Lane British North Face expedition | United Kingdom | Avalanche | 6238m | [61] | |
Hristo Ivanov Prodanov | April 21, 1984 | 40 | Bulgarian West Face expedition | Bulgaria | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | 8500m West Ridge | [37] | |
William (Fred) From | October 9, 1984 | 28 | Australian-New Zealand expedition | Australia | Fall, while searching for Craig Nottle | 8000m | [62][63][64][65] | |
Craig Nottle | October 9, 1984 | 23 | Australia | Fall | 8000m | [62][63][64] | ||
Jozef Psotka | October 16, 1984 | 50 | Czechoslovakia | Fall | Near Summit | [37] | ||
Ang Dorje | October 24, 1984 | 35 | Mission to recover body of Hannelore Schmatz | Nepal | Fall | 8400m S.E. Ridge | [19] | |
Yogendra Bahadur Thapa | October 24, 1984 | 36 | Nepal | Fall | 8400m S.E. Ridge | [19] | ||
Juanjo Navarro | May 12, 1985 | Navarrese expedition | Spain | Fall | 7300m | [66][67] | ||
Shinichi Ishii | September 19, 1985 | Japanese expedition | Japan | Avalanche | Below North Col | [66] | ||
Kiran Inder Kumar | October 7, 1985 | 40 | Indian expedition | India | Fall | 7986m | [68] | |
Jai Vardhan Bahugana | October 11, 1985 | India | Exposure | South Col | [69] | |||
Ranjeet Singh Bakshi | October 11, 1985 | India | Exposure | South Col | [69] | |||
Vijay Pal Singh Negi | October 11, 1985 | 28 | India | Exposure | South Col | [68][69] | ||
M.U. Bhaskar Rao | October 11, 1985 | India | Exposure | South Col | [69] | |||
Víctor Hugo Trujillo | August 16, 1986 | 22 | Chile | Avalanche | Below North Col | [70] | ||
Simon Burkhardt | September 28, 1986 | 52 | Eiselin Sports expedition | Switzerland | Avalanche | 7315m | [71] | |
Gyalu | October 4, 1986 | Nepal | Crushed under serac | Icefall | [71] | |||
Dawa Norbu | October 17, 1986 | Nepal | Avalanche | Below North Col | [37] | |||
Tsuttin Dorje | January 30, 1987 | Nepal | Fall | 7700m | [72] | |||
Roger Marshall | May 21, 1987 | 45 | Canada | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | Hornbein Couloir, Near Summit | [73] | ||
Masao Yokoyama | September 2, 1987 | 44 | Japanese expedition | Japan | Drowned | East Rongbuk Glacier | [74][75] | |
Mangal Singh | October 20, 1987 | British expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Base camp | [45] | ||
Hidetaka Mizukoshi | April 21, 1988 | 35th Anniversary climb with Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese nationals | Japan | Heart attack | Base camp | [76] | ||
Michel Parmentier | September 20, 1988 | International [clarification needed] | France | Exposure | 7700m | [66] | ||
Narayan Shrestha | September 21, 1988 | Nepal | Avalanche | 7200m | [77] | |||
Lhakpa Sonam | October 13, 1988 | Nepal | Fall | 8200m | [37] | |||
Pasang Temba | October 13, 1988 | Nepal | Fall | 8200m | [37] | |||
Dušan Becík | October 17, 1988 | 34 | IAMES Bratislava Expedition | Czechoslovakia | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent after reaching South Summit) | 8000m S.W. Ridge | [78][79][80] | |
Peter Božík | October 17, 1988 | 34 | Czechoslovakia | 8000m S.W. Ridge | [78][79][80] | |||
Jaroslav Jaško | October 17, 1988 | 26 | Czechoslovakia | 8000m S.W. Ridge | [78][79][80] | |||
Jozef Just | October 17, 1988 | 33 | Czechoslovakia | 8000m S.W. Ridge | [37][78][79] | |||
Ang Lhakpa | December 23, 1988 | Nepal | Cerebral thrombosis | South Col | [37] | |||
Dimitar Ilievski-Murato | May 10, 1989 | 35 | Yugoslavia | Fall | Descending South Col Route | [37] | ||
Phu Dorje | May 16, 1989 | Nepal | Fall | Descending South Col Route | [37] | |||
Mirosław Dąsal | May 27, 1989 | 37 | Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers | Poland | Avalanche | 7200m W ridge | [81] | |
Mirosław Gardzielewski | May 27, 1989 | 37 | Poland | Avalanche | 7200m W ridge | [81] | ||
Andrzej Heinrich | May 27, 1989 | 51 | Poland | Avalanche | 7200m W ridge | [81] | ||
Wacław Otręba | May 27, 1989 | 42 | Poland | Avalanche | 7200m W ridge | [81] | ||
Eugeniusz Chrobak | May 28, 1989 | 50 | Poland | Avalanche injuries | Lhola camp | [37][81] | ||
Ang Pinjo | December 12, 1989 | South Korean expedition | Nepal | Altitude sickness, heart attack | [36] | |||
Rafael Gómez-Menor | September 14, 1990 | Spain | Avalanche | [82] | ||||
Ang Sona | September 14, 1990 | Nepal | Avalanche | [82] | ||||
Badri Nath | September 14, 1990 | Nepal | Avalanche | [82] | ||||
Ham Sang-hun | October 7, 1990 | Japanese-Korean expedition | South Korea | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | [83] | |||
Rüdiger Lang | May 3, 1991 | Austrian solo expedition | Germany | Exposure | 7850m N.E. Ridge | [45][84] | ||
Junichi Futagami | May 27, 1991 | Japanese solo expedition | Japan | Fall | 8700m NE | [36] | ||
Deepak Kulkarni | May 2, 1992 | Indian expedition | India | Exposure | [36] | |||
Raymond Jacob | May 2, 1992 | India | Exposure | [36] | ||||
Subba Singh | May 11, 1992 | 43 | Nepal | Heart attack | [85] | |||
Sher Singh | May 23, 1992 | Indian expedition | India | Fall | Icefall | [36] | ||
Manabu Hoshi | May 23, 1992 | Japanese expedition | Japan | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | 8350m NE | [86] | ||
Ang Tshering | January 15, 1993 | Spanish expedition | Nepal | Fall | [36] | |||
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa | April 23, 1993 | 32 | Nepalese expedition | Nepal | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | 8750m S.E. Ridge | [87] | |
Sonam Tshering | April 23, 1993 | Nepal | 8750m S.E. Ridge | [87] | ||||
Lobsang Tshering Bhutia | May 10, 1993 | 41 | 40th anniversary of Tenzing Norgay's climb | Nepal | Fall | 8750m S.E. Ridge | [88] | |
Nam Won-woo | May 16, 1993 | South Korean expedition | South Korea | Fall | 8450m S.E. Ridge | [36][89] | ||
A Jin-seob | May 17, 1993 | South Korea | Fall | 8450m S.E. Ridge | [36][89] | |||
Karl Henize | October 5, 1993 | 66 | American expedition | United States | HAPE (high-altitude pulmonary edema) | 6400m | Buried near the Changtse Glacier | [90] |
Antonio Miranda | October 7, 1993 | Spain | Fall | [91] | ||||
Prem Thapa | April 6, 1994 | German expedition | Nepal | Cerebral edema | [36] | |||
Shih Fang-Fang 'Norman' | May 9, 1994 | 27 | Taiwanese expedition | Taiwan | Exhaustion and/or exposure | [36] | ||
Giuseppe Vigani | May 18, 1994 | 43 | Italian expedition | Italy | Fall | North Face | [36] | |
Mike Rheinberger | May 27, 1994 | 53 | Australian expedition | Australia | Fall | 8500m NE | [36] | |
Mingma Norbu | September 12, 1994 | Norwegian expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | [36] | |||
Kami Rita | May 6, 1995 | American expedition | Nepal | Fall | [36] | |||
Lhakpa Nuru | September 10, 1995 | South Korean Expedition | Nepal | 6900m | [36] | |||
Zangbu | October 14, 1995 | South Korean expedition | Nepal | Fall | Near Summit | [36] | ||
Chen Yu-Nan | May 9, 1996 | 36 | "Makalu" Gau Ming-Ho Taiwanese expedition | Taiwan | Injuries from a fall | 7200m South Col | [92] | |
Scott Fischer | May 11, 1996 | 40 | Mountain Madness | United States | Suspected HACE (high-altitude cerebral edema), exhaustion, frostbite and exposure. | 8300m S.E. Ridge | Buried on Everest | [27][66][93] |
Rob Hall | May 11, 1996 | 35 | Adventure Consultants | New Zealand | Exposure | South Summit | Not recovered | [27][66][93] |
Doug Hansen | May 11, 1996 | 46 | United States | Exposure | 8700m South Col | Not recovered | [27][66][93] | |
Andrew Harris | May 11, 1996 | 31 | New Zealand | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | 8700m S.E. Ridge | Not recovered | [27][66][93] | |
Yasuko Namba | May 11, 1996 | 47 | Japan | Exposure | 7900m South Col | Buried in Japan | [66][93] | |
Dorje Morup | May 11, 1996 | 47 | Indo-Tibetan Border Police | India | Exposure | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [66][93] | |
Tsewang Paljor | May 11, 1996 | 28 | India | Exposure | 8600m N.E. Ridge | Body removed from view | [27][66][93] | |
Tsewang Samanla | May 11, 1996 | 38 | India | Exposure | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [66][93] | ||
Reinhard Wlasich | May 19, 1996 | 45 | First Hungarian Mount Everest Expedition | Austria | Altitude sickness | 8300m North Face, Great Couloir | [92][94] | |
Bruce Herrod | May 25, 1996 | 37 | South African/British | United Kingdom | Rope accident | 8800m S.E. Ridge, Hillary Step | [95] | |
Ngawang Topche | June 6, 1996 | American | Nepal | Lapsed into coma on 23 Apr 1996; later died in hospital | Camp II | [96] | ||
Yves Bouchon | September 25, 1996 | 47 | French/Belgian/Swiss | France | Avalanche | 7800m Lhotse Face | [66][92][97] | |
Lopsang Jangbu | September 25, 1996 | 25 | Japanese | Nepal | Avalanche | 7400m Lhotse Face | [66][97] | |
Dawa | September 25, 1996 | South Korea | Nepal | Avalanche | 7400m Lhotse Face | [66][97] | ||
Malcolm Duff | April 23, 1997 | 43 | British | United Kingdom | Heart attack | Base Camp | [36] [92] | |
Nima Rinzi | May 6, 1997 | Malaysian | United Kingdom | Fall | Lhotse Face | [36] | ||
Aleksandr Torochin | May 7, 1997 | Russian | Russia | Fall | 8400m N.E. Ridge | [36][98][99][100][101] | ||
Ivan Plotnikov | May 7, 1997 | 36 | Russia | Exhaustion and/or exposure | 8700m N.E. Ridge | [36][92][98][99][100][101] | ||
Nikolai Chevtchenko | May 7, 1997 | 52 | Russia | Exhaustion and/or exposure | 8700m N.E. Ridge | [36][92][98][99][100][101] | ||
Mingma | May 7, 1997 | Nepal | Fall | N.E. Ridge | [98] | |||
Peter Andreas Kowalzik | May 8, 1997 | 29 | Polish | Germany | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [92][102] | |
Tenzing Nuru | September 8, 1997 | American | Nepal | Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) | S.E. Ridge | [103] | ||
Choi Byong-soo | September 8, 1997 | 33 | South Korean | South Korea | Avalanche | 6800m North Col Flank | [36][92] | |
Sergei Arsentiev | May 24, 1998 | 40 | Russian/French | United States | Fall | N.E. Ridge | Found in 1999, not recovered | [27][99][104] |
Francys Arsentiev | May 24, 1998 | 40 | United States | Exposure and/or cerebral edema | N.E. Ridge | Pushed over the north edge in burial ceremony on Everest | [27][99][104] | |
Mark Jennings | May 25, 1998 | 49 | British | United Kingdom | Exhaustion | 8200m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Roger Buick | May 26, 1998 | 52 | New Zealand | New Zealand | Exhaustion | 7400m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Shahid Abdul Khader | July 24, 1998 | 21 | India | Fall | North Col | [8] | ||
Vasyl Kopytko | May 8, 1999 | 34 | Ukrainian | Ukraine | Exposure | 8500m N.E. Ridge | [36][92][105] | |
Michael Matthews | May 13, 1999 | 22 | International | United Kingdom | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | S.E. Ridge | Body still remains missing as of March 17, 2023 | [106] |
Tadeusz Kudelski | May 18, 1999 | 44 | Polish International | Poland | Fall | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [92][107] | |
Pascal Debrouwer | May 18, 1999 | 29 | Belgian International | Belgium | Fall | 8400m N.E. Ridge | [92][108][109] | |
Jeppe Stoltz | May 20, 2000 | 27 | Independent | Denmark | Fall | 8500m N.E. Ridge | [36] | |
Yan Genghua | May 21, 2000 | 41 | Chinese | China | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | 8750m N.E. Ridge | Body found on May 27, 2000 | [36][92] |
Babu Chiri Sherpa | April 29, 2001 | 35 | Nepalese | Nepal | Fall | N.E. Ridge | [17] | |
Peter Ganner | May 23, 2001 | 57 | Austrian | Austria | Fall | 8500m S.E. Ridge | [92][110] | |
Mark Auricht | May 24, 2001 | 37 | Australian | Australia | Cerebral edema | 7900m N.E. Ridge | [92][111] | |
Aleksei Nikiforov | May 24, 2001 | 45 | Russian | Russia | Pre-existing illness exacerbated by freezing conditions, altitude | 8500m N.E. Ridge | [92][101][112] | |
Sándor Gárdos | October 17, 2001 | 38 | Hungarian | Hungary | Fall | 7800m N.E. Ridge | [111][113] | |
Peter Legate | April 30, 2002 | 38 | British International | United Kingdom | Fall | Below Camp III | [114] | |
Zoran Miletić | May 17, 2002 | 41 | Russian International | FR Yugoslavia | Unknown | 7800m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Marco Siffredi | September 8, 2002 | 23 | International | France | Snowboarding accident | Hornbein Couloir | [115] | |
Bhim Bahadur Gurung | May 27, 2003 | 38 | Indo-Nepal | Nepal | Fall | 5900m Icefall | [36][92] | |
Jan Krzysztof Liszewski | May 25, 2003 | 55 | Independent | Poland | Fall | 7900m N.E. Ridge | [36] | |
Arnaud Saulnier | May 8, 2003 | 30 | French | France | Sickness in tent | 5500m S.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa | May 24, 2003 | International | Nepal | Altitude sickness | 6000m S.E. Ridge | [36] | ||
Joon-ho Baek | May 18, 2004 | 38 | South Korean | South Korea | Exposure | 8500m N.E. Ridge | [36][116][117] | |
Min Jang | May 18, 2004 | 28 | South Korea | Exposure | 8500m N.E. Ridge | [36][116][117] | ||
Moo-taek Park | May 18, 2004 | 36 | South Korea | Exposure | 8,750m N.E. Ridge | Body moved to 8,600m and covered with a cairn in 2005 | [36][116][117] | |
Nils Antezana | May 18, 2004 | 69 | International | United States, Bolivia | Exposure | 8600m S.E. Ridge | [118] | |
Hristo Ganchev Hristov | May 20, 2004 | 27 | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | Exposure | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [36] | |
Shoko Ota | May 20, 2004 | 63 | Adventure Guides | Japan | Lost consciousness during descent | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [119][120] | |
Mariana Prodanova Maslarova | May 23, 2004 | 43 | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | Exposure | 8700m N.E. Ridge | [36] | |
Sean Egan | April 28, 2005 | 63 | Tim Redpath Expedition | Canada | Heart attack | 4600m S.E. Ridge | [121] | |
Michael Corey O'Brien[122] | May 2, 2005 | 39 | Charity run with brother | United States | Fall | 5800m Icefall South | [123] | |
Marko Lihteneker | May 21, 2005 | 35 | 7 Summits Club | Slovenia | Oxygen problems which resulted in fall | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya | May 30, 2005 | 31 | Indian | India | Exposure | 8700m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Dieter Kramer | June 4, 2005 | 49 | German | Germany | Exposure | 8000m N.E. | [36] | |
Robert William Milne | June 5, 2005 | 49 | Himalayan Guides | United Kingdom United States | Organ failure due to freezing conditions | 8200m S.E. Ridge | [92][124] | |
Tuk Bahadur Thapa Magar Sherpa | April 7, 2006 | American | Nepal | Altitude sickness | 5500m N.E. Ridge | [36] | ||
Ang Phinjo Sherpa | April 21, 2006 | 50 | American | Nepal | Avalanche | 5900m Icefall | [125] | |
Lhakpa Tseri | April 21, 2006 | Nepal | Avalanche | 5900m Icefall | [125] | |||
Dawa Temba | April 21, 2006 | Nepal | Avalanche | 5900m Icefall | [125] | |||
Jacques-Hugues Letrange | May 17, 2006 | 32 | American | France | Exhaustion | 8750m N.E. Ridge | [36][126] | |
Srikrishna | May 14, 2006 | Indian | India | Fall | 8600m N.E. Ridge | [36] | ||
David Sharp | May 15, 2006 | 34 | Asian Trekking | United Kingdom | Exposure and/or exhaustion | 8600m N.E. Ridge | Body removed from sight per the request of family | [27][127] |
Tomas Olsson | May 16, 2006 | 30 | Independent | Sweden | Fall | 8700m Norton Couloir | [36] | |
Vitor Negrete | May 19, 2006 | 38 | Asian Trekking | Brazil | Exposure and/or exhaustion | Camp III, 8200m N.E. Ridge | [128] | |
Igor Plyushkin | May 22, 2006 | 54 | Russia | Altitude sickness | 7800m N.E. Ridge | [36] | ||
Thomas Weber | May 25, 2006 | 41 | Germany | Altitude sickness | 8700m N.E. Ridge | [92][129] | ||
Dawa Sherpa | April 26, 2007 | Nepal | 7200m South Col | [130] | ||||
Shinichi Ishii | May 17, 2007 | Japan | 8650m | [130] | ||||
Libor Kozák | May 17, 2007 | 47 [131] | Czech Republic | 8300m | [130] | |||
Yoshitomi Okura | May 16, 2007 | 62 | Japanese | Japan | Altitude sickness | 8650m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Maurizio Pierangelo | May 17, 2007 | 51 | Italian | Italy | Disappearance | 8800m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Oh Hee-joon | May 17, 2007 | 37 | South Korean | South Korea | S.W. Face | [132][133] | ||
Lee Hyun-jo | May 17, 2007 | 34 | South Korea | Avalanche | 7700m S.W. Face | [92][132][133] | ||
Uwe Gianni Goltz | May 22, 2008 | 44 | Sherpas documentary team | Switzerland | Exhaustion | 8000m South Col | [134] | |
Lhakpa Nuru | May 7, 2009 | Eco Everest Expedition | Nepal | Avalanche | Icefall | [135] | ||
Věslav Chrzaszcz | May 18, 2009 | 47 | Asian Trekking | Czech Republic | Heart attack | 4700m N.E. Ridge | [36][92] | |
Wenhong Wu | May 19, 2009 | 41 | Holy Mountain China | China | Altitude sickness | N.E. Ridge 8750m | [36][92] | |
Frank Ziebarth | May 21, 2009 | 29 | Independent | Canada | Hypothermia and lack of oxygen | 8700m North Summit | [36][92] | |
László Várkonyi | April 26, 2010 | 54 | Asian Trekking | Hungary | Avalanche crevasse fall | 6800m North Col | [92][136] | |
Tom Jørgensen | May 19, 2010 | 56 | Denmark | HACE | [36] | |||
Peter Kinloch | May 26, 2010 | 28 | International | United Kingdom | Exhaustion | 8600m | [137] | |
Rick Hitch | May 1, 2011 | 55 | International | United States | Heart attack | 7010m | Recovered | [138][139] |
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya | May 9, 2011 | 82 | Nepal | Nepal | Altitude sickness | Base Camp | [140] | |
Takashi Ozaki | May 12, 2011 | 58 | Ozaki Filming Expedition to Everest | Japan | Hypoxia, Altitude sickness | 8400m The Balcony | Recovered | [141][130] |
John Delaney | May 21, 2011 | 42 | International | Ireland | Altitude sickness | 8400m The Balcony | [142] | |
Hiroaki Kino | September 15, 2011 | 48 | Bochi Bochi Trek | Japan | Cerebral apoplexy | Base Camp | [143][144][145] | |
Dawa Tenzing | April 5, 2012 | Himex | Nepal | Stroke (CVA) | Icefall | [146][147] | ||
Karsang Namgyal Sherpa | April 19, 2012 | Prestige Adventures | Nepal | Altitude sickness | Base Camp | [147][148] | ||
Ramesh Gulve | April 20, 2012 | 33 | Pune team | India | Stroke | Base Camp | [147][149] | |
Namgyal Tshering Sherpa | April 21, 2012 | 28 | Nepal | Fall | Camp I | [147][150] | ||
Shriya Shah-Klorfine | May 19, 2012 | 33 | Utmost Adventures | Canada | Exhaustion | Below Balcony 8300m | Recovered | [27][147][151] |
Eberhard Schaaf | May 19, 2012 | 61 | Asian Trekking | Germany | Cerebral edema | Hillary Step | [147][151] | |
Song Won-bin | May 19, 2012 | 44 | Korean Everest & Lhotse Expedition | South Korea | Fall | Balcony | [147][151] | |
Ha Wenyi | May 20, 2012 | 55 | Mountain Experience | China | Suspected altitude sickness | Balcony | [147][152] | |
Juan José Polo Carbayo | May 20, 2012 | 43 | Himalayan Guides | Spain | Exhaustion | 8300m N.E. Ridge | [147][153] | |
Milan Sedláček | May 20, 2012 | 51 | Lhotse 2012 | Czech | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | Lhotse Face | Recovered | [154] |
Ralf D. Arnold | May 20, 2012 | 43 | Monterosa | Germany | Exhaustion and related complications after breaking leg at Second Step | 8300m N.E. Ridge | [147][153] | |
Mingma Sherpa | April 7, 2013 | 45 | Destination Himalaya | Nepal | Fall | Between Camps I and II in the Western Cwm | [155] | |
DaRita Sherpa | May 5, 2013 | 37 | International Mountain Guides | Nepal | Suspected cardiac arrest | Camp III on south side | [156] | |
Sergey Ponomarev | May 5, 2013 | 43 | 7 Summits Club Everest expedition | Russia | Suspected cardiac arrest | At 100m above ABC on north side (at about 6500m) | [92][157] | |
Lobsang Sherpa | May 7, 2013 | 22 | Chinese expedition team | Nepal | Fall | Between Camp II and Camp III on descent from Camp IV (on south side) | [158] | |
Alexey Bolotov | May 15, 2013 | 50 | Russian South-West Face expedition | Russia | Fall | 5600m Icefall | Recovered | [159][160][161] |
Namgyal Sherpa | May 17, 2013 | 35 | Nepal | 8300m N.E. Ridge | [162] | |||
Seo Sung-ho | May 21, 2013 | 33 | Zero to 8848 expedition | South Korea | Suspected altitude sickness | On descent (south side) | [163] | |
Mohammed Khaled Hossain (Sajal Khaled) |
May 21, 2013 | 35 | Bangladesh | Suspected altitude sickness | South Col Camp | [163] | ||
Unknown climber | May 22, 2013 | Nepal | Suspected altitude sickness | Camp IV (south side) in tent | [164] | |||
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa | April 2, 2014 | Peak Freaks Expedition | Nepal | HAPE | Everest Base Camp | [165] | ||
Mingma Nuru Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | 46 | NBC Everest Expedition | Nepal | 2014 Mount Everest Avalanche | Icefall | [12] | |
Dorji Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Ang Tshiri Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | AAI Everest Expedition 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | |||
Nima Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Tenzing Chottar Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Phurba Ongyal Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Adventure Consultants | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | |||
Lapka Tenjing Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Dorjee Khatri | April 18, 2014 | Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | |||
Then Dorjee Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Phur Temba Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Pasang Karma Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | |||
Ankaji Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | |||
PemTenji Sherpa | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Aash Bahadur Gurung | April 18, 2014 | Nepal | Icefall | [12] | ||||
Daniel Paul Fredinburg | April 25, 2015 | 33 | 2015 Jagged Globe Everest Expedition | United States | Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake | Base Camp | Recovered | [14][15][16][166] |
Marisa Eve Girawong | April 25, 2015 | 28 | H.G. Nuptse Expedition 2015 | United States | Base Camp | Recovered | [167][168][169][170][171] | |
Thomas Ely Taplin | April 25, 2015 | 61 | TET Films & Photography | United States | Base Camp | [168][172] | ||
Pemba Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | 19 | Adventure Consultants | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][171][173][174] | |
Dawa Tsering Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | 33 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][171][174] | ||
Maila (Milan) Rai | April 25, 2015 | 41 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][173] | ||
Chhimi Dawa Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | 27 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][174] | ||
Pema Yishi (Hissi) Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | 33 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][173][174] | ||
Pasang Temba Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015) | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][175] | ||
Krishna Kumar Rai | April 25, 2015 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][175] | |||
Tenzing (Tengien) Bhote | April 25, 2015 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171][176] | |||
Renu Fotedar | April 25, 2015 | 49 | First Chinese Women Everest Expedition | Australia, India |
Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][175][171] | |
Lhakpa Chhiring Sherpa | April 25, 2015 | 33 | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171] | ||
Vinh B Truong | April 25, 2015 | 48 | Trekker | United States, Vietnam | Base Camp | [168][169] | ||
Shiva Kumar Shrestha | April 25, 2015 | 25 | Step Up Campaign Everest | Nepal | Base Camp | Recovered | [169][170][171] | |
Unnamed | April 25, 2015 | Base Camp | [177] | |||||
Unnamed | April 25, 2015 | Base Camp | [177] | |||||
Jangbu Sherpa | May 1, 2015 | Adventure Consultants | Nepal | Base Camp | Succumbed to injuries in hospital | [169][173][174] | ||
Charles MacAdams | May 11, 2016 | 62 | Canada | Cardiac event | Base Camp North Side | Recovered | [178][179][180] | |
Ang Phurba Sherpa | May 19, 2016 | 25 | Nepal | Fall | Near summit | Recovered | [181][182] | |
Eric Arnold | May 21, 2016 | 35 | Arnold Coster Expeditions | Netherlands | Altitude sickness | South Col / Camp IV | Recovered | [181][183][184][185][182] |
Marisa Elizabeth Strydom | May 22, 2016 | 34 | Australia
South Africa |
Snow blindness, stroke | Near Camp IV | Recovered | [181][185][186][187][182] | |
Subhash Pal | May 22, 2016 | 44 | Trekking Camp Nepal | India | Altitude sickness | Around Camp III | Recovered | [188][189][182] |
Paresh Chandra Nath | May 22, 2016 | 58 | India | Exposure | Balcony | Recovered | [190][191][192] | |
Goutam Ghosh | May 22, 2016 | 50 | India | Exposure | The Balcony | Recovered | [190][191] | |
Minn Bahadur Serchan | May 5, 2017 | 85 | Nepal | Heart attack | Base Camp | Recovered | [193][194] | |
Roland Yearwood | May 20, 2017 | 50 | Everest Parivar Treks | United States | Altitude sickness | Balcony | Recovered[195] | [196][197] |
Vladimír Štrba | May 21, 2017 | 48 | Everest Hard Way Slovak Expedition 2017 | Slovakia | Altitude sickness | Camp IV, in the tent | Recovered | [198][199][200] |
Francesco Enrico Marchetti | May 21, 2017 | 54 | Expedition Himalaya | Australia | Altitude sickness | Camp IV | [201][202] | |
Ravi Kumar | May 21, 2017 | 27 | Arun Treks and Expedition | India | Fall | Balcony | Recovered | [203][204][191] |
Lam Babu Sherpa | May 14, 2018 | 45 | Seven Summit Treks | Nepal | Disappearance (reportedly suffered from snow blindness) | Above South Col | Not found | [205][206] |
Pasang Norbu Sherpa | May 18, 2018 | 41 | 7 Summits Club Expedition | Nepal | Stroke | 8550m N.E. Ridge | [206] | |
Gjeorgi Petkov | May 20, 2018 | 63 | Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition Spring 2018 | North Macedonia | Cardiac arrest | Above Camp III | Recovered | [207][208] |
Nobukazu Kuriki | May 21, 2018 | 36 | Solo | Japan | Hypothermia, had previously reported "persistent cough and pain" during attempt | Camp II | Recovered | [209][210][211] |
Damai Sarki Sherpa | May 21, 2018 | 37 | Himalayan Ascent, Seven Summit Treks | Nepal | Fall | Camp II | Rescued from crevasse but succumbed to head injury; likely recovered | [212] |
Séamus (Shay) Lawless | May 16, 2019 | 39 | Seven Summit Treks | Ireland | Presumed dead after fall | Balcony | Requested burial on Everest | [213] |
Ravi Thakar | May 17, 2019 | 28 | India | Altitude sickness | Camp IV | Recovered | [214][215] | |
Donald Cash | May 22, 2019 | 55 | Pioneer Adventures | United States | Altitude sickness | Hillary Step | [216] | |
Nihal Bagwan | May 23, 2019 | 27 | Peak Promotions | India | Exhaustion on descent | near South Col | Recovered | [217][218][219] |
Ernst Landgraf | May 23, 2019 | 65 | Kobler & Partners | Austria | Exhaustion on descent | Tibet side at 8600m after summiting | [217][220][218] | |
Anjali S. Kulkarni | May 23, 2019 | 54 | Transcent or Arun Treks | India | Exhaustion on descent | Near Camp IV | Recovered | [217][221][219] |
Kalpana Dash | May 23, 2019 | 52 | Dreamers Destination Treks | India | Exhaustion on descent | Near Balcony | Recovered | [217][218][222] |
Kevin Hynes | May 24, 2019 | 56 | 360 Expeditions | Ireland | Altitude sickness | North Col | Not recovered | [223][224] |
Dhruba Bista | May 24, 2019 | Himalayan Ecstasy (Ski) Treks | Nepal | Exhaustion and altitude sickness | Base Camp following evacuation from Camp III | Recovered | [225] | |
Robin Haynes Fisher | May 25, 2019 | 44 | Summit Climb/ Everest Parivar Expedition Ltd | United Kingdom | Exhaustion during descent | 8750m | [226] | |
Christopher Jon Kulish | May 27, 2019 | 62 | Climbing the Seven Summits | United States | Cardiac event during descent | South Col | [227][228] | |
Puwei Liu | May 12, 2021 | 55 | Seven Summit Treks | United States | Exhaustion, snow blindness | Turned back at Hillary Step (8800m) | Died in Camp IV, Recovered | [229][230] |
Abdul Waraich | May 12, 2021 | 41 | Switzerland | Exhaustion | 8350m South Summit | Recovered | [229][230] | |
Pemba Tashi Sherpa | May 18, 2021 | 28 | Climbing the Seven Summits | Nepal | Fall | Between Camp I & Camp II | Recovered | [232][233] |
Wong Dorchi Sherpa | May 23, 2021 | 7 Summits Club | Nepal | Fall | near Camp IV | Recovered | [234] | |
Ngima Tenji Sherpa | April 14, 2022 | 38 | IMG | Nepal | Exhaustion and collapse | 'Football Field' near Icefall | Recovered | [235] |
Pavel Kostrikin | May 7, 2022 | 55 | Russia | Altitude sickness at Camp II, returned to Camp I | Camp II | Died in Camp I, recovered | [236][237] | |
Dipak Mahat | May 12, 2022 | 32 | High 5 Adventures | Nepal | Altitude sickness and excessive bleeding | Camp II | Evacuated, died in hospital | [238][239] |
Lakpa Rita Sherpa | April 12, 2023 | Imagine Nepal | Nepal | Crushed under serac | Khumbu Icefall | Not recovered | [240][241] | |
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa | April 12, 2023 | 31 | Imagine Nepal | Nepal | Not recovered | [240][241] | ||
Da Chhiree Sherpa | April 12, 2023 | Imagine Nepal | Nepal | Not recovered | [240][241] | |||
Jonathan Sugarman | May 1, 2023 | 69 | IMG | United States | Illness | Camp II | Recovered | [242][243] |
Phurba Sherpa | May 16, 2023 | Nepal Army | Nepal | Illness | Above Camp III | Recovered | [244] | |
Victor Brinza | May 17, 2023 | 45 | Himalayan Traverse Adventure | Moldova | Illness | Camp IV | Recovered | [245] |
Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus | May 18, 2023 | 59 | Glacier Himalaya Treks | India | Illness | Base Camp | Evacuated, died in hospital | [246] |
Xuebin Chen | May 18, 2023 | 52 | 8K Expedition | China | Fall | South Summit | Not recovered | [247] |
Ag Askandar Bin Ampuan Yaacub | May 19, 2023 | 56 | Pioneer Adventure | Malaysia | Illness | South Col | Recovered | [248][249] |
Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya | May 19, 2023 | 39 | The Seven Summits | Singapore | HACE | 8,500m | Not recovered | [250][251][252] |
Muhammad Hawari Bin Hashim | May 20, 2023 | 33 | Pioneer Adventure | Malaysia | Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) | Between Camp IV and III | Not recovered | [253][254] |
Jason Bernard Kennison | May 21, 2023 | 40 | Asian Trekking | Australia | Illness | Balcony | Not recovered | [255] |
Ang Kami Sherpa | May 21, 2023 | Peak Promotion | Nepal | Fall | Camp II | Recovered | [256] | |
Suhajda Szilárd | May 25, 2023 | 40 | Solo Expedition | Hungary | Disappearance (reportedly suffered from HACE) | Hillary Step | Not recovered | [257] |
Ranjit Kumar Shah | May 25, 2023 | Nepal | Disappearance | South Summit | Not recovered | [258] | ||
Pieter Swart | May 26, 2023 | 63 | Madison Mountaineering | Canada | Respiratory event | Descending from Camp VI | [259] | |
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa | June 3, 2023 | 42 | Nepal | Suffered from HAPE, later died in hospital due to cardiopulmonary arrest | South Summit | Evacuated, died in hospital | [260] | |
Swapnil Adinath Garad | June 7, 2023 | 36 | Asian Trekking | India | Acute mountain sickness | South Summit | Evacuated, died in Kathmandu hospital | [261][262] |
Usakhjargal Tsedendamba | May 12, 2024 | 53 | 8K Expeditions | Mongolia | Exhaustion, low oxygen | Above Camp IV | Recovered | [263][264] |
Purevsuren Lkhagvajav | May 12, 2024 | 31 | 8K Expeditions | Mongolia | Exhaustion, low oxygen | The Balcony, Above Camp IV | Recovered | [265][266][267] |
Daniel Paul Paterson | May 21, 2024 | 40 | 8K Expeditions | United Kingdom | Fall | Near Hillary Step | Not recovered | [268] |
Pas Tenji Sherpa | May 21, 2024 | 23 | 8K Expeditions | Nepal | Fall | Near Hillary Step | Not recovered | [269][268] |
Gabriel Viorel Tabara | May 21, 2024 | 48 | Makalu Adventures | Romania | Found dead in tent | Camp III | Recovered | [270][271] |
Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui | May 22, 2024 | 40 | Seven Summit Treks | Kenya | Fall | Below the Summit | Located, not recovered | [272][273] |
Nawang Sherpa | May 22, 2024 | Seven Summit Treks | Nepal | Disappeared | Below the Summit | Not recovered | [274] | |
Binod Babu Bastakoti | May 23, 2024 | Yeti Mountain Adventure | Nepal | Altitude sickness | Camp IV | Recovered | [275] |
The Table below indicates all the Nationalities of the deaths on Mount Everest to date.
Some Mount Everest Deaths had Dual Nationalities. The Dual Nationalities numbers are included in the table below and are marked by a Asterisk (*) next to the country. This is to show that of the number of deaths from a certain country one or more death had dual nationality.
Country | Total Deaths |
---|---|
Nepal | 129 |
India * | 27 |
United States * | 21 |
United Kingdom * | 20 |
Japan | 19 |
China | 12 |
South Korea | 11 |
Australia * | 9 |
Russia | 8 |
Canada | 7 |
Poland | 7 |
France | 6 |
Germany | 6 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 |
Spain | 4 |
Austria | 3 |
Bulgaria | 3 |
Czech Republic | 3 |
Hungary | 3 |
Ireland | 3 |
Italy | 3 |
New Zealand | 3 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Unknown | 3 |
Denmark | 2 |
Malaysia | 2 |
Mongolia | 2 |
Taiwan | 2 |
Bangladesh | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Bolivia * | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Chile | 1 |
FR Yugoslavia | 1 |
Kenya | 1 |
Moldova | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
North Macedonia | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Slovakia | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
South Africa * | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Vietnam | 1 |
West Germany | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 1 |
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