List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

North face of Mount Everest

Mount Everest, at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. More than 250 people have died trying to climb it.^[1]

Most deaths have been attributed to avalanche, injury from fall or ice collapse, exposure or health problems related to conditions on the mountain. Not all bodies have been located, so details on those fatalities are not available. Most bodies still remain on the mountain, even in cases of easy recovery.

The most dangerous steps on Everest are between 5,400 to 6,400 metres (17,700–21,000 ft). Various steps are actually being avoided by many climbers because hired Nepalese Sherpas undertake them by installing fixed ropes, carrying gear, and breaking tracks on the route to the top.^[2]

The upper reaches of the mountain are in the death zone. The death zone is 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 level is not sufficient to sustain human life.^[3] 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, ultimately, death.^[4][5][6]

Background

Routes to Mount Everest's summit from the north (yellow) and south (orange) – Note that North is not oriented up (top of page) in this photo.

The most popular routes are the South Col route from the Nepalese side and the North Col route from the Tibetan side.

The first recorded deaths on the mountain were the seven porters who perished in an avalanche in the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition. George Mallory, who was present, blamed himself for the deaths.^[7] During the initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition there were two deaths en route to the mountain – an unidentified porter as well as heart attack victim Dr. A. M. Kellas.^[7][8]

While dangerous for the novice climber, the mountain has also claimed the lives of some of the most experienced climbers. Babu Chiri Sherpa had climbed the mountain several times, and in 1999 spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest, then a new record.^[9] 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.^[9] He died in 2001 from a fall near Camp II. Experienced guide Rob Hall died on Everest shortly after becoming the first non-Sherpa to have summitted five times (1996).

One of the most infamous tragedies on the mountain was the 1996 Mount Everest disaster on May 11, 1996, during which eight people died while making summit attempts. In that entire season, 15 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest single year in the mountain's history to that point. The disaster gained wide publicity and has been written about many times; both Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev were written by mountaineers who were on Mount Everest at the time, and they give conflicting accounts about the events. Curiously, 1996 was statistically a safe year for Everest climbers. Before 1996, one in four climbers had died making the ascent; 1996 saw huge numbers of people attempting the climb and the statistics for 1996 reveal that only one in seven died.^[10]

Another notable incident occurred in 1998 when Francys Arsentiev and her husband, Sergei Arsentiev, became separated and then died while looking for each other.^[11] Francys's frozen body lay next to the main route to the summit for nine years before climber Ian Woodall led an expedition to push her body over an edge and out of view.^[11][12]

Due to the difficulties and dangers in bringing bodies down, most of those who die on the mountain remain where they fall, although some are moved by winds and ice. Two Nepalese climbers died on October 24, 1984, while trying to recover the body of Hannelore Schmatz.^[13] While searching for George Mallory's body in a "catchment basin" near the peak in 1999, searchers came across multiple bodies in the snow, including Mallory's.^[14][15]

On April 18, 2014, 16 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche that struck Base Camp. In addition, a number of climbers were caught in the avalanche; some were recovered but others remain unaccounted for.^[16][17][18]

On April 25, 2015, at least 19 people, in a preliminary count, were confirmed killed in an avalanche at Base Camp following a powerful 7.8 earthquake, which killed at least 9,000 people and injured at least 23,000.^[19][20][21] It is the worst single-day death toll ever in the history of Mount Everest, in modern incidents with accurate counts.

Fatalities

Name	Date	Age	Expedition	Nationality	Cause of death	Location	Refs
Dorje	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Tupac	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Norbu	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Pasang	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Pema	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Sange	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Temba	June 7, 1922		1922 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[7]
Bahadur, ManMan Bahadur	May 13, 1924		1924 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Pneumonia	Above Rongbuk B.C.	[7][22]
Shamsherpun, Lance-NaikLance-Naik Shamsherpun	May 17, 1924		1924 British Mount Everest Expedition	Nepal	Brain hemorrhage	Above Rongbuk B.C.	[7][22]
Irvine, AndrewAndrew Irvine	June 9, 1924	22	1924 British Mount Everest Expedition	United Kingdom	Disappeared; body never found; cause of death unknown	N.E. Ridge	[7]
Mallory, GeorgeGeorge Mallory	June 9, 1924	37	1924 British Mount Everest Expedition	United Kingdom	Disappeared; body found in 1999; evidence suggests Mallory died from being accidentally struck by his ice axe following a fall.	N.E. Ridge	[7]
Wilson, MauriceMaurice Wilson	May 31, 1934 [A 1]	36	Solo Expedition	United Kingdom	Body found 1935; cause of death possibly exhaustion, exposure or starvation.	East Rongbuk glacier	[23]
Mingma, DorjeDorje Mingma	October 31, 1952		Swiss Expedition	Nepal	Falling ice	Lhotse Face	[24]
Ji, WangWang Ji	April 11, 1960		Chinese Expedition Northern Slope	China	Mountain sickness		[25][26]
Shi-Ching, ShaoShao Shi-Ching [A 2]	April 29, 1960		Chinese Expedition Northern Slope	China		N.E. Ridge	[25][26]
Tshering, NawangNawang Tshering	April 28, 1962		Chinese Expedition Northern Slope	Nepal		Lhotse face	[27]
Breitenbach, JakeJake Breitenbach	March 23, 1963	27	Norman Dyhrenfurth's American Mount Everest Expedition	United States	Crushed under serac	Icefall	[28][29][30]
Gao-shu , MaMa Gao-shu	May 1, 1966		Chinese Everest Expedition	China	Fall	Icefall	[1][26]
Dorje, PhuPhu Dorje	October 18, 1969		Japanese Everest Expedition	Nepal	Fall into a crevice	Icefall	[31]
Dorje, NimaNima Dorje	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[32]
Norbu, KungaKunga Norbu	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche		[32]
Norbu, MimaMima Norbu	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[32]
Pasang, Pasang	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[32]
Tshering, KamiKami Tshering	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[32]
Tshering, KyakKyak Tshering	April 5, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[32]
Tshering, KyakKyak Tshering	April 9, 1970	36	Japanese Skiing Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	5525 m	[33]
Narita, KiyoshiKiyoshi Narita	April 21, 1970		Japanese Skiing Expedition	Japan	Heart attack	6150m	[34]
Vardhan, HarshHarsh Vardhan	April 18, 1971		International Expedition of 1971	India	Succumbed after falling and being suspended above a crevice during a blizzard	6900m	[1]
Tighe, TonyTony Tighe	November 16, 1972		Mt. Qomolangma expedition	Australia	Crushed under serac	Icefall	[35][36]
, JangbuJangbu	October 12, 1973			Nepal	Avalanche	S.W. Face	[37]
Devouassoux, GérardGérard Devouassoux	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	France	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
Dorje, PembaPemba Dorje	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
, LhakpaLhakpa	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
Lutuk, NawangNawang Lutuk	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
Wangchu, NimaNima Wangchu	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
Wongal, SanuSanu Wongal	September 9, 1974		French West Ridge Direct expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	6400m	[38]
Zhuong Yue, WuWu Zhuong Yue [A 3]	May 4, 1975			China	Exhaustion, fall	8500m	[39]
Burke, MickMick Burke	September 26, 1975	34	Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition	United Kingdom	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	Near Summit	[40][41]
Thompson, TerryTerry Thompson	April 10, 1976		British-Nepal Army Everest Expedition	United Kingdom	Fall into a crevasse	Camp II	[1]
Nuru, DawaDawa Nuru	April 18, 1978			Nepal	Fall into a crevasse	Icefall	[1]
Ming-ji, ShiShi Ming-ji	April 18, 1978		Chinese Iranian Expedition	China	Fall into a crevasse	Icefall	[1]
Phu, AngAng Phu	May 16, 1979		Yugoslavian Expedition	Nepal	Fall	Icefall	[1]
Genet, RayRay Genet	October 2, 1979	48	Gerhard Schmatz German Expedition	United States	Exposure, exhaustion	8400m S.E. Ridge	[42]
Schmatz, HanneloreHannelore Schmatz	October 2, 1979	39	Gerhard Schmatz German Expedition	Germany	Exposure, exhaustion	8400m S.E. Ridge	[42]
Hong-bao, WangWang Hong-bao	October 12, 1979		Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition	China	Avalanche	Below North Col	[43]
Lan , LouLou Lan [A 4]	October 12, 1979		Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition	China	Avalanche	Below North Col	[43]
Thaxi , NimaNima Thaxi [A 5]	October 12, 1979		Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition	China	Avalanche	Below North Col	[43]
Ube, AkiraAkira Ube	May 2, 1980	31	Japanese Alpine Society Expedition	Japan	Avalanche	7900m North Face (Hornbein Couloir)	[44]
Kersang, NawangNawang Kersang	September 6, 1980		Italian Expedition	Nepal	Fall	Icefall	[45]
Piana, MarioMario Piana	September 22, 1980		Italian Expedition	Italy	Crushed under serac	Lhotse Face	[46]
Takenaka, NoboruNoboru Takenaka	January 12, 1981	28	Japanese Winter Expedition	Japan	Fall	6900m W. Cwm	[47]
Hoey, MartyMarty Hoey	May 15, 1982	30	Whittaker American Expedition	United States	Fall	8000m	[48]
Boardman, PeterPeter Boardman	May 17, 1982	31	British Mount Everest Expedition	United Kingdom	Cause of death unknown	North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m)	[31][49]
Tasker, JoeJoe Tasker	May 17, 1982	33	British Mount Everest Expedition	United Kingdom	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m)	[49][50]
Chuldim, AngAng Chuldim	August 31, 1982	20	Bill March Canadian Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[51]
Dorje, DawaDawa Dorje	August 31, 1982	42	Bill March Canadian Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[51]
Sona, PasangPasang Sona	August 31, 1982	38	Bill March Canadian Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[51]
Griffiths, BlairBlair Griffiths	September 2, 1982	33	Bill March Canadian Expedition	Canada	Crushed under serac	Icefall	[52]
Tshering, LhakpaLhakpa Tshering	September 27, 1982		Spanish Expedition	Nepal	Internal hemorrhage	6770m	[39]
Dorje, NimaNima Dorje	October 14, 1982		Spanish Expedition	Nepal	Fall	8300m W ridge	[53]
Kato, YasuoYasuo Kato	December 28, 1982	33	Japanese Expedition	Japan	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	Near Summit	[31][50]
Kobayashi, ToshiakiToshiaki Kobayashi	December 28, 1982		Japanese Expedition	Japan	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	Near Summit	[50]
Kamuro, HironobuHironobu Kamuro	October 8, 1983		Japanese Expedition	Japan	Fall	Near Summit	[31]
Temba, PasangPasang Temba	October 8, 1983		Japanese Expedition	Nepal	Fall	8600m SE Ridge	[31][39]
Yoshino, HiroshiHiroshi Yoshino	October 9, 1983		Japanese Expedition	Japan	Fall	Near Summit	[31]
Rinji, AngAng Rinji	March 26, 1984		Indian Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[39]
Swierzy, TonyTony Swierzy	April 3, 1984	27	Micheal Lane British North Face Expedition	United Kingdom	Avalanche	6238m	[54]
Prodanov, Hristo IvanovHristo Ivanov Prodanov	April 21, 1984	40	Bulgarian West Face Expedition	Bulgaria	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8500m West Ridge	[31]
From, FredFred From	October 9, 1984	28	Australian-New Zealand Expedition	Australia	Fall	8000m	[55][56]
Nottle, CraigCraig Nottle	October 9, 1984	23	Australian-New Zealand Expedition	Australia	Fall	8000m	[55][56]
Psotka, JozefJozef Psotka	October 16, 1984	50	Australian-New Zealand Expedition	Czechoslovakia	Fall	Near Summit	[31]
Dorje, AngAng Dorje	October 24, 1984	35	Mission to recover body of Hannelore Schmatz	Nepal	Fall	8400m S.E. Ridge	[13]
Thapa, Yogendra BahadurYogendra Bahadur Thapa	October 24, 1984	36	Mission to recover body of Hannelore Schmatz	Nepal	Fall	8400m S.E. Ridge	[13]
Navarro, JuanjoJuanjo Navarro	May 12, 1985		Basque Expedition	Spain	Fall	7300m	[57]
Ishii, ShinichiShinichi Ishii	September 19, 1985		Japanese Expedition	Japan	Avalanche		[57]
Kumar, Kiran InderKiran Inder Kumar	October 7, 1985	40	Indian Expedition	India	Fall	7986m	[58]
Bahugana, JaiJai Bahugana	October 11, 1985		Indian Expedition	India	Exposure	South Col	[59]
Bakshi, Ranjeet SinghRanjeet Singh Bakshi	October 11, 1985		Indian Expedition	India	Exposure	South Col	[59]
Negi, Vijay Pal SinghVijay Pal Singh Negi	October 11, 1985	28	Indian Expedition	India	Exposure	South Col	[58][59]
Rao, M.U. BhaskarM.U. Bhaskar Rao	October 11, 1985		Indian Expedition	India	Exposure	South Col	[59]
Trujillo, Víctor HugoVíctor Hugo Trujillo	August 16, 1986	22		Chile	Avalanche	Below North Col	[60]
Burkhardt, SimonSimon Burkhardt	September 28, 1986	52	Eiselin Sports Expedition	Switzerland	Avalanche	7315m	[61]
Gyalu, Gyalu	October 4, 1986		Eiselin Sports Expedition	Nepal	Crushed under serac	Icefall	[61]
Norbu, DawaDawa Norbu	October 17, 1986		Eiselin Sports Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Below North Col	[31]
Dorje, TsuttinTsuttin Dorje	January 30, 1987			Nepal	Fall	7700m	[62]
Marshall, RogerRoger Marshall	May 21, 1987	45		Canada		Hornbein Couloir, Near Summit	[63]
Yokoyama, MasaoMasao Yokoyama	September 2, 1987	44	Japanese Expedition	Japan	Drowned	E Rongbuk Glacier	[64][65][66]
Singh, MangalMangal Singh	October 20, 1987		British Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Base camp	[39]
Mizukoshi, HidetakaHidetaka Mizukoshi	April 21, 1988		35th Anniversary climb with Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese nationals	Japan	Heart attack (at Base camp)	Base camp	[67]
Parmentier, MichelMichel Parmentier	September 20, 1988		International	France	Exposure	7700m	[57]
Shrestha, NarayanNarayan Shrestha	September 21, 1988			Nepal	Avalanche	7200m	[68]
Sonam, LhakpaLhakpa Sonam	October 13, 1988			Nepal	Fall	8200m	[31]
Temba, PasangPasang Temba	October 13, 1988			Nepal	Fall	8200m	[31]
Becík, DušanDušan Becík	October 17, 1988	34	IAMES Bratislava Expedition	Czechoslovakia	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8000m S.E. Ridge	[69]
Božík, PeterPeter Božík	October 17, 1988	34	IAMES Bratislava Expedition	Czechoslovakia	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8000m S.E. Ridge	[69]
Jaško, JaroslavJaroslav Jaško	October 17, 1988	26	IAMES Bratislava Expedition	Czechoslovakia	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8000m S.E. Ridge	[69]
Just, JozefJozef Just	October 17, 1988	33	IAMES Bratislava Expedition	Czechoslovakia	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8000m S.E. Ridge	[31]
Lhakpa, AngAng Lhakpa	December 23, 1988			Nepal	Cerebral thrombosis	South Col	[31]
Ilievski-Murato, DimitarDimitar Ilievski-Murato	May 10, 1989	35		Yugoslavia	Fall	Descending South Col Route	[31]
Dorje, PhuPhu Dorje	May 16, 1989			Nepal	Fall	Descending South Col Route	[31]
Dąsal, MirosławMirosław Dąsal	May 27, 1989	37	Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers	Poland	Avalanche	7200m W ridge	[70]
Gardzielewski, MirosławMirosław Gardzielewski	May 27, 1989	35	Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers	Poland	Avalanche	7200m W ridge	[70]
Heinrich, AndrzejAndrzej Heinrich	May 27, 1989	51	Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers	Poland	Avalanche	7200m W ridge	[70]
Otręba, WacławWacław Otręba	May 27, 1989	50	Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers	Poland	Avalanche	7200m W ridge	[70]
Chrobak, EugeniuszEugeniusz Chrobak	May 28, 1989	30	Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers	Poland	Avalanche injuries	Lhola camp	[31][70]
Pinjo, AngAng Pinjo	December 12, 1989		South Korean expedition	Nepal	Altitude sickness		[1]
Gómez-Menor, RafaelRafael Gómez-Menor	September 14, 1990			Spain	Avalanche		[71]
Sona, AngAng Sona	September 14, 1990			Nepal	Avalanche		[71]
Nath, BadriBadri Nath	September 14, 1990			Nepal	Avalanche		[71]
Sang-Hun, HamHam Sang-Hun	October 7, 1990		Japanese Korean expedition	South Korea	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)		[72]
Lang, RüdigerRüdiger Lang	May 3, 1991		Austrian solo expedition	Germany	Exposure	7850m N.E. Ridge	[39][73]
Futagami, JunichiJunichi Futagami	May 27, 1991		Japanese solo expedition	Japan	Fall	8700m NE	[1]
Kulkarni, DeepakDeepak Kulkarni	May 2, 1992		Indian expedition	India	Exposure		[1]
Jacob, RaymondRaymond Jacob	May 2, 1992		Indian expedition	India	Exposure		[1]
Singh, SubbaSubba Singh	May 11, 1992	43		Nepal	Heart attack		[74]
Singh, SherSher Singh	May 23, 1992		Indian Expedition	India	Fall	Icefall	[1]
Hoshi, ManabuManabu Hoshi	May 23, 1992		Japanese Expedition	Japan	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8350m NE	[75]
Tshering, AngAng Tshering	January 15, 1993		Spanish Expedition	Nepal	Fall		[1]
Sherpa, Pasang LhamuPasang Lhamu Sherpa	April 23, 1993	32	Nepalese Expedition	Nepal	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8750m S.E. Ridge	[76]
Tshering, SonamSonam Tshering	April 23, 1993		Nepalese Expedition	Nepal	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8750m S.E. Ridge	[76]
Tshering Bhutia, LobsangLobsang Tshering Bhutia	May 10, 1993	41	40th anniversary of Tenzing Norgay's climb	Nepal	Fall	8750m S.E. Ridge	[77]
Nam Won-Woo	May 16, 1993		South Korean expedition	South Korea	Fall	8450m S.E. Ridge	[1][78]
An Jin-Seob	May 17, 1993		South Korean expedition	South Korea	Fall	8450m S.E. Ridge	[1][78]
Henize, KarlKarl Henize	October 5, 1993	66	American expedition	United States	HAPE	6400m	[79]
Miranda, AntonioAntonio Miranda	October 7, 1993			Spain	Fall		[80]
Thapa, PremPrem Thapa	April 6, 1994		German Expedition	Nepal	Cerebral Oedema		[1]
Fang-Fang, ShihShih Fang-Fang 'Norman'	May 9, 1994	27	Taiwanese	Taiwan	Exhaustion and/or exposure		[1]
Vigani-Fang, GiuseppeGiuseppe Vigani-Fang	May 18, 1994		Italian Expedition	Italy	Fall		[1]
Rheinberger, MikeMike Rheinberger	May 27, 1994	53	Australian Expedition	Australia	150m fall. He showed signs of Exhaustion, Dehydration, Cerebral Oedema, Retinal Hemorrages and possible blood clots in his upper legs.	8500m NE	[1]
Norbu, MingmaMingma Norbu	September 12, 1994		Norwegian Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche		[1]
Rita, KamiKami Rita	May 6, 1995		American Expedition	Nepal	Fall		[1]
Nuru, LhakpaLhakpa Nuru	September 10, 1995		South Korean Expedition	Nepal		6900m	[1]
, ZangbuZangbu	October 14, 1995		South Korean Expedition	Nepal	Fall	Near Summit	[1]
Yu-Nan, ChenChen Yu-Nan	May 9, 1996	36	"Makalu" Gau Ming-Ho Taiwanese expedition	Taiwan	Injuries from a fall		[81]
climber, UnknownUnknown climber	May, 1996			Hungary	Suspected HACE (High-altitude Cerebral Edema), coma	8300m N.E. Ridge Camp 6	[82]/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZixx4hXzEg>
Fischer, ScottScott Fischer	May 11, 1996	40	Mountain Madness	United States	Suspected HACE (High-altitude Cerebral Edema), exhaustion, frostbite and exposure.	8300m S.E. Ridge	[57][83]
Hall, RobRob Hall	May 11, 1996	35	Adventure Consultants	New Zealand	Exposure	South Summit	[57][83]
Hansen, DougDoug Hansen	May 11, 1996	46	Adventure Consultants	United States	Exposure	South Summit	[57][83]
Harris, AndrewAndrew Harris	May 11, 1996	31	Adventure Consultants	New Zealand	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	8700m S.E. Ridge	[57][83]
Morup, DorjeDorje Morup	May 11, 1996	47	Indo-Tibetan Border Police	India	Exposure	8600m N.E. Ridge	[57][83]
Namba, YasukoYasuko Namba	May 11, 1996	47	Adventure Consultants	Japan	Exposure	South Col	[57][83]
Paljor, TsewangTsewang Paljor	May 11, 1996	28	Indo-Tibetan Border Police	India	Exposure	8600m N.E. Ridge	[57][83]
Samanla, TsewangTsewang Samanla	May 11, 1996	38	Indo-Tibetan Border Police	India	Exposure	8600m N.E. Ridge	[57][83]
Wlasich, ReinhardReinhard Wlasich	May 19, 1996		Austrian	Austria	Altitude sickness	8300m North Face, Great Couloir	[84]
Herrod, BruceBruce Herrod	May 25, 1996	37	South African/British	United Kingdom	Rope accident	S.E. Ridge, Hillary Step	[85]
Topche, NgawangNgawang Topche	June 6, 1996		American	Nepal	Lapsed into Coma on 23 Apr 1996; later died in hospital	Camp II	[86]
Bouchon, YvesYves Bouchon	September 25, 1996		French/Belgian/Swiss	France	Avalanche	7400m Lhotse Face	[57][87]
Jangbu, LobsangLobsang Jangbu	September 25, 1996	23–25	Japanese	Nepal	Avalanche	7400m Lhotse Face	[57][87]
, DawaDawa	September 25, 1996		South Korea	Nepal	Avalanche	7400m Lhotse Face	[57][87]
Duff, MalcolmMalcolm Duff	April 23, 1997		British	United Kingdom	Heart attack (at Base camp)	Base Camp	[1]
Rinzi, NimaNima Rinzi	May 6, 1997		Malaysian	United Kingdom	Fall	Lhotse Face	[1]
Torochin, AleksandrAleksandr Torochin	May 7, 1997		Russian	Russia	Fall	8400m N.E. Ridge	[1][88][89][90][91]
Plotnikov, IvanIvan Plotnikov	May 7, 1997		Russian	Russia	Exhaustion and/or exposure	8700m N.E. Ridge	[1][88][89][90][91]
Shevtchenko, NikolaiNikolai Shevtchenko	May 7, 1997		Russian	Russia	Exhaustion and/or exposure	8700m N.E. Ridge	[1][88][89][90][91]
, MingmaMingma	May 7, 1997		Russian	Nepal	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[88]
Kowalzik, PeterPeter Kowalzik	May 8, 1997		Polish	Germany	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	N.E. Ridge	[92]
Nuru, TenzingTenzing Nuru	September 8, 1997		American	Nepal	Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)	S.E. Ridge	[93]
Byong-Soo, ChoiChoi Byong-Soo	September 8, 1997		South Korean	South Korea	Avalanche	North Col Flank	[1]
Arsentiev, SergeiSergei Arsentiev	May 24, 1998		Russian/French	United States	100m Fall.	N.E. Ridge	[11][89]
Arsentiev, FrancysFrancys Arsentiev	May 24, 1998	40	Russian/French	United States	Exposure and/or cerebral oedema	N.E. Ridge	[11][12][89]
Jennings, MarkMark Jennings	May 25, 1998		British	United Kingdom	Exhaustion	N.E. Ridge	[1]
Buick, RogerRoger Buick	May 26, 1998		New Zealand	New Zealand	Exhaustion	N.E. Ridge	[1]
Kopytko, VasylVasyl Kopytko	May 8, 1999		Ukrainian	Ukraine	Unknown cause	N.E. Ridge	[1][94]
Matthews, MichaelMichael Matthews	May 13, 1999	23	International	United Kingdom		S.E. Ridge	[95]
Kudelski, TadeuszTadeusz Kudelski	May 18, 1999	44	Polish International	Poland	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[96]
Debrouwer, PascalPascal Debrouwer	May 18, 1999	29	Belgian International	Belgium	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[97][98]
Stoltz, JeppeJeppe Stoltz	May 20, 2000	27		Denmark	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[1]
Gen-hua, YanYan Gen-hua	May 21, 2000		Chinese	China	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[1]
Chiri Sherpa, BabuBabu Chiri Sherpa	April 29, 2001	35	Nepalese	Nepal	Fall	N.E. Ridge	[9]
Ganner, PeterPeter Ganner	May 23, 2001		Austrian	Austria	Fall	8500m S.E. Ridge	[99]
Auricht, MarkMark Auricht	May 24, 2001		Australian	Australia	Cerebral Oedema	N.E. Ridge	[100]
Nikiforov, AlekseiAleksei Nikiforov	May 24, 2001		Russian	Russia	Pre-existing illness exacerbated by freezing conditions, altitude	8500m N.E. Ridge	[91][101]
Gárdos, SándorSándor Gárdos	October 17, 2001		Hungarian	Hungary	Fall	7800m N.E. Ridge	[100]
Legate, PeterPeter Legate	April 30, 2002	38	British International	United Kingdom	Fall into a crevasse	Below Camp III	[102]
Miletic, ZoranZoran Miletic	May 19, 2002		Russian International	Yugoslavia	Exact cause and date of death unknown	7800m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Siffredi, MarcoMarco Siffredi	September 8, 2002	23	International	France	Snowboarding accident	Hornbein Couloir	[103]
Bahadur Gurung, BhimBhim Bahadur Gurung	May 27, 2003		Indo-Nepal	Nepal	Fall into a crevasse	5900m Icefall	[1]
Liszewski, Jan KrzysztofJan Krzysztof Liszewski	May 25, 2003	55	Independent	Poland	Fall	7900m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Saulnier, ArnaudArnaud Saulnier	May 8, 2003		French	France	Sickness in tent	5500m S.E. Ridge	[1]
Gyalzen Sherpa, KarmaKarma Gyalzen Sherpa	May 24, 2003		International	Nepal	Altitude Sickness	6000m S.E. Ridge	[1]
Baek, Joon-HoJoon-Ho Baek	May 18, 2004	38	South Korean	South Korea	Exposure	8500m N.E. Ridge	[1][104]
Jang, MinMin Jang	May 18, 2004	28	South Korean	South Korea	Exposure	8500m N.E. Ridge	[1][104]
Park, Mu-TaekMu-Taek Park	May 18, 2004	36	South Korean	South Korea	Exposure	8500m N.E. Ridge	[1][104]
Antezana, NilsNils Antezana	May 18, 2004	69	International	United States	Exposure	8600m S.E. Ridge	[105]
Hristov, Hristo GanchevHristo Ganchev Hristov	May 20, 2004	27	Bulgarian	Bulgaria	Exposure	8600m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Ota, ShokoShoko Ota	May 20, 2004	63	Japanese	Japan	Exposure	8600m N.E. Ridge	[106]
Maslarova, Mariana ProdanovaMariana Prodanova Maslarova	May 23, 2004	43	Bulgarian	Bulgaria	Exposure	8700m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Egan, SeanSean Egan	April 28, 2005	63	Tim Redpath Expedition	Canada	Heart attack	4600m S.E. Ridge	[107]
O'Brien, Michael CoreyMichael Corey O'Brien	May 2, 2005	39	Charity run with brother	United States	Fall into a crevasse	5800m Icefall South	[108]
Lihteneker, MarkoMarko Lihteneker	May 21, 2005	45		Slovenia		8600m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Shankarappa Chaitanya, SirigereshivaSirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya	May 30, 2005		India	India	Exposure	8700m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Kramer, DieterDieter Kramer	June 4, 2005		German	Germany	Exposure	8000m N.E.	[1]
Milne, Robert WilliamRobert William Milne	June 5, 2005	49		United Kingdom	Organ failure due to freezing conditions	8200m S.E. Ridge	[109]
Sherpa, Tuk Bahadur Thapa MagarTuk Bahadur Thapa Magar Sherpa	April 7, 2006		American	Nepal	Altitude	5500m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Sherpa , Ang PhinjoAng Phinjo Sherpa	April 21, 2006	50	American	Nepal	Avalanche	5900m Icefall	[110]
Tseri , LhakpaLhakpa Tseri	April 21, 2006		American	Nepal	Avalanche	5900m Icefall	[110]
Temba , DawaDawa Temba	April 21, 2006		American	Nepal	Avalanche	5900m Icefall	[110]
Letrange , Jacques-HuguesJacques-Hugues Letrange	May 6, 2006		American	France	Exhaustion	N.E. Ridge	[1]
Srikrishna, Srikrishna	May 14, 2006		Indian	India	Fall	8600m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Sharp, DavidDavid Sharp	May 15, 2006	34	Asian Trekking	United Kingdom	Exposure and/or exhaustion	8600m N.E. Ridge	[111]
Olsson, TomasTomas Olsson	May 16, 2006	30	International	Sweden	Fall	8700m Norton Couloir	[1]
Negrete, VitorVitor Negrete	May 19, 2006	38	International	Brazil	Exposure and/or exhaustion	Camp III, 8200m N.E. Ridge	[112]
Plyushkin, IgorIgor Plyushkin	May 22, 2006		International	Russia	Altitude sickness	7800m N.E. Ridge	[1]
Weber, ThomasThomas Weber	May 25, 2006		International	Germany	Altitude sickness	8700m N.E. Ridge	[113]
Okura, YoshitomiYoshitomi Okura	May 16, 2007	62	Japanese	Japan		N.E. Ridge	[114]
Pierangelo, MaurizioMaurizio Pierangelo	May 17, 2007	46	Italian	Italy		N.E. Ridge	[1]
Hee-joon, OhOh Hee-joon	May 17, 2007	37	South Korean	South Korea		S.W. Face	[114]
Hyun-jo, LeeLee Hyun-jo	May 17, 2007	34	South Korean	South Korea		S.W. Face	[114]
Goltz, Uwe GianniUwe Gianni Goltz	May 21, 2008	44	Sherpas documentary team	Switzerland	Exhaustion	8000m South Col	[115]
Nuru, LhakpaLhakpa Nuru	May 7, 2009		Eco Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[116]
Chrzaszcz, VeslavVeslav Chrzaszcz	May 18, 2009	47	Eco Everest Expedition	Czech Republic	Heart attack		[1]
Wu, WenhongWenhong Wu	May 19, 2009			China			[1]
Ziebarth, FrankFrank Ziebarth	May 21, 2009	29		Canada		8700m North Summit	[1]
Várkonyi, LászlóLászló Várkonyi	April 26, 2010	54		Hungary	Avalanche crevasse fall	North Col	[117]
Jørgensen , TomTom Jørgensen	May 19, 2010	56		Denmark	HACE		[1]
Kinloch, PeterPeter Kinloch	May 26, 2010	28	International	United Kingdom	Exhaustion	8600m	[118]
Hitch, RickRick Hitch	May 1, 2011	55	International	United States	Heart attack	7010m	[119]
Upadhyaya, Shailendra KumarShailendra Kumar Upadhyaya	May 9, 2011	82	Nepal	Nepal	Altitude sickness	Base Camp	[120]
Ozaki, TakashiTakashi Ozaki	May 12, 2011	58	International	Japan	Altitude sickness	8400m The Balcony	[121]
Delaney, JohnJohn Delaney	May 21, 2011	42	International	Ireland	Altitude sickness	8400m The Balcony	[122]
Kino, HiroakiHiroaki Kino	September 15, 2011	48		Japan	Cerebral apoplexy	Lower Icefall	[123][124]
Tenzing, DawaDawa Tenzing	April 5, 2012		Himex	Nepal	Stroke (CVA)	Icefall	[125][126]
Namgyal Sherpa, KarsangKarsang Namgyal Sherpa	April 19, 2012		Prestige Adventures	Nepal	Altitude sickness	Base Camp	[126][127]
Gulve, RameshRamesh Gulve	April 20, 2012	33	Pune team	India	Stroke	Base Camp	[126][128]
Tshering Sherpa, NamgyalNamgyal Tshering Sherpa	April 21, 2012	28		Nepal	Fall into a crevasse	Camp 1	[126][129]
Shah–Klorfine, ShriyaShriya Shah–Klorfine	May 19, 2012	33	Utmost Adventures	Canada	Exhaustion	Below Balcony 8300m	[126][130]
Schaaf, EberhardEberhard Schaaf	May 19, 2012	61	Asian Trekking	Germany	Cerebral Oedema	Hillary Step	[126][130]
Won-bin, SongSong Won-bin	May 19, 2012	44	Korean Everest & Lhotse Expedition	South Korea	Fall	Balcony	[126][130]
Wenyi, HaHa Wenyi	May 20, 2012	55	Mountain Experience	China	Suspected altitude sickness	Balcony	[126][131]
José Polo Carbayo, JuanJuan José Polo Carbayo	May 20, 2012	43	Himalayan Guides	Spain	Exhaustion	8300m N.E. Ridge	[126][132]
Arnold, Ralf D.Ralf D. Arnold	May 20, 2012	43	Monterosa	Germany	Exhaustion and related complications after breaking leg at Second Step	8300m N.E. Ridge	[126][132]
Lim, PisethPiseth Lim	October 19, 2012	27	International	Cambodia	Encountered inclement weather	Around 4,000 meter high point	[133]
Sherpa, MingmaMingma Sherpa	April 7, 2013	45	Destination Himalaya	Nepal	Falling into a crevasse	Between Camps 1 and 2 in the Western Cwm	[134]
Sherpa, DaRitaDaRita Sherpa	May 5, 2013	37	International Mountain Guides	Nepal	Suspected cardiac arrest	Camp 3 on south side	[135]
Ponomarev, SergeySergey Ponomarev	May 5, 2013		7 Summits Club Everest expedition	Russia	Suspected cardiac arrest	At 100m above ABC on north side (at about 6500m)	[136]
Sherpa, LobsangLobsang Sherpa	May 7, 2013	22	Chinese expedition team	Nepal	Fall	Between Camp 2 and Camp 3 on descent from Camp 4 (on south side)	[137]
Bolotov, AlexeyAlexey Bolotov	May 15, 2013	50	Russian South-West Face expedition	Russia	Fall	5600m Icefall	[138][139]
Sherpa, NamgyalNamgyal Sherpa	May 17, 2013	35		Nepal		8300m N.E. Ridge	[140]
Sung-Ho, SeoSeo Sung-Ho	May 21, 2013	33	Zero to 8848 expedition	South Korea	Suspected Altitude Sickness	On descent (south side)	[141]
Khaled (Mohammed Khaled Hossain), SajalSajal Khaled (Mohammed Khaled Hossain)	May 21, 2013	35		Bangladesh	Suspected Altitude Sickness	South Col Camp	[141]
climber, UnknownUnknown climber	May 22, 2013			Nepal	Suspected Altitude Sickness	Camp 4 (south side) in tent	[142]
Sherpa, Mingma TenzingMingma Tenzing Sherpa	April 2, 2014		Peak Freaks Expedition	Nepal	HAPE	Everest Base Camp	[143]
Sherpa, Mingma NuruMingma Nuru Sherpa	April 18, 2014	46	NBC Everest Expedition	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, DorjiDorji Sherpa	April 18, 2014		NBC Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Ang TshiriAng Tshiri Sherpa	April 18, 2014		AAI Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, NimaNima Sherpa	April 18, 2014		AAI Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Phurba OngyalPhurba Ongyal Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Lapka TenjingLapka Tenjing Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Chhiring OngchuChhiring Ongchu Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Khatri, DorjeeDorjee Khatri	April 18, 2014		Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Then DorjeeThen Dorjee Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Phur TembaPhur Temba Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Pasang KarmaPasang Karma Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Tamang, AsmanAsman Tamang	April 18, 2014		Himalayan Ecstasy Khotse Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, Tenzing ChottarTenzing Chottar Sherpa	April 18, 2014		AAI Everest Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche (missing)	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, AnkajiAnkaji Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche	Icefall	[144][145]
Sherpa, PemTenjiPemTenji Sherpa	April 18, 2014		Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche (missing)	Icefall	[144][145]
Gurung, Aash BahadurAash Bahadur Gurung	April 18, 2014		Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014	Nepal	Avalanche (missing)	Icefall	[144][145]
Fredinburg, Daniel PaulDaniel Paul Fredinburg	April 25, 2015	33	2014 IMG Everest Expedition III	United States	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[19][20][21][146] [147][148][149][150]
Girawong, Marisa EveMarisa Eve Girawong	April 25, 2015	28	H.G. Nuptse Expedition 2015	United States	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[147][148][149][150]
Taplin, Thomas ElyThomas Ely Taplin	April 25, 2015	61	TET Films & Photography	United States	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[148][151]
Sherpa, PembaPemba Sherpa	April 25, 2015	19	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][152][153]
Sherpa, Dawa TseringDawa Tsering Sherpa	April 25, 2015	33	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][153]
Rai, MilaMaila (Milan) Rai	April 25, 2015	41	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][152]
Sherpa, Chhimi DawaChhimi Dawa Sherpa	April 25, 2015	27	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][153]
Sherpa, Pema HissiPema Yishi (Hissi) Sherpa	April 25, 2015	25? 33	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][152][153]
Sherpa, Pasang TembaPasang Temba Sherpa	April 25, 2015	?	Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015)	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][154]
Rai, Krishna KumarKrishna Kumar Rai	April 25, 2015	?	Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015)	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][154]
Ge, ZhenfangZhenfang Ge	April 25, 2015	43	Dreamers Destination Track Lhotse Expedition 2015	China	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][154]
Fotedar, RenuRenu Fotedar	April 25, 2015	49	First Chinese Women Everest Expedition	Australia  India	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][154]
Bhote, TenTenzing (Tengien) Bhote	April 25, 2015	?	Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015)	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150][155]
Truong, Vinh BVinh B Truong	April 25, 2015	48	Trekker	United States  Vietnam	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[148][149]
Sherpa, Lhakpa ChhiringLhakpa Chhiring Sherpa	April 25, 2015	33	First Chinese Women Everest Expedition	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150]
Shrestha, Shiva KumarShiva Kumar Shrestha	April 25, 2015	25	Step Up Campaign Everest	Nepal	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150]
Stark, ScottScott Stark	April 25, 2015	27	MC Films & Photography	United States	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][155]
climber, UnknownUnknown climber	April 25, 2015	?	?	?	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][155]
climber, UnknownUnknown climber	April 25, 2015	?	?	?	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][155]
climber, UnknownUnknown climber	April 25, 2015	?	?	?	Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[156]
Horoshi, YomagatoYomagato Horoshi	April 27, 2015	56	Dreamers Destination Lhotse Expedition	Japan	Died in Kathmandu due to injuries sustained in the Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][150]
Sherpa, JangbuJangbu Sherpa	May 1, 2015	?	Adventure Consultants	Nepal	Died in Kathmandu due to injuries sustained in the Base Camp avalanche following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Base Camp	[149][152][153]

See also

• Khumbu Icefall
• List of deaths on eight-thousanders
• North Col
• Rongbuk Glacier
• Serac
• Timeline of climbing Mount Everest
• Western Cwm
• List of Mount Everest records

Annotations

1. Date of death not known exactly; this date was his last diary entry.
2. Also known as Zhao Ziqing
3. Also known as Wu Tsung-yue
4. Also known as Luo San
5. Also known as Nima Tashi

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