List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

A color photo of a mountain covered in snow
North face of Mount Everest

Over 330 people have died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+12 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. 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.

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. 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.

Background

Satellite view with lines showing routes to Everest Summit
Routes to Mount Everest's summit from the north (yellow) and south (orange).

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. 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. But it also includes the 1996 Mount Everest disaster on May 11, 1996, during which eight people died due to 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. 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. 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. 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.

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.

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. In 1999, searchers for George Mallory's body found his and other bodies in the snow in a catchment basin near the peak.

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.

Deaths

Information on 332 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
Alexander Mitchell Kellas June 5, 1921 52 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition  Scotland Heart attack En route to base camp near the Tibetan village of Kampa Dzong Recovered, buried near Kampa Dzong
Unknown porter June 5, 1921 En route to base camp near the Tibetan village of Kampa Dzong
Dorje June 7, 1922 1922 British Mount Everest expedition    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Lhakpa June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Norbu June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Pasang June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Pema June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Sange June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Temba June 7, 1922    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Man Bahadur May 13, 1924 1924 British Mount Everest expedition    Nepal Pneumonia Above Rongbuk B.C.
Lance-Naik Shamsherpun May 17, 1924    Nepal Brain hemorrhage Above Rongbuk B.C.
Andrew Irvine June 9, 1924 22  United Kingdom Unknown. N.E. Ridge Not recovered
George Mallory June 9, 1924 37  United Kingdom Possible ice axe injury following a fall. N.E. Ridge Buried in 1999
Maurice Wilson May 31, 1934 36 Solo Expedition  United Kingdom Possible exhaustion, exposure or starvation. East Rongbuk Glacier Not recovered, but found 1935
Dorje Mingma October 31, 1952 Swiss Expedition    Nepal Falling ice Lhotse Face
Wang Ji April 11, 1960 Chinese Expedition Northern Slope China Mountain sickness
Shao Shi-Ching April 29, 1960 China N.E. Ridge
Nawang Tshering April 28, 1962    Nepal Lhotse face
Jake Breitenbach March 23, 1963 27 Norman Dyhrenfurth's American Mount Everest Expedition  United States Crushed under serac Icefall
Ma Gao-shu May 1, 1966 Chinese Everest Expedition China Fall Icefall
Phu Dorjee Sherpa October 18, 1969 Japanese Everest Expedition    Nepal Fall into a crevasse Icefall
Nima Dorje April 5, 1970 Japanese Skiing Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Kunga Norbu April 5, 1970    Nepal Avalanche
Mima Norbu April 5, 1970    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Pasang April 5, 1970    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Kami Tshering April 5, 1970    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Kyak Tsering April 9, 1970 36    Nepal "by fall of seracs" 5525 m
Kiyoshi Narita April 21, 1970  Japan Heart attack 6150m
Harsh Vardhan April 18, 1971 31 International Expedition of 1971  India Succumbed after falling and being suspended above a crevasse during a blizzard 6900m
Tony Tighe November 16, 1972 Mt. Qomolangma expedition  Australia Crushed under serac Icefall
Jangbu October 12, 1973    Nepal Avalanche S.W. Face
Gérard Devouassoux September 9, 1974 34 1974 French Mount Everest expedition  France Avalanche 6400m
Pemba Dorje September 9, 1974    Nepal Avalanche 6400m
Lhakpa September 9, 1974    Nepal Avalanche 6400m
Nawang Lutuk September 9, 1974    Nepal Avalanche 6400m
Nima Wangchu September 9, 1974    Nepal Avalanche 6400m
Sanu Wongal September 9, 1974    Nepal Avalanche 6400m
Wu Zhuong Yue May 4, 1975 China Exhaustion, fall 8500m
Mingma ; deaf-mute Sherpa porter August 1975 "Young" 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition Nepal Drowned Below Base Camp
Mick Burke September 26, 1975 34 Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) Near Summit
Terry Thompson April 10, 1976 British-Nepal Army Everest Expedition  United Kingdom Fall into a crevasse Camp II
Dawa Nuru April 18, 1978    Nepal Fall into a crevasse Icefall
Shi Ming-ji April 18, 1978 Chinese Iranian Expedition China Fall into a crevasse Icefall
Ang Phu May 16, 1979 1979 Yugoslav West Ridge expedition    Nepal Fall Icefall
Ray Genet October 2, 1979 48 Gerhard Schmatz German Expedition or 1979 Swabian expedition  United States Exposure, exhaustion 8400m S.E. Ridge
Hannelore Schmatz October 2, 1979 39  West Germany Exposure, exhaustion 8400m S.E. Ridge Body removal was attempted, but resulted in death for two sherpas
Wang Hong-bao October 12, 1979 Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition China Avalanche Below North Col
Lou Lan October 12, 1979 China Avalanche Below North Col
Nima Thaxi October 12, 1979 China Avalanche Below North Col
Akira Ube May 2, 1980 31 Japanese Alpine Society Expedition  Japan Avalanche 7900m North Face (Hornbein Couloir)
Nawang Kersang September 6, 1980 Italian Expedition    Nepal Fall Icefall
Mario Piana September 22, 1980  Italy Crushed under serac Lhotse Face
Noboru Takenaka January 12, 1981 28 Japanese Winter Expedition  Japan Fall 6900m W. Cwm
Marty Hoey May 15, 1982 30 Whittaker American Expedition  United States Fall 8000m
Peter Boardman May 17, 1982 31 British Mount Everest Expedition  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m)
Joe Tasker May 17, 1982 33  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m)
Ang Chuldim August 31, 1982 20 Bill March Canadian Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Dawa Dorje August 31, 1982 42    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Pasang Sona August 31, 1982 38    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Blair Griffiths September 2, 1982 33  Canada Crushed under serac Icefall
Lhakpa Tshering September 27, 1982 Spanish Expedition    Nepal Internal hemorrhage 6770m
Nima Dorje October 14, 1982    Nepal Fall 8300m W ridge
Yasuo Kato December 28, 1982 33 Japanese Expedition  Japan Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) Near Summit
Toshiaki Kobayashi December 28, 1982  Japan Near Summit
Hironobu Kamuro October 8, 1983 Japanese Expedition  Japan Fall Near Summit
Pasang Temba October 8, 1983    Nepal Fall 8600m SE Ridge
Hiroshi Yoshino October 9, 1983  Japan Fall Near Summit
Ang Rinji March 26, 1984 Indian Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Tony Swierzy April 3, 1984 27 Micheal Lane British North Face Expedition  United Kingdom Avalanche 6238m
Hristo Ivanov Prodanov April 21, 1984 40 Bulgarian West Face Expedition Bulgaria Bulgaria Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) 8500m West Ridge
William (Fred) From October 9, 1984 28 Australian-New Zealand Expedition  Australia Fall, while searching for Craig Nottle 8000m
Craig Nottle October 9, 1984 23  Australia Fall 8000m
Jozef Psotka October 16, 1984 50  Czechoslovakia Fall Near Summit
Ang Dorje October 24, 1984 35 Mission to recover body of Hannelore Schmatz    Nepal Fall 8400m S.E. Ridge
Yogendra Bahadur Thapa October 24, 1984 36    Nepal Fall 8400m S.E. Ridge
Juanjo Navarro May 12, 1985 Navarrese Expedition  Spain Fall 7300m
Shinichi Ishii September 19, 1985 Japanese Expedition  Japan Avalanche Below North Col
Kiran Inder Kumar October 7, 1985 40 Indian Expedition  India Fall 7986m
Jai Bahugana October 11, 1985  India Exposure South Col
Ranjeet Singh Bakshi October 11, 1985  India Exposure South Col
Vijay Pal Singh Negi October 11, 1985 28  India Exposure South Col
M.U. Bhaskar Rao October 11, 1985  India Exposure South Col
Víctor Hugo Trujillo August 16, 1986 22  Chile Avalanche Below North Col
Simon Burkhardt September 28, 1986 52 Eiselin Sports Expedition   Switzerland Avalanche 7315m
Gyalu October 4, 1986    Nepal Crushed under serac Icefall
Dawa Norbu October 17, 1986    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col
Tsuttin Dorje January 30, 1987    Nepal Fall 7700m
Roger Marshall May 21, 1987 45  Canada Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) Hornbein Couloir, Near Summit
Masao Yokoyama September 2, 1987 44 Japanese Expedition  Japan Drowned East Rongbuk Glacier
Mangal Singh October 20, 1987 British Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Base camp
Hidetaka Mizukoshi April 21, 1988 35th Anniversary climb with Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese nationals  Japan Heart attack (at Base camp) Base camp
Michel Parmentier September 20, 1988 International  France Exposure 7700m
Narayan Shrestha September 21, 1988    Nepal Avalanche 7200m
Lhakpa Sonam October 13, 1988    Nepal Fall 8200m
Pasang Temba October 13, 1988    Nepal Fall 8200m
Dušan Becík October 17, 1988 34 IAMES Bratislava Expedition  Czechoslovakia Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent after reaching South Summit with Jozef Just rejoining group after he summited Everest solo) 8000m S.W. Ridge
Peter Božík October 17, 1988 34  Czechoslovakia 8000m S.W. Ridge
Jaroslav Jaško October 17, 1988 26  Czechoslovakia 8000m S.W. Ridge
Jozef Just October 17, 1988 33  Czechoslovakia 8000m S.W. Ridge
Ang Lhakpa December 23, 1988    Nepal Cerebral thrombosis South Col
Dimitar Ilievski-Murato May 10, 1989 35  Yugoslavia Fall Descending South Col Route
Phu Dorje May 16, 1989    Nepal Fall Descending South Col Route
Mirosław Dąsal May 27, 1989 37 Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers  Poland Avalanche 7200m W ridge
Mirosław Gardzielewski May 27, 1989 37  Poland Avalanche 7200m W ridge
Andrzej Heinrich May 27, 1989 51  Poland Avalanche 7200m W ridge
Wacław Otręba May 27, 1989 42  Poland Avalanche 7200m W ridge
Eugeniusz Chrobak May 28, 1989 50  Poland Avalanche injuries Lhola camp
Ang Pinjo December 12, 1989 South Korean expedition    Nepal Altitude sickness, heart attack
Rafael Gómez-Menor September 14, 1990  Spain Avalanche
Ang Sona September 14, 1990    Nepal Avalanche
Badri Nath September 14, 1990    Nepal Avalanche
Ham Sang-hun October 7, 1990 Japanese Korean expedition  South Korea Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb)
Rüdiger Lang May 3, 1991 Austrian solo expedition  Germany Exposure 7850m N.E. Ridge
Junichi Futagami May 27, 1991 Japanese solo expedition  Japan Fall 8700m NE
Deepak Kulkarni May 2, 1992 Indian expedition  India Exposure
Raymond Jacob May 2, 1992  India Exposure
Subba Singh May 11, 1992 43    Nepal Heart attack
Sher Singh May 23, 1992 Indian Expedition  India Fall Icefall
Manabu Hoshi May 23, 1992 Japanese Expedition  Japan Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8350m NE
Ang Tshering January 15, 1993 Spanish Expedition    Nepal Fall
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa April 23, 1993 32 Nepalese Expedition    Nepal Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8750m S.E. Ridge
Sonam Tshering April 23, 1993    Nepal 8750m S.E. Ridge
Lobsang Tshering Bhutia May 10, 1993 41 40th anniversary of Tenzing Norgay's climb    Nepal Fall 8750m S.E. Ridge
Nam Won-woo May 16, 1993 South Korean expedition  South Korea Fall 8450m S.E. Ridge
A Jin-seob May 17, 1993  South Korea Fall 8450m S.E. Ridge
Karl Henize October 5, 1993 66 American expedition  United States HAPE 6400m
Antonio Miranda October 7, 1993  Spain Fall
Prem Thapa April 6, 1994 German Expedition    Nepal Cerebral oedema
Shih Fang-Fang 'Norman' May 9, 1994 27 Taiwanese  Taiwan Exhaustion and/or exposure
Giuseppe Vigani May 18, 1994 43 Italian Expedition  Italy Fall North Face
Mike Rheinberger May 27, 1994 53 Australian Expedition  Australia 150m fall. He showed signs of exhaustion, dehydration, cerebral oedema, retinal hemorrhages and possible blood clots in his upper legs. 8500m NE
Mingma Norbu September 12, 1994 Norwegian Expedition    Nepal Avalanche
Kami Rita May 6, 1995 American Expedition    Nepal Fall
Lhakpa Nuru September 10, 1995 South Korean Expedition    Nepal 6900m
Zangbu October 14, 1995 South Korean Expedition    Nepal Fall Near Summit
Chen Yu-Nan May 9, 1996 36 "Makalu" Gau Ming-Ho Taiwanese expedition  Taiwan Injuries from a fall 7200m South Col
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
Rob Hall May 11, 1996 35 Adventure Consultants  New Zealand Exposure South Summit Not recovered
Doug Hansen May 11, 1996 46  United States Exposure 8700m South Col Not recovered
Andrew Harris May 11, 1996 31  New Zealand Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8700m S.E. Ridge Not recovered
Yasuko Namba May 11, 1996 47  Japan Exposure 7900m South Col
Dorje Morup May 11, 1996 47 Indo-Tibetan Border Police  India Exposure 8600m N.E. Ridge
Tsewang Paljor May 11, 1996 28  India Exposure 8600m N.E. Ridge Body removed from view
Tsewang Samanla May 11, 1996 38  India Exposure 8600m N.E. Ridge
Reinhard Wlasich May 19, 1996 45 First Hungarian Mount Everest Expedition  Austria Altitude sickness 8300m North Face, Great Couloir
Bruce Herrod May 25, 1996 37 South African/British  United Kingdom Rope accident 8800m S.E. Ridge, Hillary Step
Ngawang Topche June 6, 1996 American    Nepal Lapsed into coma on 23 Apr 1996; later died in hospital Camp II
Yves Bouchon September 25, 1996 47 French/Belgian/Swiss  France Avalanche 7800m Lhotse Face
Lopsang Jangbu September 25, 1996 25 Japanese    Nepal Avalanche 7400m Lhotse Face
Dawa September 25, 1996 South Korea    Nepal Avalanche 7400m Lhotse Face
Malcolm Duff April 23, 1997 43 British  United Kingdom Heart attack (at Base camp) Base Camp
Nima Rinzi May 6, 1997 Malaysian  United Kingdom Fall Lhotse Face
Aleksandr Torochin May 7, 1997 Russian  Russia Fall 8400m N.E. Ridge
Ivan Plotnikov May 7, 1997 36  Russia Exhaustion and/or exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge
Nikolai Chevtchenko May 7, 1997 52  Russia Exhaustion and/or exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge
Mingma May 7, 1997    Nepal Fall N.E. Ridge
Peter Andreas Kowalzik May 8, 1997 29 Polish  Germany Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8600m N.E. Ridge
Tenzing Nuru September 8, 1997 American    Nepal Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) S.E. Ridge
Choi Byong-soo September 8, 1997 33 South Korean  South Korea Avalanche 6800m North Col Flank
Sergei Arsentiev May 24, 1998 40 Russian/French  United States 100m fall N.E. Ridge Found in 1999, not recovered
Francys Arsentiev May 24, 1998 40  United States Exposure and/or cerebral oedema N.E. Ridge Pushed over the north edge in burial ceremony on Everest
Mark Jennings May 25, 1998 49 British  United Kingdom Exhaustion 8200m N.E. Ridge
Roger Buick May 26, 1998 52 New Zealand  New Zealand Exhaustion 7400m N.E. Ridge
Shahid Abdul Khader July 24, 1998 21  India Died due to fall North Col
Vasyl Kopytko May 8, 1999 34 Ukrainian  Ukraine Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge
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
Tadeusz Kudelski May 18, 1999 44 Polish International  Poland Fall 8600m N.E. Ridge
Pascal Debrouwer May 18, 1999 29 Belgian International  Belgium Fall 8400m N.E. Ridge
Jeppe Stoltz May 20, 2000 27 Independent  Denmark Fall 8500m N.E. Ridge
Yan Genghua May 21, 2000 41 Chinese China Disappeared after reaching the north summit likely accidental death during descent 8750m N.E. Ridge body found on May 27, 2000
Babu Chiri Sherpa April 29, 2001 35 Nepalese    Nepal Fall N.E. Ridge
Peter Ganner May 23, 2001 57 Austrian  Austria Fall 8500m S.E. Ridge
Mark Auricht May 24, 2001 37 Australian  Australia Cerebral oedema 7900m N.E. Ridge
Aleksei Nikiforov May 24, 2001 45 Russian  Russia Pre-existing illness exacerbated by freezing conditions, altitude 8500m N.E. Ridge
Sándor Gárdos October 17, 2001 38 Hungarian  Hungary Fall 7800m N.E. Ridge
Peter Legate April 30, 2002 38 British International  United Kingdom Fall into a crevasse Below Camp III
Zoran Miletić May 17, 2002 41 Russian International  FR Yugoslavia Exact cause and date of death unknown 7800m N.E. Ridge
Marco Siffredi September 8, 2002 23 International  France Snowboarding accident Hornbein Couloir
Bhim Bahadur Gurung May 27, 2003 38 Indo-Nepal    Nepal Fall into a crevasse 5900m Icefall
Jan Krzysztof Liszewski May 25, 2003 55 Independent  Poland Fall 7900m N.E. Ridge
Arnaud Saulnier May 8, 2003 30 French  France Sickness in tent 5500m S.E. Ridge
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa May 24, 2003 International    Nepal Altitude sickness 6000m S.E. Ridge
Joon-ho Baek May 18, 2004 38 South Korean  South Korea Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge
Min Jang May 18, 2004 28  South Korea Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge
Mu-taek Park May 18, 2004 36  South Korea Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge
Nils Antezana May 18, 2004 69 International  United States Bolivia Exposure 8600m S.E. Ridge
Hristo Ganchev Hristov May 20, 2004 27 Bulgarian  Bulgaria Exposure 8600m N.E. Ridge
Shoko Ota May 20, 2004 63 Japanese  Japan Exposure 8600m N.E. Ridge
Mariana Prodanova Maslarova May 23, 2004 43 Bulgarian  Bulgaria Exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge
Sean Egan April 28, 2005 63 Tim Redpath Expedition  Canada Heart attack 4600m S.E. Ridge
Michael Corey O'Brien May 2, 2005 39 Charity run with brother  United States Fall into a crevasse 5800m Icefall South
Marko Lihteneker May 21, 2005 35 7 Summits Club  Slovenia Oxygen problems which resulted in fall 8600m N.E. Ridge
Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya May 30, 2005 31 Indian  India Exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge
Dieter Kramer June 4, 2005 49 German  Germany Exposure 8000m N.E.
Robert William Milne June 5, 2005 49 Himalayan Guides  United Kingdom Organ failure due to freezing conditions 8200m S.E. Ridge
Tuk Bahadur Thapa Magar Sherpa April 7, 2006 American    Nepal Altitude 5500m N.E. Ridge
Ang Phinjo Sherpa April 21, 2006 50 American    Nepal Avalanche 5900m Icefall
Lhakpa Tseri April 21, 2006    Nepal Avalanche 5900m Icefall
Dawa Temba April 21, 2006    Nepal Avalanche 5900m Icefall
Jacques-Hugues Letrange May 17, 2006 32 American  France Exhaustion 8750m N.E. Ridge
Srikrishna May 14, 2006 Indian  India Fall 8600m N.E. Ridge
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
Tomas Olsson May 16, 2006 30 Independent  Sweden Fall 8700m Norton Couloir
Vitor Negrete May 19, 2006 38 Asian Trekking  Brazil Exposure and/or exhaustion Camp III, 8200m N.E. Ridge
Igor Plyushkin May 22, 2006 54  Russia Altitude sickness 7800m N.E. Ridge
Thomas Weber May 25, 2006 41  Germany Altitude sickness 8700m N.E. Ridge
Dawa Sherpa April 26, 2007    Nepal 7200m South Col
Shinichi Ishii May 17, 2007  Japan 8650m
Libor Kozák May 17, 2007 47  Czech Republic 8300m
Yoshitomi Okura May 16, 2007 62 Japanese  Japan Altitude sickness 8650m N.E. Ridge
Maurizio Pierangelo May 17, 2007 51 Italian  Italy Disappearance 8800m N.E. Ridge
Oh Hee-joon May 17, 2007 37 South Korean  South Korea S.W. Face
Lee Hyun-jo May 17, 2007 34  South Korea Avalanche 7700m S.W. Face
Uwe Gianni Goltz May 22, 2008 44 Sherpas documentary team   Switzerland Exhaustion 8000m South Col
Lhakpa Nuru May 7, 2009 Eco Everest Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall
Věslav Chrzaszcz May 18, 2009 47 Asian Trekking  Czech Republic Heart attack 4700m N.E. Ridge
Wenhong Wu May 19, 2009 41 Holy Mountain China China Altitude sickness N.E. Ridge 8750m
Frank Ziebarth May 21, 2009 29 Independent  Canada Hypothermia and lack of oxygen 8700m North Summit
László Várkonyi April 26, 2010 54 Asian Trekking  Hungary Avalanche crevasse fall 6800m North Col
Tom Jørgensen May 19, 2010 56  Denmark HACE
Peter Kinloch May 26, 2010 28 International  United Kingdom Exhaustion 8600m
Rick Hitch May 1, 2011 55 International  United States Heart attack 7010m
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya May 9, 2011 82 Nepal    Nepal Altitude sickness Base Camp
Takashi Ozaki May 12, 2011 58 International  Japan Altitude sickness 8400m The Balcony
John Delaney May 21, 2011 42 International  Ireland Altitude sickness 8400m The Balcony
Hiroaki Kino September 15, 2011 48  Japan Cerebral apoplexy Lower Icefall
Dawa Tenzing April 5, 2012 Himex    Nepal Stroke (CVA) Icefall
Karsang Namgyal Sherpa April 19, 2012 Prestige Adventures    Nepal Altitude sickness Base Camp
Ramesh Gulve April 20, 2012 33 Pune team  India Stroke Base Camp
Namgyal Tshering Sherpa April 21, 2012 28    Nepal Fall into a crevasse Camp I
Shriya Shah-Klorfine May 19, 2012 33 Utmost Adventures  Canada Exhaustion Below Balcony 8300m Recovered
Eberhard Schaaf May 19, 2012 61 Asian Trekking  Germany Cerebral oedema Hillary Step
Song Won-bin May 19, 2012 44 Korean Everest & Lhotse Expedition  South Korea Fall Balcony
Ha Wenyi May 20, 2012 55 Mountain Experience China Suspected altitude sickness Balcony
Juan José Polo Carbayo May 20, 2012 43 Himalayan Guides  Spain Exhaustion 8300m N.E. Ridge
Milan Sedláček May 20, 2012 51 Lhotse 2012  Czech Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) Lhotse Face Recovered
Ralf D. Arnold May 20, 2012 43 Monterosa  Germany Exhaustion and related complications after breaking leg at Second Step 8300m N.E. Ridge
Mingma Sherpa April 7, 2013 45 Destination Himalaya    Nepal Falling into a crevasse Between Camps I and II in the Western Cwm
DaRita Sherpa May 5, 2013 37 International Mountain Guides    Nepal Suspected cardiac arrest Camp III on south side
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)
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)
Alexey Bolotov May 15, 2013 50 Russian South-West Face expedition  Russia Fall 5600m Icefall
Namgyal Sherpa May 17, 2013 35    Nepal 8300m N.E. Ridge
Seo Sung-ho May 21, 2013 33 Zero to 8848 expedition  South Korea Suspected altitude sickness On descent (south side)
Sajal Khaled
(Mohammed Khaled Hossain)
May 21, 2013 35  Bangladesh Suspected altitude sickness South Col Camp
Unknown climber May 22, 2013    Nepal Suspected altitude sickness Camp IV (south side) in tent
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa April 2, 2014 Peak Freaks Expedition    Nepal HAPE Everest Base Camp
Mingma Nuru Sherpa April 18, 2014 46 NBC Everest Expedition    Nepal 2014 Mount Everest Avalanche Icefall
Dorji Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Ang Tshiri Sherpa April 18, 2014 AAI Everest Expedition 2014    Nepal Icefall
Nima Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Tenzing Chottar Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Phurba Ongyal Sherpa April 18, 2014 Adventure Consultants    Nepal Icefall
Lapka Tenjing Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Dorjee Khatri April 18, 2014 Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014    Nepal Icefall
Then Dorjee Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Phur Temba Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Pasang Karma Sherpa April 18, 2014 Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2014    Nepal Icefall
Ankaji Sherpa April 18, 2014 Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014    Nepal Icefall
PemTenji Sherpa April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
Aash Bahadur Gurung April 18, 2014    Nepal Icefall
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
Marisa Eve Girawong April 25, 2015 28 H.G. Nuptse Expedition 2015  United States Base Camp Recovered
Thomas Ely Taplin April 25, 2015 61 TET Films & Photography  United States Base Camp
Pemba Sherpa April 25, 2015 19 Adventure Consultants    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Dawa Tsering Sherpa April 25, 2015 33    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Maila (Milan) Rai April 25, 2015 41    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Chhimi Dawa Sherpa April 25, 2015 27    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Pema Yishi (Hissi) Sherpa April 25, 2015 33    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Pasang Temba Sherpa April 25, 2015 Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015)    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Krishna Kumar Rai April 25, 2015    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Tenzing (Tengien) Bhote April 25, 2015    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Renu Fotedar April 25, 2015 49 First Chinese Women Everest Expedition  Australia
 India
Base Camp Recovered
Lhakpa Chhiring Sherpa April 25, 2015 33    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Vinh B Truong April 25, 2015 48 Trekker  United States
 Vietnam
Base Camp
Shiva Kumar Shrestha April 25, 2015 25 Step Up Campaign Everest    Nepal Base Camp Recovered
Unnamed April 25, 2015 Base Camp
Unnamed April 25, 2015 Base Camp
Jangbu 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 Recovered
Charles MacAdams May 11, 2016 62  Canada Cardiac event Base Camp North Side Recovered
Ang Phurba Sherpa May 19, 2016 25    Nepal Fall Near summit Recovered
Eric Arnold May 21, 2016 35 Arnold Coster Expeditions  Netherlands Altitude sickness South Col / Camp IV Recovered
Marisa Elizabeth Strydom May 22, 2016 34  Australia

 South Africa

Snow blindness, stroke Near Camp IV Recovered
Subhash Pal May 22, 2016 44 Trekking Camp Nepal  India Altitude sickness Around Camp III Recovered
Paresh Chandra Nath May 22, 2016 58  India Exposure Balcony Recovered
Goutam Ghosh May 22, 2016 50  India Exposure The Balcony Recovered
Min Bahadur Sherchan May 5, 2017 85    Nepal Heart Attack Base Camp Recovered
Roland Yearwood May 20, 2017 50 Everest Parivar Treks  United States Altitude sickness Balcony
Vladimír Štrba May 21, 2017 48 Everest Hard Way Slovak Expedition 2017  Slovakia Altitude sickness Camp IV, in the tent Recovered
Francesco Enrico Marchetti May 21, 2017 54 Expedition Himalaya  Australia Altitude sickness Camp IV
Ravi Kumar May 21, 2017 27 Arun Treks and Expedition  India Fall into a 200m crevasse Balcony Recovered
Lam Babu Sherpa May 14, 2018 45 Seven Summit Treks    Nepal Disappearance (reportedly suffered from snow blindness) Above South Col Not found
Pasang Norbu Sherpa May 18, 2018 41 7 Summits Club Expedition    Nepal Stroke 8550m N.E. Ridge
Gjeorgi Petkov May 20, 2018 63 Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition Spring 2018  North Macedonia Cardiac arrest Above Camp III Recovered
Nobukazu Kuriki May 21, 2018 36 Solo  Japan Hypothermia, had previously reported "persistent cough and pain" during attempt Camp II Recovered
Damai Sarki Sherpa May 21, 2018 37 Himalayan Ascent, Seven Summit Treks    Nepal Fall into a crevasse, was rescued but died of head injury Camp II Likely recovered
Séamus (Shay) Lawless May 16, 2019 39 Seven Summit Treks  Ireland Presumed dead after fall Balcony Requested burial on Everest
Ravi Thakar May 17, 2019 28  India Altitude sickness Camp IV Recovered
Donald Cash May 22, 2019 55 Pioneer Adventures  United States Altitude sickness Hillary Step
Nihal Bagwan May 23, 2019 27 Peak Promotions  India Exhaustion on descent near South Col Recovered
Ernst Landgraf May 23, 2019 65 Kobler & Partners  Austria Exhaustion on descent Tibet side at 8600m after summiting
Anjali S Kulkarni May 23, 2019 54 Transcent or Arun Treks  India Exhaustion on descent Near Camp IV Recovered
Kalpana Dash May 23, 2019 52 Dreamers Destination Treks  India Exhaustion on descent Near Balcony Recovered
Kevin Hynes May 24, 2019 56 360 Expeditions  Ireland Altitude sickness North Col Not recovered
Dhruba Bista May 24, 2019 Himalayan Ecstasy (Ski) Treks    Nepal Exhaustion and altitude sickness Base Camp following evacuation from Camp III Recovered
Robin Haynes Fisher May 25, 2019 44 Summit Climb/ Everest Parivar Expedition Ltd  United Kingdom Exhaustion during descent 8750m
Christopher Jon Kulish May 27, 2019 62 Climbing the Seven Summits  United States Cardiac event during descent South Col
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
Abdul Waraich May 12, 2021 41   Switzerland Exhaustion 8350m South Summit Recovered
Pemba Tashi Sherpa May 18, 2021 28 Climbing the Seven Summits    Nepal Fall into a crevasse Between Camp I & Camp II Recovered
Wong Dorchi Sherpa May 23, 2021 7 Summits Club    Nepal Fall into a crevasse near Camp IV Recovered
Ngima Tenji Sherpa April 14, 2022 38 IMG    Nepal Exhaustion and collapse 'Football Field' near Icefall Recovered
Pavel Kostrikin May 7, 2022 55  Russia Altitude sickness at Camp II, returned to Camp I Camp II Died in Camp I, recovered
Dipak Mahat May 12, 2022 32 High 5 Adventures    Nepal Altitude sickness and excessive bleeding Camp II Evacuated, died in hospital
Lakpa Rita Sherpa April 12, 2023 Imagine Nepal    Nepal Serac Collapse Khumbu Icefall Not recovered
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa April 12, 2023 31 Imagine Nepal    Nepal Serac Collapse Khumbu Icefall Not recovered
Da Chhiree Sherpa April 12, 2023 Imagine Nepal    Nepal Serac Collapse Khumbu Icefall Not recovered
Jonathan Sugarman May 1, 2023 69 IMG  United States Illness Camp II Recovered
Phurba Sherpa May 16, 2023 Nepal Army    Nepal Illness Above Camp III Recovered
Victor Brinza May 17, 2023 45 Himalayan Traverse Adventure  Moldova Illness Camp IV Recovered
Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus May 18, 2023 59 Glacier Himalaya Treks  India Illness Base Camp Evacuated, died in hospital
Xuebin Chen May 18, 2023 52 8K Expedition China Fall South Summit Not recovered
Ag Askandar Bin Ampuan Yaacub May 19, 2023 56 Pioneer Adventure  Malaysia Illness South Col Recovered
Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya May 19, 2023 39 The Seven Summits  Singapore High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) 8,500m Not Recovered
Muhammad Hawari Bin Hashim May 20, 2023 33 Pioneer Adventure  Malaysia Disappeared Between Camp IV and III Not recovered
Jason Bernard Kennison May 21, 2023 40 Asian Trekking  Australia Illness Balcony Not recovered
Ang Kami Sherpa May 21, 2023 Peak Promotion    Nepal Fall Camp II Recovered
Szilárd Suhajda [hu] May 25, 2023 40 Solo Expedition  Hungary Disappeared (reportedly suffered from HACE) Hillary Step Not Recovered
Ranjit Kumar Shah May 25, 2023    Nepal Disappeared South Summit Not Recovered
Pieter Swart May 26, 2023 63 Madison Mountaineering  Canada Respiratory Event Descending from Camp VI
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

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  1. ^ Unconfirmed Russian deaths on the north side of Everest resulted from an alleged 1952 expedition. The Chinese, upon taking control of the region, enacted strict travel restrictions. Supposedly, the Chinese government did allow some Soviet climbers near the mountain, and reports leaked out of a Soviet expedition in 1952. The expedition, apparently led by Pavel Datschnolian, was said to have been a disaster, resulting in the deaths of Datschnolian and five other men. However, Russian and Chinese authorities have consistently denied that such an attempt took place, no physical evidence has ever been found to confirm its existence, nor is there any record of a person named Pavel Datschnolian.
  2. ^ Date of death not known exactly; this date was his last diary entry.
  3. ^ Also known as Zhao Ziqing
  4. ^ Also known as Wu Tsung-yue
  5. ^ Also known as Luo San
  6. ^ Also known as Nima Tashi

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