List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest.
Examples of known cases [1] [2] [3]
Nationality | Count |
---|---|
Australia | 8 |
Austria | 3 |
Bangladesh | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Bulgaria | 3 |
Canada | 6 |
Chile | 1 |
China | 12 |
Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic | 7 |
Denmark | 2 |
France | 6 |
Germany | 7 |
Hungary | 3 |
India | 24 |
Ireland | 3 |
Italy | 3 |
Japan | 19 |
Kenya [10] | 1 |
Moldova | 1 |
Malaysia | 2 |
Nepal | 124 |
Netherlands | 1 |
New Zealand | 3 |
North Macedonia | 1 |
Poland | 7 |
Russia | 8 |
South Korea | 11 |
Spain | 4 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Singapore | 1 |
Slovakia | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Taiwan | 2 |
United Kingdom | 17 |
United States | 21 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia | 2 |
Other/Unknown | 2 |
Cause[ citation needed] | Count[ citation needed] |
---|---|
Avalanche | 68 |
Fall | 67 |
Exposure | 27 |
Altitude sickness | 21 |
Cardiac arrest | 11 |
Exhaustion and/or exposure | 8 |
Exhaustion | 7 |
Serac | 6 |
Cerebral edema | 8 |
Stroke | 2 |
Frostbite | 1 |
Other | 15 |
Unknown cause | 52 |
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11]
One of the people claimed by Everest mountaineering was the U.S. astronaut Karl Gordon Henize. He was on a mission to study radiation but came down with a fatal case of HAPE in October 1993 and died at north base camp. [13] At the time he was the oldest astronaut to have flown in space and also had a doctorate in astronomy. [13] He died on October 5, 1993, and was buried on Mount Everest. [22]
Examples of those who, after summiting, died on the descent down or soon after (not counting other climbs, on the same expedition but does not have to be their first summit)
examples only
List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest.
Examples of known cases [1] [2] [3]
Nationality | Count |
---|---|
Australia | 8 |
Austria | 3 |
Bangladesh | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Bulgaria | 3 |
Canada | 6 |
Chile | 1 |
China | 12 |
Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic | 7 |
Denmark | 2 |
France | 6 |
Germany | 7 |
Hungary | 3 |
India | 24 |
Ireland | 3 |
Italy | 3 |
Japan | 19 |
Kenya [10] | 1 |
Moldova | 1 |
Malaysia | 2 |
Nepal | 124 |
Netherlands | 1 |
New Zealand | 3 |
North Macedonia | 1 |
Poland | 7 |
Russia | 8 |
South Korea | 11 |
Spain | 4 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Singapore | 1 |
Slovakia | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Taiwan | 2 |
United Kingdom | 17 |
United States | 21 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia | 2 |
Other/Unknown | 2 |
Cause[ citation needed] | Count[ citation needed] |
---|---|
Avalanche | 68 |
Fall | 67 |
Exposure | 27 |
Altitude sickness | 21 |
Cardiac arrest | 11 |
Exhaustion and/or exposure | 8 |
Exhaustion | 7 |
Serac | 6 |
Cerebral edema | 8 |
Stroke | 2 |
Frostbite | 1 |
Other | 15 |
Unknown cause | 52 |
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11]
One of the people claimed by Everest mountaineering was the U.S. astronaut Karl Gordon Henize. He was on a mission to study radiation but came down with a fatal case of HAPE in October 1993 and died at north base camp. [13] At the time he was the oldest astronaut to have flown in space and also had a doctorate in astronomy. [13] He died on October 5, 1993, and was buried on Mount Everest. [22]
Examples of those who, after summiting, died on the descent down or soon after (not counting other climbs, on the same expedition but does not have to be their first summit)
examples only