List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

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At least 346 people[1] 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 Everest the mountain with the most deaths,[disputed – discuss] although it does not have the highest death rate, defined as the number of deaths for each person who successfully summits the mountain. 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.[2][3][4]

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

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.

Yearly deaths on Mount Everest 1921–2024. Noting sherpa and non-sherpa deaths.

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.[5] 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.[6][7][8]

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.[9][10] 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, 15 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.[11] But it also includes the disaster of 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 summited 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.[12][13][14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.

Bronze statue of Shih Fang-Fang

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.[19] 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.[19]

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.[20]

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.[21] In 1999, searchers for George Mallory's body found his and other bodies in the snow in a catchment basin near the peak.[22][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.[24] Another five unidentified bodies were recovered in 2024.[25]

Deaths

Information on 351 of the people who died climbing Mount Everest are listed in the table below.

More information Name, Date ...
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  United Kingdom Heart attack En route to base camp near the Tibetan village of Kampa Dzong Recovered, buried near Kampa Dzong [9][26]
Unknown porter [10]
Dorje June 7, 1922 1922 British Mount Everest expedition    Nepal Avalanche Below North Col [9]
Lhakpa
Norbu
Pasang
Pema
Sange
Temba
Man Bahadur May 13, 1924 1924 British Mount Everest expedition Pneumonia Above Rongbuk B.C. [9][27]
Lance-Naik Shamsherpun May 17, 1924 Brain hemorrhage
Andrew Irvine June 9, 1924 22  United Kingdom Unknown N.E. Ridge Remains found (partial) in 2024 [9][28]
George Mallory 37  United Kingdom Possible ice axe injury following a fall Remains found and buried in situ in 1999 [9][29]
Maurice Wilson May 31, 1934[note 2] 36 Solo Expedition Possible exhaustion, exposure or starvation East Rongbuk Glacier Remains found in 1935 [30]
Dorje Mingma October 31, 1952 Swiss Expedition    Nepal Falling ice Lhotse Face [31]
Wang Ji April 11, 1960 Chinese Expedition Northern Slope China Mountain sickness [32][33]
Shao Shi-Ching[note 3] April 29, 1960 N.E. Ridge
Nawang Tshering April 28, 1962    Nepal Lhotse face [34]
Jake Breitenbach March 23, 1963 27 Norman Dyhrenfurth's American Mount Everest Expedition  United States Crushed under serac Icefall [35][36][37]
Ma Gao-shu May 1, 1966 Chinese Everest Expedition China Fall [33][38]
Phu Dorjee Sherpa October 18, 1969 Japanese Everest Expedition    Nepal Fall into a crevasse [39]
Nima Dorje April 5, 1970 Japanese Skiing Expedition Avalanche [40]
Kunga Norbu
Mima Norbu Icefall
Pasang
Kami Tshering
Kyak Tsering April 9, 1970 36 Crushed under serac 5525 m [41]
Kiyoshi Narita April 21, 1970  Japan Heart attack 6150m [42]
Harsh Vardhan April 18, 1971 31 International Expedition of 1971  India Succumbed after falling and being suspended above a crevasse during a blizzard 6900m [38]
Tony Tighe November 16, 1972 Mt. Qomolangma expedition  Australia Crushed under serac Icefall [43][44]
Jangbu October 12, 1973    Nepal Avalanche S.W. Face [45]
Gérard Devouassoux September 9, 1974 34 1974 French Mount Everest expedition  France 6400m [46]
Pemba Dorje    Nepal
Lhakpa
Nawang Lutuk
Nima Wangchu
Sanu Wongal
Wu Zhuong Yue[note 4] May 4, 1975 China Exhaustion, fall 8500m [47]
Mingma ; deaf-mute Sherpa porter August 1975 "Young" 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition Nepal Drowned Below Base Camp [48]
Mick Burke September 26, 1975 34 Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) Near Summit [49][50]
Terry Thompson April 10, 1976 British-Nepal Army Everest Expedition Fall into a crevasse Camp II [38]
Dawa Nuru April 18, 1978    Nepal Icefall
Shi Ming-ji Chinese Iranian Expedition China
Ang Phu May 16, 1979 1979 Yugoslav West Ridge expedition    Nepal Fall
Ray Genet October 2, 1979 48 Gerhard Schmatz German Expedition or 1979 Swabian expedition  United States Exposure or exhaustion 8400m S.E. Ridge [51]
Hannelore Schmatz 39 West Germany Remains found, body removal was attempted but resulted in death for two sherpas [29][51]
Wang Hong-bao October 12, 1979 Japanese Alpine Club reconnaissance expedition China Avalanche Below North Col [52]
Lou Lan[note 5]
Nima Thaxi[note 6]
Akira Ube May 2, 1980 31 Japanese Alpine Society expedition  Japan 7900m North Face (Hornbein Couloir) [53]
Nawang Kersang September 6, 1980 Italian expedition    Nepal Fall Icefall [54]
Mario Piana September 22, 1980  Italy Crushed under serac Lhotse Face [55]
Noboru Takenaka January 12, 1981 28 Japanese winter expedition  Japan Fall 6900m W. Cwm [56]
Marty Hoey May 15, 1982 30 Whittaker American expedition  United States 8000m [57]
Peter Boardman May 17, 1982 31 British Mount Everest expedition  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) North-East Ridge (approx. 8200m) [39][58]
Joe Tasker 33 [58][59]
Ang Chuldim August 31, 1982 20 Bill March Canadian expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall [60]
Dawa Dorje 42
Pasang Sona 38
Blair Griffiths September 2, 1982 33  Canada Crushed under serac [61]
Lhakpa Tshering September 27, 1982 Spanish expedition    Nepal Internal hemorrhage 6770m [47]
Nima Dorje October 14, 1982 Fall 8300m W ridge [62]
Yasuo Kato December 28, 1982 33 Japanese expedition  Japan Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) Near Summit [39][59]
Toshiaki Kobayashi
Hironobu Kamuro October 8, 1983 Japanese expedition Fall [39][47]
Pasang Temba    Nepal 8600m SE Ridge
Hiroshi Yoshino October 9, 1983  Japan Near Summit
Ang Rinji March 26, 1984 Indian expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall [47]
Tony Swierzy April 3, 1984 27 Micheal Lane British North Face expedition  United Kingdom 6238m [63]
Hristo Ivanov Prodanov April 21, 1984 40 Bulgarian West Face expedition Bulgaria Bulgaria Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) 8500m West Ridge [39]
William (Fred) From October 9, 1984 28 Australian-New Zealand expedition  Australia Fall; From died while searching for Craig Nottle 8000m [64][65][66][67]
Craig Nottle 23
Jozef Psotka October 16, 1984 50 Czechoslovakia (Slovak) Exhaustion + Fall 1000m to Western Cauldron 6700m, during descent Found by Jozef Justo, buried there [39]
Ang Dorje October 24, 1984 35 Mission to recover body of Hannelore Schmatz    Nepal Fall 8400m S.E. Ridge [21]
Yogendra Bahadur Thapa 36
Juanjo Navarro May 12, 1985 Navarrese expedition  Spain 7300m [68][69]
Shinichi Ishii September 19, 1985 Japanese expedition  Japan Avalanche Below North Col [68]
Kiran Inder Kumar October 7, 1985 40 Indian expedition  India Fall 7986m [70][71]
Jai Vardhan Bahugana October 11, 1985 Exposure South Col
Ranjeet Singh Bakshi
Vijay Pal Singh Negi 28
M.U. Bhaskar Rao
Víctor Hugo Trujillo August 16, 1986 22  Chile Avalanche Below North Col [72]
Simon Burkhardt September 28, 1986 52 Eiselin Sports expedition   Switzerland Avalanche 7315m [73]
Gyalu October 4, 1986    Nepal Crushed under serac Icefall
Dawa Norbu October 17, 1986 Avalanche Below North Col [39]
Tsuttin Dorje January 30, 1987 Fall 7700m [74]
Roger Marshall May 21, 1987 45  Canada Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) Hornbein Couloir, Near Summit [75]
Masao Yokoyama September 2, 1987 44 Japanese expedition  Japan Drowned East Rongbuk Glacier [76][77]
Mangal Singh October 20, 1987 British expedition    Nepal Avalanche Base camp [47]
Hidetaka Mizukoshi April 21, 1988 35th Anniversary climb with Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese nationals  Japan Heart attack [78]
Michel Parmentier September 20, 1988 International [clarification needed]  France Exposure 7700m [68]
Narayan Shrestha September 21, 1988    Nepal Avalanche 7200m [79]
Lhakpa Sonam October 13, 1988 Fall 8200m [39]
Pasang Temba
Dušan Becík October 17, 1988 34 Czechoslovak - New Zealand Mount Everest Southwest Face Expedition Czechoslovakia (Slovak) Disappearance (death during descent after reaching South Summit, sudden worsening weather) 8000m S.W. Ridge [80][81][82]
Peter Božík
Jaroslav Jaško 26
Jozef Just 33 [39][80][81]
Ang Lhakpa December 23, 1988    Nepal Cerebral thrombosis South Col [39]
Dimitar Ilievski-Murato May 10, 1989 35  Yugoslavia Fall Descending South Col Route
Phu Dorje May 16, 1989    Nepal Fall
Mirosław Dąsal May 27, 1989 37 Polish-led expedition that included four U.S. mountaineers  Poland Avalanche 7200m W ridge [39][83]
Mirosław Gardzielewski
Andrzej Heinrich 51
Wacław Otręba 42
Eugeniusz Chrobak May 28, 1989 50 Avalanche injuries Lhola camp
Ang Pinjo December 12, 1989 South Korean expedition    Nepal Altitude sickness, heart attack [38]
Rafael Gómez-Menor September 14, 1990  Spain Avalanche [84]
Ang Sona    Nepal
Badri Nath
Ham Sang-hun October 7, 1990 Japanese-Korean expedition  South Korea Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) [85]
Rüdiger Lang May 3, 1991 Austrian solo expedition  Germany Exposure 7850m N.E. Ridge [47][86]
Junichi Futagami May 27, 1991 Japanese solo expedition  Japan Fall 8700m NE [38]
Deepak Kulkarni May 2, 1992 Indian expedition  India Exposure
Raymond Jacob
Subba Singh May 11, 1992 43    Nepal Heart attack [87]
Sher Singh May 23, 1992 Indian expedition  India Fall Icefall [38]
Manabu Hoshi Japanese expedition  Japan Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8350m NE [88]
Ang Tshering January 15, 1993 Spanish expedition    Nepal Fall [38]
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa April 23, 1993 32 Nepalese expedition Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8750m S.E. Ridge [89]
Sonam Tshering
Lobsang Tshering Bhutia May 10, 1993 41 40th anniversary of Tenzing Norgay's climb Fall [90]
Nam Won-woo May 16, 1993 South Korean expedition  South Korea 8450m S.E. Ridge [38][91]
A Jin-seob May 17, 1993
Karl Henize October 5, 1993 66 British expedition  United States HAPE (high-altitude pulmonary edema) 6400m Buried near the Changtse Glacier [92]
Antonio Miranda October 7, 1993  Spain Fall [93]
Prem Thapa April 6, 1994 German expedition    Nepal Cerebral edema [38]
Shih Fang-Fang 'Norman' May 9, 1994 27 Taiwanese expedition  Taiwan Exposure or exhaustion
Giuseppe Vigani May 18, 1994 43 Italian expedition  Italy Fall North Face
Mike Rheinberger May 27, 1994 53 Australian expedition  Australia 8500m NE
Mingma Norbu September 12, 1994 Norwegian expedition    Nepal Avalanche
Kami Rita May 6, 1995 American expedition Fall
Lhakpa Nuru September 10, 1995 South Korean Expedition 6900m
Zangbu October 14, 1995 South Korean expedition Fall Near Summit
Chen Yu-Nan May 9, 1996 36 "Makalu" Gau Ming-Ho Taiwanese expedition  Taiwan Injuries from a fall 7200m South Col [94]
Scott Fischer May 11, 1996 40 Mountain Madness  United States Suspected HACE (high-altitude cerebral edema), exhaustion, frostbite and exposure. 8300m S.E. Ridge Recovered, buried on Everest [29][68][95]
Rob Hall 35 Adventure Consultants  New Zealand Exposure South Summit Remains found
Doug Hansen 46  United States 8700m South Col Not recovered
Andrew Harris 31  New Zealand Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8700m S.E. Ridge
Yasuko Namba 47  Japan Exposure 7900m South Col Recovered in 1997 and buried in Japan
Dorje Morup Indo-Tibetan Border Police  India 8600m N.E. Ridge Not recovered, potential identities for Green Boots
Tsewang Paljor 28
Tsewang Samanla 38
Reinhard Wlasich May 19, 1996 45 First Hungarian Mount Everest Expedition  Austria Altitude sickness 8300m North Face, Great Couloir [94][96]
Bruce Herrod May 25, 1996 37 South African/British  United Kingdom Rope accident 8800m S.E. Ridge, Hillary Step [97]
Ngawang Topche June 6, 1996 American    Nepal Lapsed into coma on 23 Apr 1996; later died in hospital Camp II [98]
Yves Bouchon September 25, 1996 47 French/Belgian/Swiss  France Avalanche 7800m Lhotse Face [68][94][99]
Lopsang Jangbu 25 Japanese    Nepal 7400m Lhotse Face
Dawa South Korea
Malcolm Duff April 23, 1997 43 British  United Kingdom Heart attack Base Camp [38][94]
Nima Rinzi May 6, 1997 Malaysian Fall Lhotse Face [38]
Aleksandr Torochin May 7, 1997 Russian  Russia 8400m N.E. Ridge [38][94][100][101][102][103]
Ivan Plotnikov 36 Exposure or exhaustion 8700m N.E. Ridge
Nikolai Chevtchenko 52
Mingma    Nepal Fall N.E. Ridge
Peter Andreas Kowalzik May 8, 1997 29 Polish  Germany Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8600m N.E. Ridge [94][104]
Tenzing Nuru September 8, 1997 American    Nepal S.E. Ridge [105]
Choi Byong-soo 33 South Korean  South Korea Avalanche 6800m North Col Flank [38][94]
Sergei Arsentiev May 24, 1998 40 Russian/French  United States Fall N.E. Ridge Remains found in 1999 [29][101][106]
Francys Arsentiev Exposure or cerebral edema Remains found in 1998, pushed over the north edge in burial ceremony on Everest in 2007
Mark Jennings May 25, 1998 49 British  United Kingdom Exhaustion 8200m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Roger Buick May 26, 1998 52 New Zealand  New Zealand 7400m N.E. Ridge
Shahid Abdul Khader July 24, 1998 21  India Fall North Col [9]
Vasyl Kopytko May 8, 1999 34 Ukrainian  Ukraine Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge [38][94][107]
Michael Matthews May 13, 1999 22 International  United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) S.E. Ridge Not recovered [108]
Tadeusz Kudelski May 18, 1999 44 Polish International  Poland Fall 8600m N.E. Ridge [94][109]
Pascal Debrouwer [nl] 29 Belgian International  Belgium 8400m N.E. Ridge [94][110][111]
Jeppe Stoltz May 20, 2000 27 Independent  Denmark 8500m N.E. Ridge [38]
Yan Genghua May 21, 2000 41 Chinese China Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) 8750m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Babu Chiri Sherpa April 29, 2001 35 Nepalese    Nepal Fall N.E. Ridge [19]
Peter Ganner May 23, 2001 57 Austrian  Austria 8500m S.E. Ridge [94][112]
Mark Auricht May 24, 2001 37 Australian  Australia Cerebral edema 7900m N.E. Ridge [94][113]
Aleksei Nikiforov 45 Russian  Russia Pre-existing illness exacerbated by freezing conditions, altitude 8500m N.E. Ridge [94][103][114]
Sándor Gárdos October 17, 2001 38 Hungarian  Hungary Fall 7800m N.E. Ridge [113][115]
Peter Legate April 30, 2002 38 British International  United Kingdom Below Camp III [116]
Zoran Miletić May 17, 2002 41 Russian International FR Yugoslavia Unknown 7800m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Marco Siffredi September 8, 2002 23 International  France Snowboarding accident Hornbein Couloir [117]
Arnaud Saulnier May 8, 2003 30 French Sickness in tent 5500m S.E. Ridge [38][94]
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa May 24, 2003 International    Nepal Altitude sickness 6000m S.E. Ridge [38]
Jan Krzysztof Liszewski May 25, 2003 55 Independent  Poland Fall 7900m N.E. Ridge
Bhim Bahadur Gurung May 27, 2003 38 Indo-Nepal    Nepal 5900m Icefall [38][94]
Joon-ho Baek May 18, 2004 South Korean  South Korea Exposure 8500m N.E. Ridge [38][118][119]
Min Jang 28
Moo-taek Park 36 8,750m N.E. Ridge Remains found, body moved to 8,600m and covered with a cairn in 2005
Nils Antezana 69 International  United States,  Bolivia 8600m S.E. Ridge [120]
Hristo Ganchev Hristov May 20, 2004 27 Bulgarian  Bulgaria 8600m N.E. Ridge [38]
Shoko Ota 63 Adventure Guides  Japan Lost consciousness during descent [121][122]
Mariana Prodanova Maslarova May 23, 2004 43 Bulgarian  Bulgaria Exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge [38]
Sean Egan April 28, 2005 63 Tim Redpath Expedition  Canada Heart attack 4600m S.E. Ridge [123]
Michael Corey O'Brien[124] May 2, 2005 39 Charity run with brother  United States Fall 5800m Icefall South [125]
Marko Lihteneker May 21, 2005 35 7 Summits Club  Slovenia Oxygen problems which resulted in fall 8600m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya May 30, 2005 31 Indian  India Exposure 8700m N.E. Ridge
Dieter Kramer June 4, 2005 49 German  Germany 8000m N.E. [38]
Robert William Milne June 5, 2005 Himalayan Guides  United Kingdom  United States Organ failure due to freezing conditions 8200m S.E. Ridge [94][126]
Tuk Bahadur Thapa Magar Sherpa April 7, 2006 American    Nepal Altitude sickness 5500m N.E. Ridge [38]
Ang Phinjo Sherpa April 21, 2006 50 Avalanche 5900m Icefall [127]
Lhakpa Tseri
Dawa Temba
Srikrishna May 14, 2006 Indian  India Fall 8600m N.E. Ridge [38]
David Sharp May 15, 2006 34 Asian Trekking  United Kingdom Exposure or exhaustion 8600m N.E. Ridge Remains found, body removed from sight per the request of family [29][128]
Tomas Olsson May 16, 2006 30 Independent  Sweden Fall 8700m Norton Couloir [38]
Jacques-Hugues Letrange May 17, 2006 32 American  France Exhaustion 8750m N.E. Ridge [38][129]
Vitor Negrete May 19, 2006 38 Asian Trekking  Brazil Exposure or exhaustion Camp III, 8200m N.E. Ridge Recovered, buried in Camp III [130]
Igor Plyushkin May 22, 2006 54  Russia Altitude sickness 7800m N.E. Ridge [38]
Thomas Weber May 25, 2006 41  Germany 8700m N.E. Ridge [94][131]
Dawa Sherpa April 26, 2007    Nepal 7200m South Col [132]
Yoshitomi Okura May 16, 2007 62 Japanese  Japan Altitude sickness 8650m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Shinichi Ishii May 17, 2007 8650m [132]
Libor Kozák 47[133]  Czech Republic 8300m
Maurizio Pierangelo 51 Italian  Italy Disappearance 8800m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
Oh Hee-joon 37 South Korean  South Korea S.W. Face [94][134][135]
Lee Hyun-jo 34 Avalanche 7700m S.W. Face
Uwe Gianni Goltz May 22, 2008 44 Sherpas documentary team   Switzerland Exhaustion 8000m South Col Recovered, buried at the big stone [136]
Lhakpa Nuru May 7, 2009 Eco Everest Expedition    Nepal Avalanche Icefall [137]
Věslav Chrzaszcz May 18, 2009 47 Asian Trekking  Czech Republic Heart attack 4700m N.E. Ridge [38][94]
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 [94][138]
Tom Jørgensen May 19, 2010 56  Denmark HACE [38]
Peter Kinloch May 26, 2010 28 International  United Kingdom Exhaustion 8600m [139]
Rick Hitch May 1, 2011 55  United States Heart attack 7010m Recovered [140][141]
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya May 9, 2011 82 Nepal    Nepal Altitude sickness Base Camp [142]
Takashi Ozaki May 12, 2011 58 Ozaki Filming Expedition to Everest  Japan Hypoxia, Altitude sickness 8400m The Balcony Recovered [143][132]
John Delaney May 21, 2011 42 International  Ireland Altitude sickness [144]
Hiroaki Kino September 15, 2011 48 Bochi Bochi Trek  Japan Cerebral apoplexy Base Camp [145][146][147]
Dawa Tenzing April 5, 2012 Himex    Nepal Stroke (CVA) Icefall [148][149]
Karsang Namgyal Sherpa April 19, 2012 Prestige Adventures Altitude sickness Base Camp [149][150]
Ramesh Gulve April 20, 2012 33 Pune team  India Stroke [149][151]
Namgyal Tshering Sherpa April 21, 2012 28    Nepal Fall Camp I [149][152]
Shriya Shah-Klorfine May 19, 2012 33 Utmost Adventures  Canada Exhaustion Below Balcony 8300m Recovered [29][149][153]
Eberhard Schaaf 61 Asian Trekking  Germany Cerebral edema Hillary Step [149][153]
Song Won-bin 44 Korean Everest & Lhotse Expedition  South Korea Fall Balcony
Ha Wenyi May 20, 2012 55 Mountain Experience China Suspected altitude sickness [149][154]
Juan José Polo Carbayo 43 Himalayan Guides  Spain Exhaustion 8300m N.E. Ridge [149][155]
Ralf D. Arnold Monterosa  Germany Exhaustion and related complications after breaking leg at Second Step
Mingma Sherpa April 7, 2013 45 Destination Himalaya    Nepal Fall Between Camps I and II in the Western Cwm [156]
DaRita Sherpa May 5, 2013 37 International Mountain Guides Suspected cardiac arrest Camp III on south side [157]
Sergey Ponomarev 43 7 Summits Club Everest expedition  Russia At 100m above ABC on north side (at about 6500m) [94][158]
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) [159]
Alexey Bolotov May 15, 2013 50 Russian South-West Face expedition  Russia Fall 5600m Icefall Recovered [160][161][162]
Namgyal Sherpa May 17, 2013 35    Nepal 8300m N.E. Ridge [163]
Seo Sung-ho May 21, 2013 33 Zero to 8848 expedition  South Korea Suspected altitude sickness On descent (south side) [164]
Mohammed Khaled Hossain
(Sajal Khaled)		 35  Bangladesh South Col Camp
Unknown climber May 22, 2013    Nepal Camp IV (south side) in tent [165]
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa April 2, 2014 Peak Freaks Expedition HAPE Base Camp [166]
Mingma Nuru Sherpa April 18, 2014 46 NBC Everest Expedition 2014 Mount Everest Avalanche Icefall [13]
Dorji Sherpa
Ang Tshiri Sherpa AAI Everest Expedition 2014
Nima Sherpa
Tenzing Chottar Sherpa
Phurba Ongyal Sherpa Adventure Consultants
Lapka Tenjing Sherpa
Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa
Dorjee Khatri Adventurist Everest Expedition 2014
Then Dorjee Sherpa
Phur Temba Sherpa
Pasang Karma Sherpa Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2014
Ankaji Sherpa Everest Chinese Dream Expedition 2014
PemTenji Sherpa
Aash Bahadur Gurung
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 [16][15][17][167][168][169][170][171][172]
Marisa Eve Girawong 28 H.G. Nuptse Expedition 2015 [168][169][170][171][172]
Thomas Ely Taplin 61 TET Films & Photography [169][173]
Pemba Sherpa 19 Adventure Consultants    Nepal Recovered [170][172][174][175]
Dawa Tsering Sherpa 33 [170][172][175]
Maila (Milan) Rai 41 [170][171][172][174][175]
Chhimi Dawa Sherpa 27
Pema Yishi (Hissi) Sherpa 33
Pasang Temba Sherpa Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition (or H.G. Everest Expedition 2015) [170][171][172][176]
Krishna Kumar Rai
Tenzing (Tengien) Bhote [170][171][172][177]
Renu Fotedar 49 First Chinese Women Everest Expedition  Australia
 India		 [170][171][176][172]
Lhakpa Chhiring Sherpa 33    Nepal [170][171][172]
Vinh B Truong 48 Trekker  United States
 Vietnam		 [169][170]
Shiva Kumar Shrestha 25 Step Up Campaign Everest    Nepal Recovered [170][171][172]
Unnamed [178]
Unnamed
Jangbu Sherpa May 1, 2015 Adventure Consultants    Nepal Evacuated, succumbed to injuries in hospital [170][174][175]
Charles MacAdams May 11, 2016 62  Canada Cardiac event Base Camp North Side Recovered [179][180][181]
Ang Phurba Sherpa May 19, 2016 25    Nepal Fall Near summit [182][183]
Eric Arnold May 21, 2016 35 Arnold Coster Expeditions  Netherlands Altitude sickness South Col / Camp IV [182][184][185][186][183]
Marisa Elizabeth Strydom May 22, 2016 34  Australia
 South Africa		 Snow blindness, stroke Near Camp IV [182][186][187][188][183]
Subhash Pal 44 Trekking Camp Nepal  India Altitude sickness Around Camp III [189][190][183]
Paresh Chandra Nath 58 Exposure Balcony [191][192][193]
Goutam Ghosh 50 The Balcony
Minn Bahadur Serchan May 5, 2017 85    Nepal Heart attack Base Camp [194][195]
Roland Yearwood May 20, 2017 50 Everest Parivar Treks  United States Altitude sickness Balcony Recovered[196] [197][198]
Vladimír Štrba May 21, 2017 48 Everest Hard Way Slovak Expedition 2017  Slovakia Camp IV, in the tent Recovered [199][200][201]
Francesco Enrico Marchetti 54 Expedition Himalaya  Australia Camp IV [202][203]
Ravi Kumar 27 Arun Treks and Expedition  India Fall Balcony Recovered [204][205][192]
Lam Babu Sherpa May 14, 2018 45 Seven Summit Treks    Nepal Disappearance (reportedly suffered from snow blindness) Above South Col Not recovered [206][207]
Pasang Norbu Sherpa May 18, 2018 41 7 Summits Club Expedition Stroke 8550m N.E. Ridge [207]
Gjeorgi Petkov May 20, 2018 63 Tim Mosedale Everest Expedition Spring 2018  North Macedonia Cardiac arrest Above Camp III Recovered [208][209]
Nobukazu Kuriki May 21, 2018 36 Solo  Japan Hypothermia, had previously reported "persistent cough and pain" during attempt Camp II [210][211][212]
Damai Sarki Sherpa 37 Himalayan Ascent, Seven Summit Treks    Nepal Fall Evacuated, succumbed to head injury [213][214]
Séamus (Shay) Lawless May 16, 2019 39 Seven Summit Treks  Ireland Presumed dead after fall Balcony Not recovered [215][216]
Ravi Thakar May 17, 2019 28  India Altitude sickness Camp IV Recovered [217][218]
Donald Cash May 22, 2019 55 Pioneer Adventures  United States Hillary Step [219]
Nihal Bagwan May 23, 2019 27 Peak Promotions  India Exhaustion on descent Near South Col Recovered [220][221][222]
Ernst Landgraf 65 Kobler & Partners  Austria Tibet side at 8600m after summiting [220][223][221]
Anjali S. Kulkarni 54 Transcent or Arun Treks  India Near Camp IV Recovered [220][224][222]
Kalpana Dash 52 Dreamers Destination Treks Near Balcony [220][221][225]
Kevin Hynes May 24, 2019 56 360 Expeditions  Ireland Altitude sickness North Col Not recovered [226][227]
Dhruba Bista Himalayan Ecstasy (Ski) Treks    Nepal Exhaustion and altitude sickness Base Camp following evacuation from Camp III Recovered [228]
Robin Haynes Fisher May 25, 2019 44 Summit Climb/ Everest Parivar Expedition Ltd  United Kingdom Exhaustion during descent 8750m [229]
Christopher Jon Kulish May 27, 2019 62 Climbing the Seven Summits  United States Cardiac event during descent South Col [230][231]
Puwei Liu May 12, 2021 55 Seven Summit Treks Exhaustion, snow blindness Turned back at Hillary Step (8800m) Recovered, died in Camp IV [232][233][234]
Abdul Waraich 41   Switzerland Exhaustion 8350m South Summit Recovered [232][233]
Pemba Tashi Sherpa May 18, 2021 28 Climbing the Seven Summits    Nepal Fall Between Camp I & Camp II [235][236]
Wong Dorchi Sherpa May 23, 2021 7 Summits Club Near Camp IV Recovered in 2023 [237][238]
Ngima Tenji Sherpa April 14, 2022 38 IMG    Nepal Exhaustion and collapse 'Football Field' near Icefall Recovered [239]
Pavel Kostrikin May 7, 2022 55  Russia Altitude sickness at Camp II, returned to Camp I Camp I Recovered, died in Camp I [240][241]
Dipak Mahat May 12, 2022 32 High 5 Adventures    Nepal Altitude sickness and excessive bleeding Camp II Evacuated, died in hospital [242][243]
Lakpa Rita Sherpa April 12, 2023 Imagine Nepal Crushed under serac Khumbu Icefall Not recovered [244][245]
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa 31
Da Chhiree Sherpa
Jonathan Sugarman May 1, 2023 69 IMG  United States Illness Camp II Recovered [246][247]
Phurba Sherpa May 16, 2023 Nepal Army    Nepal Above Camp III [248]
Victor Brinza May 17, 2023 45 Himalayan Traverse Adventure  Moldova Camp IV [249]
Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus May 18, 2023 59 Glacier Himalaya Treks  India Base Camp Evacuated, died in hospital [250]
Xuebin Chen 52 8K Expedition China Fall South Summit [251]
Ag Askandar Bin Ampuan Yaacub May 19, 2023 56 Pioneer Adventure  Malaysia Illness South Col Recovered [252][253][254]
Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya 39 The Seven Summits  Singapore HACE 8,500m Not recovered [255][256][257]
Muhammad Hawari Bin Hashim May 20, 2023 33 Pioneer Adventure  Malaysia Disappearance (likely accidental death during descent) Between Camp IV and III [258][259][260]
Jason Bernard Kennison May 21, 2023 40 Asian Trekking  Australia Illness Balcony [261][262]
Ang Kami Sherpa Peak Promotion    Nepal Fall Camp II Recovered [263]
Suhajda Szilárd May 25, 2023 40 Solo Expedition  Hungary Disappearance (reportedly suffered from HACE) Hillary Step Not recovered [264]
Ranjit Kumar Shah    Nepal Disappearance South Summit [265]
Pieter Swart May 26, 2023 63 Madison Mountaineering  Canada Respiratory event Descending from Camp IV Recovered [266][267]
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 [268]
Swapnil Adinath Garad June 7, 2023 36 Asian Trekking  India Acute mountain sickness Evacuated, died in Kathmandu hospital [269][270]
Marista Rita Sinaga April 28, 2024 Mount Adventures  Indonesia Unknown Base Camp Evacuated, died in hospital [271][272]
Usakhjargal Tsedendamba May 12, 2024 53 8K Expeditions  Mongolia Exhaustion, low oxygen Above Camp IV Recovered [273][272]
Purevsuren Lkhagvajav 31 The Balcony, Above Camp IV [273][274][275]
Daniel Paul Paterson May 21, 2024 40  United Kingdom Fall Near Hillary Step Not recovered [276]
Pas Tenji Sherpa 23    Nepal [277][276]
Gabriel Viorel Tabara 48 Makalu Adventures  Romania Found dead in tent Camp III Recovered [278][272]
Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui May 22, 2024 40 Seven Summit Treks  Kenya Fall Below the Summit Remains found in 2024 [279][280]
Nawang Sherpa    Nepal Disappeared Not recovered [279]
Binod Babu Bastakoti May 23, 2024 Yeti Mountain Adventure Altitude sickness Camp IV Evacuated, died in hospital [281][282]
Lanima Sherpa March 21, 2025 55 Base camp Died in transit [283]
Ngima Dorji Sherpa May 2025 Seven Summit Treks Heart attack Recovered [284]
Pen Chhiri Sherpa May 4, 2025 TAG Nepal Camp I Evacuated, died in hospital [284][285]
Philipp II Santiago May 15, 2025 45 Snowy Horizon Treks  Philippines Possible exhaustion Camp IV Died in Camp IV, body recovered [286][287][288]
Subrata Ghosh  India Altitude sickness Hillary Step Died while descending, waiting for recovery [289]
Lakpa Tendi Sherpa May 3, 2026 51 Seven Summit Treks    Nepal Outskirts Base Camp Collapsed on the outskirts of Base Camp [290]
Bijaya Ghimire May 10, 2026 35 TAG Nepal Treks and Expeditions Khumbu Icefall Died while ascending to Camp 1 [291]
Phura Gyaljen Sherpa May 11, 2026 20 Kaitu Expedition Fall Lhotse Face Fell from a ridge below Camp III [292]
Sandeep Are May 20, 2026 46 Pioneer Adventures  India Altitude sickness South Summit ridge Died while descending from Summit [293][294]
Arun Kumar Tiwari May 21, 2026 53 Hillary Step [295]
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By nationality

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 an asterisk (*) next to the country.

More information Country, Total deaths ...
Country Total deaths
   Nepal 133
 India * 30
 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
 Hungary 3
 Ireland 3
 Italy 3
 New Zealand 3
  Switzerland 3
Unknown 3
 Czech Republic 2
 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
 Philippines 1
 Romania 1
 Singapore 1
 Indonesia 1
 Slovakia 1 (+5)
 Slovenia 1
 South Africa * 1
 Sweden 1
 Ukraine 1
 Vietnam 1
West Germany 1
 Yugoslavia 1
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Annotations

  1. [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.[23]
  2. [2]
    Date of death not known exactly; this date was his last diary entry.
  3. [3]
    Also known as Zhao Ziqing
  4. [4]
    Also known as Wu Tsung-yue
  5. [5]
    Also known as Luo San
  6. [6]
    Also known as Nima Tashi

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