List of deaths on eight-thousanders
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.
This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, has been host to numerous tragedies; over 300 have died on the mountain, with deaths occurring every year since 1978. The most notable events occurred during the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition, 1970 Everest Disaster, 1974 Everest Disaster, 1996 Everest Disaster, 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, and 2015 Mount Everest avalanches.
K2
K2 is the world's second highest mountain. at At 8611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, it is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest. It is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.[1] Amongst the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest; approximately one person dies on the mountain for every four who reach the summit.[2]
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | - |
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5 February 2021 | Atanas Skatov | Bulgaria | Fall during descent from base 3 | [3] |
16 January 2021 | Sergi Mingote | Spain | Fall during descent from base 1 | [4] |
22 July 2018 | Kojiro Watanabe | Japan | Fall during descent | [5] |
7 July 2018 | Serge Dessureault | Canada | Fall | [6] |
30 July 2014 | Miguel Ángel Pérez | Spain | Probably altitude sickness | [7][8] |
26/27 July 2013 | Marty Schmidt | New Zealand / USA | Avalanche | [9][10] |
26/27 July 2013 | Denali Schmidt (son of Marty Schmidt) | New Zealand / USA | Avalanche | [9][10] |
6 February 2012 | Vitaliy Gorelik | Russia | Frostbite, Cardiac Insufficiency | [11] |
6 August 2010 | Fredrik Ericsson | Sweden | Fall from bottle neck | [7][12][13] |
17 July 2010 | Petar Georgiev Unzhiev | Bulgaria | Altitude sickness | [7][14] |
23 June 2009 | Michele Fait | Italy | Fall with skis | [7][15] |
2 August 2008 | Hwang Dong-jin | South Korea | Fourth serac fall | [7][16] |
2 August 2008 | Park Kyeong-hyo | South Korea | Fourth serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Kim Hyo-gyung | South Korea | Fourth serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Meherban Karim | Pakistan | Second or third serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Hugues d'Aubarede | France | Fall during descent | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Ger McDonnell | Ireland | Second or third serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Pasang Bhote | Nepal | Fourth serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Jumic Bhote | Nepal | Fourth serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Rolf Bae | Norway | First serac fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Jahan Baig | Pakistan | Fall | [7] |
2 August 2008 | Dren Mandić | Serbia | Fall | [7] |
20 July 2007 | Stefano Zavka | Italy | Lost | [7][17] |
20 July 2007 | Nima Nurbu | Nepal | Fall from bottle neck | [7] |
13 August 2006 | Arkadi Kuvakin | Russia | Avalanche | [7] |
13 August 2006 | Aleksandr Foigt | Russia | Avalanche | [7] |
13 August 2006 | Piotr Kuznetsov | Russia | Avalanche | [7] |
13 August 2006 | Yuri Uteshev | Russia | Avalanche | [7] |
19 August 2004 | Manel de la Mata | Spain | Pulmonary edema | [7] |
2 August 2004 | Dauoud Khadem Asl | Iran | Lost in storm | [7] |
2 August 2004 | Sergei Sokolov | Russia | Lost in storm | [7] |
28 July 2004 | Aleksandr Gubaev | Kyrgyzstan | Fall | [7][13] |
8 June 2004 | Pae Kyong-kyu | South Korea | Avalanche | [7] |
8 June 2004 | Kim Jae-koung | South Korea | Avalanche | [7] |
8 June 2004 | Lee Hwa-hyeung | South Korea | Avalanche | [7] |
21 July 2003 | Klaus-Dieter Grohs | Germany | Fall | [7] |
22 July 2002 | Muhammad Iqbal | Pakistan | Fall | [7] |
13 July 2002 | Sher Ajman | Pakistan | Avalanche | [7] |
2001, 22 July | Park Young-do | South Korea | Fall | [7] |
1999, 10 July | Mihai Cioroianu | Romania | Hit by rockfall | [7] |
1996, 14 August | Igor Benkin | Russia | Exhaustion | [7][13] |
1996, 29 July | Lorenzo Mazzoleni | Italy | Fall | [7] |
1995, 15 August | Jeff Lakes | Canada | Exhaustion | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Bruce Grant | New Zealand | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Rob Slater | USA | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Alison Hargreaves | United Kingdom | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Javier Escartin | Spain | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Javier Olivar | Spain | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 13 August | Lorenzo Ortiz | Spain | Killed in a storm | [7] |
1995, 6 July | Jordi Anglès | Spain | Fall | [7] |
1994, 11 August | Juan Antonio "Atxo" Apellániz | Basque Country | HACE | [7][13] |
1994, 24 July | Steve Untch | USA | Fall, broken rope | [7] |
1994, 10 July | Dmitri Ibragim-Zade | Ukraine | Killed in a storm | [18] |
1994, 10 July | Aleksandr Parkhomenko | Ukraine | Killed in a storm | [18] |
1994, 10 July | Aleksei Kharaldin | Ukraine | Killed in a storm | [18] |
1993, 31 July | Daniel Bidner | Sweden | Altitude sickness, Fall | [7][19] |
1993, 30 July | Reinmar Joswig | Germany | Fall | [7][13] |
1993, 30 July | Peter Mezger | Germany | Fall | [7][13] |
1993, 7 July | Dan Culver | Canada | Fall | [7][20] |
1993, 15 June | Boštjan Kekec | Slovenia | Altitude sickness | [7][21] |
1992, 14 August | Adrián Benítez | Mexico | Fall | [7] |
1989, 28 July | Hans Bärnthaler | Austria | Windslab Avalanche (E face) nearby peak | [7] |
1987, 24 August | Akira Suzuki | Japan | Fall | [7] |
1986, 10 August | Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf | Poland | Exhaustion | [7] |
1986, 10 August | Alfred Imitzer | Austria | Altitude sickness | [7] |
1986, 10 August | Hannes Wieser | Austria | Altitude sickness | [7] |
1986, 10 August | Alan Rouse | United Kingdom | Altitude sickness | [7] |
1986, 7 August | Julie Tullis | United Kingdom | Altitude sickness | [7] |
1986, 4 August | Mohammad Ali | Pakistan | Stonefall | [7][22] |
1986, 3 August | Wojciech Wróż | Poland | Fall | [7] |
1986, 16 July | Renato Casarotto | Italy | Fall into crevasse | [7] |
1986, 10 July | Tadeusz Piotrowski | Poland | Fall | [7] |
1986, 24 June | Maurice Barrard | France | Lost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1 | [7][13] |
1986, 24 June | Liliane Barrard | France | Lost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1 | [7][13] |
1986, 21 June | John Smolich | USA | Avalanche | [7] |
1986, 21 June | Alan Pennington | USA | Avalanche | [7] |
1985, 7 July | Daniel Lacroix | France | Unknown (disappeared) | [7][23] |
1982, 15 August | Yukihiro Yanagisawa | Japan | Fall | [7][23] |
1982, 30 July | Halina Krüger-Syrokomska | Poland | Stroke | [7] |
1979, 19 August | Laskhar Khan | Pakistan | Stroke | [7] |
1979, 9 June | Ali, Son of Kazim | Pakistan | Fall into crevasse | [7] |
1978, 12 June | Nick Estcourt | United Kingdom | Avalanche | [7][24] |
1954, 21 June | Mario Puchoz | Italy | Pneumonia | [7] |
1953, 10 August | Art Gilkey | USA | Avalanche | [7] |
1939, 31 July | Pasang Kikuli | Nepal | Disappearance | [7] |
1939, 31 July | Pasang Kitar | Nepal | Disappearance | [7] |
1939, 31 July | Pintso | Nepal | Disappearance | [7] |
1939, 30 July | Dudley Wolfe | USA | Altitude sickness and severe dehydration | [7] |
Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
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2019, 15 May | Biplab Baidya | India | Hypothermia | [25] |
2019, 15 May | Kuntal Kanrar | India | Hypothermia | [26] |
2019, 15 May | Rodrigo Vivanco | Chile | Missing | [27] |
2014, 20 May | Chhanda Gayen | India | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | [28] |
2014, 20 May | Migma Temba | Nepal | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | [28] |
2014, 20 May | Dewa Wangchu | Nepal | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | [28] |
2013, 21 May | Bibash Gurung Sherpa | Nepal | Fall | [29][30][31] |
2013, 21 May | Pho Dorchi Sherpa | Nepal | Fall | [29][30][31] |
2013, 21 May | Park-nam Su | South Korea | Fall | [29][30][31] |
2013, 21 May | Péter Kiss | Hungary | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | [29][30][31][32] |
2013, 21 May | Zsolt Erőss | Hungary | Disappeared on descent above Camp 4 | [29][30][31][32] |
2007, 25 May | Iñigo de Pineda | Spain | Fall | [33][34] |
2002, 24 May | Christopher Grasswick | Canada | Fall | [34][35] |
2000, 23 April | Ang Dawa Tamang | Nepal | Hit by ice block | [36] |
1999,14 September | Myeong-kun Hyun | South Korea | Avalanche | [34][37] |
1999,14 September | Do-kyu Han | South Korea | Avalanche | [37] |
1998, 16 May | Atsushi Shiina | Japan | Probably HACE | [38] |
1998, 16 May | Kenzo Akasaka | Japan | Exhaustion | [38] |
1995, 6 October | Benoît Chamoux | France | Disappeared | [39] |
1995, 5 October | Pierre Royer | France | Disappeared | [39] |
1995, 5 October | Sherpa Riku | Nepal | Fall | [40] |
1994, 23 October | Yordanka Dimitrova | Bulgaria | Unknown (disappeared) | [34][41] |
1994, 10 October | Sergei Zhvirblya | Belarus | Avalanche | [34] |
1994, 10 October | Ekaterina Ivanova | Russia | Avalanche | [34] |
1992, 13 May | Wanda Rutkiewicz | Poland | Unknown (disappeared) | |
1992, 25 April | Ang Dorje | Nepal | Suffocation | [34][42] |
1992, 25 April | Lhakpa Nuru | Nepal | Suffocation | [34][42] |
1991, 16 May | Pasang II | India | Fall | [34] |
1991, 3 May | Jože Rozman | Yugoslavia | Fall | [21][34] |
1991, 3 May | Marija Frantar | Yugoslavia | Fall | [34] |
1989, 20 December | Tchiring Chumbi Lama | Nepal | Fall (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [34] |
1989, 20 December | Ang Dawa | Nepal | Fall (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [34] |
1989, 20 December | Kyo-sup Jin | South Korea | Fall (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [34] |
1988, 17 May | Sanjay Borole | India | Hypothermia | [34][43] |
1987, 31 May | Chander Singh | India | Fall | [34] |
1987, 25 May | Chorten Tshering | India | Disappearance | [34] |
1987, 25 May | Phu Pu Bhutia | India | Disappearance | [34] |
1987, 25 May | Phu Dorje II | India | Disappearance | [34] |
1986 January 11 | Andrzej Czok | Poland | Pulmonary edema | [34] |
22 April 1985 | Borut Bergant | Yugoslavia | Fall (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [21][34] |
1985 January 14 | Chris Chandler | United States | HACE | [34][44] |
1981 October 15 | Jean-Jacques Ricouard | France | Fall | [34] |
4 May 1980 | Alfonso Medina | Mexico | Disappeared (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [34] |
4 May 1980 | Hugo Saldaña | Mexico | Disappeared (on Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [34] |
1977 April 12 | Sukhvinder Singh | India | Fall | [34] |
1973 May 15 | Takeo Matsuda | Japan | Hit by rock (after summitting Yalung Kang [a.k.a. Kangchenjunga West]) | [45] |
26 May 1955 | Pemi Dorje | India | Fall | [34] |
9 August 1931 | Hermann Schaller | Germany | Fall | [34] |
9 August 1931 | Pasang 1 | India | Fall | [34] |
August 1931 | Babu Lall | India | Illness (blackwater fever) | [34][46] |
July 1931 | Lobsang | India | Illness | [34] |
9 May 1930 | Chettan | India | Avalanche | [34] |
27 May 1929 | Edgar Farmer | United States | Disappeared | [34][47] |
1905 September 1 | three unnamed others | India | Fall | [34] |
1905 September 1 | Alexis Pache | Switzerland | Fall | [34][48] |
28 August 1905 | unnamed porter | India | Fall | [34] |
Lhotse
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
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17 May 2019 | Ivan Tomov | Bulgaria | Cerebral edema | [49] |
17 May 2018 | Rustem Amirov | Russia | Altitude sickness | [50] |
19 May 2016 | Ang Furba Sherpa | Nepal | Fall | [51] |
27 April 2015 | Hiroshi Yamagata | Japan | Avalanche (2015 Mount Everest avalanches) | [52][53] |
25 April 2015 | Zhen-Fang Ge | China | Avalanche (2015 Mount Everest avalanches) | [54][55] |
18 April 2014 | Asman Tamang | Nepal | Avalanche (2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche) | [56] |
20 May 2013 | Hsiao-Shih Lee | Taiwan | Altitude sickness | [57][58] |
16 October 2012 | Temba Sherpa | Nepal | Fall | [59] |
21 May 2012 | Milan Sedláček | Czech Republic | Exhaustion | [60] |
7 May 2010 | Sergey Duganov | Russia | Altitude sickness | [61][62][63] |
25 May 2009 | Sergey Samoilov | Kazakhstan | Fall | [64][65] |
21 May 2007 | Pemba Doma | Nepal | Fall | [65][66] |
9 May 2006 | Pavel Kalný | Czech Republic | Fall | [65][67] |
5 October 2003 | Sun-dug Hwang | South Korea | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
5 October 2003 | Joo-hoon Park | South Korea | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
17 September 2000 | Vladimir Bondarev | Russia | Avalanche | [65] |
27 May 1997 | Vladimir Bashkirov | Russia | Illness | [65][68] |
24 October 1989 | Jerzy Kukuczka | Poland | Fall | [65][69] |
27 September 1987 | Antoni (Toni) Sors | Spain | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
27 September 1987 | Sergio Escalera | Spain | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
27 September 1987 | Francesc Porras | Spain | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
27 September 1987 | Antonio Quiñones | Spain | Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
14 September 1987 | Czesław Jakiel | Poland | Avalanche | [65] |
30 October 1986 | Pedro Alonso | Spain | Fall (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
25 October 1985 | Rafał Chołda | Poland | Fall | [65] |
16 October 1981 | Philippe Petten | Switzerland | Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
16 October 1981 | Pierre Favez | Switzerland | Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
17 May 1980 | Pasang Nima | Nepal | Avalanche | [65] |
28 April 1980 | Nicolas Jaeger | France | Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) | [65] |
12 May 1977 | Max Lutz | West Germany | Fall | [65] |
17 December 1974 | Stanislaw Latałło | Poland | Exhaustion | [65] |
Makalu
Makalu is the world's fifth highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References | |
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24 May 2019 | Nima Tshering Sherpa | Nepal | [70] | ||
16 May 2019 | Dipankar Ghos | India | Disappearance | [71] | |
16 May 2019 | Narayan Singh | India | Altitude sickness | [72] | |
8 May 2019 | Richard Hidalgo | Peru | [73] | ||
14 May 2018 | Ang Dawa Sherpa | Nepal | Altitude sickness | [74] | |
11 May 2016 | Lakpa Sherpa | Nepal | Death possibly due to lack of oxygen | [75] | |
11 May 2016 | Dawa Tenji Sherpa | Nepal | Death possibly due to lack of oxygen | [75] | |
2 May 2014 | Yannick Gagneret | France | HACE | [76] | |
24 April 2013 | Liu Xiang-Yang | China | Fall on the descent from the summit | [77] | |
22 May 2011 | Joëlle Brupbacher | Switzerland | Altitude sickness | [78][79] | |
30 May 2010 | Zaharias (Haris) Kiriakakis | Greece | Disappearance | [61][80] | |
24 May 2009 | Sangat Ram Thakur | India | Illness | [81] | |
20 May 2008 | Nil Prasad Gurung | Nepal | Altitude sickness (?) | [81] | |
24 April 2008 | Drabey Bahadur Rajan Mongar | Nepal | Fall | [81] | |
27 January 2006 | Jean-Christophe Lafaille | France | Disappearance | [81] | |
15 May 2005 | Sumba Sherpa | Nepal | Altitude sickness | [81] | |
18 May 2004 | Jay Sieger | United States | Fall | [81][82] | |
17 May 2004 | Vladislav Terzyul | Ukraine | Fall | [81] | |
25 April 2002 | Raymond Caughron | United States | Probably exhaustion | [81][83] | |
14 May 2001 | Eric Resch | Australia | Disappearance | [81] | |
16 May 2000 | Bernd Mehnert | Germany | Probably pulmonary embolism | [81] | |
11 October 1999 | Sange Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [81] | |
30 April 1999 | Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen | Denmark | Fall | [81] | |
13 October 1997 | Per Lyhne | Denmark | Illness | [81] | |
24 May 1997 | Igor Bugachevski | Russia | Rockfall | [68][81] | |
21 May 1997 | Salavat Khabibullin | Russia | Exhaustion | [68][81] | |
14 May 1996 | Anatoli Chlekht | Russia | Fall | [81][84] | |
8 May 1995 | David Hume | Australia | Fall | [81] | |
8 October 1991 | Takumi Ishizaka | Japan | Exhaustion, Exposure | [81] | |
2 October 1991 | Manuel (Manu) Badiola | Basque Country | Fall | [81] | |
14 October 1988 | Ryszard Kołakowski | Poland | Disappearance | [81] | |
25 September 1986 | Marcel Rüedi | Switzerland | Exhaustion | [81] | |
13 September 1984 | Ram Bahadur Shresta | Nepal | Pulmonary edema at base camp | [81] | |
15 October 1983 | Mark Moorhead | Australia | Fall | [81] | |
3 October 1983 | William Denz | New Zealand | Avalanche | [81] | |
26 September 1982 | Tadeusz Szulc | Poland | Illness | [81] | |
6 October 1978 | Andrzej Młynarczyk | Poland | Avalanche | [81] | |
25 May 1976 | Karel Schubert | Czechoslovakia | Cold, exhaustion | [81] | |
26 May 1973 | Jan Kounický | Czechoslovakia | Fall | [81] | |
26 September 1954 | Dilli Bahadur Verma | Nepal | Pneumonia | [81] |
Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu is the world's sixth highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
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1 May 2019 | Phujung Bhote | Nepal | Crevasse | |
16 May 2018 | Park Shin-yong | South Korea | Exhaustion or altitude sickness | [85] |
26 September 2011 | Joerg Henning | Germany | Avalanche | [86] |
23 September 2011 | Rostislav Krpec | Czech Republic | Unknown | [86][87] |
22 May 2011 | Ronald Naar | Netherlands | Arrhythmia | [88] |
3 October 2010 | Walter Nones | Italy | Fall | [89] |
3 May 2010 | Serguey Nikitin | Russia | Unknown | [61] |
25 September 2009 | Clifton Maloney | United States | Illness | [90] |
2 June 2009 | Dennis Verhoeve | Netherlands | Fall | [91] |
5 October 2008 | Miha Valič | Slovenia | Altitude sickness | |
4 October 2008 | Guy Leveille | Canada | Fall | |
9 May 2006 | Raymund Spang | Germany | Fall | |
11 May 2005 | Lubos Stacho | Slovakia | Illness | |
13 October 2004 | Xabier Ormazabal | Basque Country | Hypothermia | [92][93] |
6 October 2003 | Christos Barouchas | Greece | Exhaustion | |
16 May 2003 | Guenter Welkisch | Germany | Altitude sickness | |
14 May 2003 | Paul Carr | Australia | Illness | [94] |
14 May 2002 | Adam Cinnamond | United Kingdom | Crevasse | [95] |
30 April 2002 | Chhong Ringee | Nepal | Unknown | |
9 September 2001 | Su-ya Kim | South Korea | Altitude sickness | |
11 October 2000 | Pavle Milošević | Serbia and Montenegro | Illness | |
20 September 2000 | Pemba Gyalzen | Nepal | Avalanche | |
20 September 2000 | Pasang Nuru | Nepal | Avalanche | |
20 September 2000 | Pasang Nima | Nepal | Avalanche | |
4 May 2000 | Pavel Bonadysenko | Russia | Fall | [96] |
4 May 2000 | Noora Toivonen | Finland | Fall | [97] |
Winter 1999 | Joan Carrillo Junca | Spain | Fall | |
26 September 1998 | Alexander Jaggi | Switzerland | Illness | |
13 May 1998 | Gerald Roesner | Germany | Fall | |
30 April 1998 | Viktor Stepanov | Russia | Illness | |
10 October 1996 | Lubos Becak | Czech Republic | Altitude sickness | |
6 October 1996 | Hiroshi Oya | Japan | Altitude sickness | |
20 April 1996 | Friedrich Zintl | Germany | Illness | |
8 October 1994 | Lhakpa Gyalu | Nepal | Illness | |
24 January 1994 | Juan Carlos Piedra | Switzerland | Fall | |
24 January 1994 | Jean-Luc Beausire | Switzerland | Fall | |
20 May 1992 | Philippe Monnerat | Switzerland | Fall | |
21 October 1991 | Yuri Grebeniuk | Soviet Union | Falling rock/ice | |
11 May 1991 | Horst Wasmann | Germany | Fall | |
Summer 1990 | Chandra Gurung | Nepal | Illness | |
25 December 1989 | Ang Lhakpa Nuru | Nepal | Fall | |
29 September 1988 | Daniel Bovero | France | Altitude sickness | |
12 May 1988 | Stefan Wörner | Switzerland | Altitude sickness | [98] |
23 October 1986 | Pierre-Alain Steiner | Switzerland | Fall | |
19 May 1982 | Reinhard Karl | West Germany | Avalanche | |
7 May 1964 | Alois Thurmayr | West Germany | Altitude sickness | |
4 May 1964 | Georg Huber | West Germany | Altitude sickness | |
2 October 1959 | Chhowang | Nepal | Avalanche | |
2 October 1959 | Ang Norbu | Nepal | Avalanche | |
2 October 1959 | Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz | Belgium | Avalanche | |
2 October 1959 | Claude Kogan | France | Avalanche | [99] |
28 April 1958 | Narendra Dhar Jayal | India | Altitude sickness |
Dhaulagiri I
Dhaulagiri I is the world's seventh highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
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27 September 2018 | Dawa Gyaljen Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [100] |
30 April 2018 | Simone La Terra | Italy | Storm | [101] |
20 May 2017 | Ang Ngima Sherpa | Nepal | Fall/Exposure | [102] |
19 May 2016 | Rajib Bhattacharya | India | Altitude sickness | [103] |
16 May 2016 | Christiaan Johan Wilson | Netherlands | Disappeared | [104][105] |
15 October 2014 | Ján Matlák | Slovakia | Avalanche | [106][107] |
15 October 2014 | Vladimír Švancár | Slovakia | Avalanche | [108][107] |
15 October 2014 | Bhoj Kumar Rai | Nepal | Avalanche | [109][107] |
15 October 2014 | Gopal Rai | Nepal | Avalanche | [110][107] |
15 October 2014 | Dorje Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [111][107] |
26 May 2013 | Juanjo Garra | Spain | Fall and exposure | [29][112][113][114] |
23 May 2013 | Chizuko Kono | Japan | Exhaustion | [29][114][115] |
23 May 2013 | Dawa Sherpa | Nepal | Disappeared | [114][115] |
28 September 2010 | Daisuke Honda | Japan | Avalanche | [116][117][118] |
28 September 2010 | Osamu Tanabe | Japan | Avalanche | [116][117] |
28 September 2010 | Pasang Gyelu | Nepal | Avalanche | [116][117] |
28 September 2010 | Toshio Yamamoto | Japan | Avalanche | [116][117] |
13 May 2010 | Zhao Liang | China | Fall | [61][119] |
13 May 2010 | Li Bin | China | Cold/ Exhaustion | [119][120] |
13 May 2010 | Han Xin | China | Fall | [119] |
1 May 2009 | Mehdi Etemad Far | Iran | Fall | [121] |
8 April 2009 | Piotr Morawski | Poland | Fall into crevasse | [122] |
5 May 2008 | Rafael Guillén | Spain | Fall | [123] |
5 May 2008 | Darío Bracali | Argentina | Disappeared | [123] |
12 May 2007 | Santiago Sagaste | Spain | Avalanche | [124] |
12 May 2007 | Ricardo Valencia | Spain | Avalanche | [124] |
30 April 2007 | Sergio Dalla Longa | Italy | Fall | [125] |
14 October 2001 | Yukihiko Shinagawa | Japan | Disappeared | [126] |
14 October 2001 | Ryushi Hoshino | Japan | Disappeared | [126] |
14 October 2001 | Masashi Fukumoto | Japan | Disappeared | [126] |
11 October 2001 | Jose Antonio Garces | Spain | Fall | [127] |
7 October 2000 | Gyalzen Chuldim | Nepal | Avalanche | |
29 September 2000 | Soo-ho Lee | South Korea | Avalanche | |
24 October 1999 | Ginette Harrison | United Kingdom | Avalanche | |
24 October 1999 | Dawa Dorje | Nepal | Avalanche | |
2 October 1998 | Charalampos (Babis) Tsoupras | Greece | Fall | |
11 May 1998 | Chantal Mauduit | France | Avalanche | [128] |
11 May 1998 | Ang Tshering | Nepal | Avalanche | [128] |
1 May 1998 | Nikos Papandreou | Greece | Fall | |
6 October 1995 | Isayoshi Tawaraya | Japan | Disappeared | |
15 May 1995 | Albrecht Hammann | Germany | Exposure | |
18 October 1994 | Galina Chekanova | Ukraine | Fall | [128][129][130] |
26 September 1994 | Robert Bähler | Switzerland | Fall | |
6 October 1993 | Gary Ball | New Zealand | Altitude Sickness | |
11 May 1992 | Sanda Dumitrescu-Isaila | Romania | Disappeared | |
11 May 1992 | Taina Coliban | Romania | Disappeared | |
2 May 1992 | Hubert Weinzierl | Germany | Heart Failure | |
31 October 1990 | Dainius Makauskas | Lithuania | Disappeared | |
29 April 1990 | Wangel | Nepal | Avalanche | |
25 December 1989 | Scot McGrath | United States | Avalanche | |
25 December 1989 | Gregory Barber | United States | Avalanche | |
25 December 1989 | Wangchuk Nuru | Nepal | Avalanche | |
10 October 1989 | Francesc (Quico) Dalmases | Spain | Disappeared | |
25 September 1989 | Sarki Kami | Nepal | Avalanche | |
25 September 1989 | Ajiwa | Nepal | Avalanche | |
21 September 1986 | Franz Mülleder | Austria | Edema | [131] |
23 October 1984 | Jan Simon | Czechoslovakia | Fall | [132] |
23 May 1981 | Mario Serrano | Argentina | Cold/Exhaustion | |
7 October 1980 | Lynette R. Griffith | Australia | Avalanche | |
14 May 1979 | Sherpa Pemba | Nepal | Disappeared | [133] |
13 May 1979 | Jean-Louis Sabarly | France | Avalanche | [133] |
13 May 1979 | Eric Poumailloux | France | Avalanche | [133] |
20 October 1978 | Katsuyoshi Kogure | Japan | Fall/Exposure | |
23 September 1978 | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Japan | Avalanche | |
23 September 1978 | Yujiro Fukasawa | Japan | Avalanche | |
23 September 1978 | Hiroshi Akuzawa | Japan | Avalanche | |
21 April 1978 | Katsumi Naganuma | Japan | Exhaustion | |
26 March 1975 | Yoshitada Numao | Japan | Avalanche | |
26 March 1975 | Tetsu Imura | Japan | Avalanche | |
26 March 1975 | Pasang Kami | Nepal | Avalanche | |
26 March 1975 | Dorje | Nepal | Avalanche | |
26 March 1975 | Dakiya | Nepal | Avalanche | |
28 April 1969 | David Seidman | United States | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Ross William | United States | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Vincent Hoeman | United States | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Paul Gerhard | United States | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Boyd Everett | United States | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Pemba Phutar | Nepal | Avalanche | [134] |
28 April 1969 | Tenzing | Nepal | Avalanche | [134] |
29 April 1959 | Heinrich Roiss | Austria | Cold/Exhaustion | |
26 May 1956 | Bal Bahadur | Nepal | Avalanche | [135] |
30 June 1954 | Francisco (Paco) Ibanez | Argentina | Exposure |
Manaslu
Manaslu is the world's eighth highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
28 September 2019 | Rita Bladyko | Poland | Altitude sickness | [136] |
29 September 2018 | Roman Hlávko | Czech Republic | Probably fall | [137] |
8 September 2018 | Hiromi Komatsu | Japan | Rescue helicopter crash | [138] |
25 September 2017 | Philip Harvey | United Kingdom | Altitude Sickness | [139] |
26 October 2016 | Hirotaka Onodera | Japan | Fall | [140] |
1 October 2015 | Zoltan Benedek | Austria | Probably altitude sickness | [141] |
26 September 2014 | Yoshimasa Sasaki | Japan | Fall | [142] |
4 October 2012 | Victor Correa | Colombia | Unknown (disappeared) | [143] |
23 September 2012 | Dominique Ouimet | Canada | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Gregory Ugo Costa | France | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Alberto Magliano | Italy | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Catherine Ricard | France | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Christian Mittermeyer | Germany | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Dawa Dorji Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Fabrice Priez | France | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Ludovic Challeat | France | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Marti Roig Gasull | Spain | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Phillippe Lucien Bos | France | Avalanche | [144] |
23 September 2012 | Rémy Lécluse | France | Avalanche | [144][145][146] |
11 May 2012 | Jafar Naseri | Iran | Unknown (disappeared) | [147] |
12 May 2011 | Tashi Chhiring | Nepal | Unknown (disappeared) | [148][149] |
12 May 2011 | Bernard Jean Francois Milian | France | Unknown (disappeared) | [148][149] |
12 May 2011 | Alain Peirre Marie Laurens | France | Unknown (disappeared) | [148][149] |
29 April 2011 | Eisa Mir-Shekari | Iran | Altitude sickness | [148] |
24 September 2010 | Nobuaki Kuwabara | Japan | Illness | [148] |
24 April 2010 | Chi-won Yun | South Korea | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
24 April 2010 | Haeng-su Park | South Korea | Exhaustion | [148] |
3 October 2009 | Franc Oderlap | Slovenia | Hit by falling seracs, died in hospital | [148] |
19 May 2009 | Levente Szabó | Hungary | Fall | [148] |
28 April 2009 | Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | Illness | [148] |
5 October 2008 | Daniel Goulevitch | France | Altitude sickness | [148] |
13 May 2008 | Hasta Bahadur Gurung | Nepal | Illness | [148] |
28 May 2006 | Susan Erica Fear | Australia | Fall in crevasse | [148][150] |
13 October 2001 | Isao Kuribara | Nepal | Altitude sickness, Exhaustion | [148] |
30 October 1998 | Hristo Stantchev | Bulgaria | Fall | [148] |
26 October 1998 | Lenin Granados | Colombia | Avalanche | [148][151] |
9 October 1997 | Miroslav Rybansky | Slovakia | Collapsed | [148] |
8 October 1997 | Juraj Kardhordo | Slovakia | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
1 October 1996 | Masatsugu Konishi | Japan | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
7 May 1995 | Michael Zunk | Germany | Fall | [148][152] |
6 May 1995 | Jörg Starke | Germany | Fall | [148][152] |
22 October 1993 | Sergei Jadrychnikov | Russia | Avalanche | [148][152] |
21 October 1993 | Igor Khmiliar | Russia | Fall | [148][152] |
3 October 1992 | Sven Vermeiren | Belgium | Fall | [148] |
2 October 1992 | Sylwia Dmowska | Poland | Fall | [148] |
10 May 1991 | Karl Großrubatscher | Italy | Fall | [148] |
10 May 1991 | Gottfried Mutschlechner | Italy | Lightning | [148] |
7 September 1990 | Murat Galiev | Soviet Union | Fall | [148] |
7 September 1990 | Zinur Halitov | Soviet Union | Fall | [148] |
7 September 1990 | Grigory Lunjakov | Soviet Union | Fall | [148] |
27 March 1990 | Nima Wangchuk Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
27 March 1990 | Charles Schertz | United States | Avalanche | [148] |
27 March 1990 | Nancy Jackson | United States | Avalanche | [148] |
7 May 1989 | Santiago Suarez | Spain | Fall | [148] |
28 October 1987 | Ichigi Kudo | Japan | Fall | [148] |
4 May 1986 | Dieter Oberbichler | Austria | Fall | [148] |
3 May 1986 | Wilhelm Klaiber | West Germany | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
25 October 1985 | Nima Norbu Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
4 May 1985 | Thomas Juen | Austria | Avalanche | [148] |
11 December 1983 | Stanisław Jaworski | Poland | Fall | [153] |
24 April 1983 | Ante Bućan | Yugoslavia | Avalanche | [148] |
24 April 1983 | Nejc Zaplotnik | Yugoslavia | Avalanche | [148] |
18 December 1982 | Takashi Sakuma | Japan | Cold, Exhaustion | [148] |
10 May 1982 | Pere Aymerich | Spain | Avalanche | [148] |
10 May 1982 | Enric Font | Spain | Avalanche | [148] |
8 October 1979 | Edgardo Jose Porsellana | Argentina | Avalanche | [148] |
5 May 1974 | Teiko Suzuki | Japan | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
26 April 1972 | Andi Schlick | Austria | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
25 April 1972 | Franz Jäger | Austria | Unknown (disappeared) | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Wangel | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Rinsing Ongyal | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Phurba Tenzing | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Pemba Rinji (Nawang Chultim) | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Pasang Nima | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Gyalze | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Ang Tendi (Ang Dawa) | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Ang Rita | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Ang Mingma (b) | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Ang Mingma (a) | Nepal | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Kazunari Yasuhisha | Japan | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Chang-hee Park | South Korea | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Sae-keon Oh | South Korea | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Joon-haeng Song | South Korea | Avalanche | [148] |
10 April 1972 | Ho-sup Kim | South Korea | Avalanche | [148] |
4 May 1971 | Ki-sup Kim | South Korea | Fall | [148] |
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
24 February 2019 | Daniele Nardi | Italy | Unknown | [154][155] |
24 February 2019 | Tom Ballard | United Kingdom | Unknown | [156][157] |
27/28 January 2018 | Tomasz Mackiewicz | Poland | Altitude Sickness | [158][159] |
24 June 2017 | Alberto Zerain | Basque Country | Avalanche | [160] |
24 June 2017 | Mariano Galvan | Argentina | Avalanche | [160] |
22 June 2013 | Igor Svergun | Ukraine | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Badawi Kashaev | Ukraine | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Dmitry Konyaev | Ukraine | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Rao Jianfeng | China | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Yang Chunfeng | China | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Honglu Chen | China (USA/China dual national) | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Sona Sherpa | Nepal | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Ernestas Markšaitis | Lithuania | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Ali Hussain | Pakistan | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Anton Dobes | Slovakia | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
22 June 2013 | Peter Sperka | Slovakia | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | [161] |
6 February 2013 | Joel Wischnewski | France | Avalanche | [162][163] |
11 July 2009 | Mi-young Go | South Korea | Fall | [164] |
10 July 2009 | Wolfgang Kölblinger | Austria | Fall | [165] |
17 July 2008 | Saman Nemati | Iran | Unknown | [165] |
15 July 2008 | Karl Unterkircher | Italy | Fell into crevasse | [165] |
28 July 2006 | Naohiro Ozawa | Japan | Unknown | [165] |
22 July 2006 | José Antonio Delgado | Venezuela | Exposure | [165] |
1 July 2004 | Günter Jung | Germany | Fall | [165] |
26 July 1998 | Hideki Ohmiya | Japan | Fall | [165] |
30 July 1997 | Joan Colet | Spain | Fell during descent | [165] |
20 June 1996 | Răzvan Petcu | Romania | Avalanche | [165] |
20 June 1996 | Gabriel Stana | Romania | Avalanche | [165] |
24 June 1994 | Antonio Lopez | Spain | Fall | [165] |
7 July 1993 | Chun-moon Ahn | South Korea | Unknown | [165] |
18 August 1990 | Osami Nakajima | Japan | Fall | [165] |
3 July 1990 | Chang-gi Park | South Korea | Fall into a crevasse | [165] |
18 July 1989 | Tetsuya Baba | Japan | Lightning strike | [165] |
23 June 1989 | Kwang-ho Kim | South Korea | Fall | [165] |
10 July 1985 | Piotr Kalmus | Poland | Avalanche | [165] |
8 December 1984 | Hiromi Kameda | Japan | Fall | [165] |
7 July 1984 | Fuji Tsunoda | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
7 July 1984 | Shigeoh Hida | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
7 July 1984 | Nobuyuki Imakyurei | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
7 July 1984 | Takashi Kogure | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
12 July 1983 | Nobuyoshi Yamada | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
12 July 1983 | Yuichiro Takamori | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
12 July 1983 | Satoshi Iida | Japan | Avalanche | [165] |
17 June 1983 | Kazuo Shimura | Japan | Fall | [165] |
8 June 1982 | Peter Hiltbrand | Switzerland | Altitude sickness | [165] |
12 June 1982 | Ali Sheikh | Pakistan | Fall | [165] |
4 June 1982 | Peter Forrer | Switzerland | Avalanche | [165] |
28 April 1982 | Matloob Hassan Nuri | Pakistan | Fall into crevasse | [166] |
31 July 1977 | Robert Broughton | United States | Avalanche | [165] |
31 July 1977 | George Bogel | United States | Avalanche | [165] |
26 September 1976 | Sebastian (Wastl) Arnold | Austria | Fall | [165] |
8 July 1971 | Näbi Mantas Hunza | Pakistan | Fall | [165] |
29 June 1970 | Günther Messner | Italy | Avalanche | [165][167] |
23 June 1962 | Siegfried (Sigi) Löw | Germany | Fall | [165] |
4 December 1950 | John W. Thornley | United Kingdom | Unknown | [166] |
4 December 1950 | William H. Crace | United Kingdom | Unknown | [166] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Karl Wien | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Martin Pfeffer | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Peter Müllritter | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Günther Hepp | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Hans Hartmann | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Adolf Göttner | Nazi Germany | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Pert Fankhauser | Austria | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Tigmay | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Pasang Norbu | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Nima Tsering I | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Nima Tsering II | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Mingma Tsering | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Karmi | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Gyalgen Monjo | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Chong Karma | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
14 / 15 June 1937 | Ang Tshering II | British Raj | Avalanche | [165] |
17 July 1934 | Willy Merkl | Nazi Germany | Unknown | [165] |
17 July 1934 | Sherpa Gyali | British Raj | Unknown | [165] |
12 July 1934 | Wilhelm Welzenbach | Nazi Germany | Exposure | [165] |
10 July 1934 | Sherpa Dakshi | British Raj | Unknown | [165] |
10 July 1934 | Dorje Nima | British Raj | Exposure | [165] |
10 July 1934 | Nima Tashi | British Raj | Exposure | [165] |
10 July 1934 | Pinju Norbu | British Raj | Exposure | [165] |
9 July 1934 | Nima Nurbu | British Raj | Unknown | [165] |
9 July 1934 | Ulrich Wieland | Nazi Germany | Unknown | [165] |
8 June 1934 | Alfred Drexel | Nazi Germany | Pneumonia | [165][166] |
24 August 1895 | Albert F. Mummery | United Kingdom | Avalanche | [165] |
24 August 1895 | Ragobir Thapa Ghurka | Nepal | Avalanche | [165] |
24 August 1895 | Goman Singh Ghurka | Nepal | Avalanche | [165] |
Annapurna I
Annapurna I is the world's 10th highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 May 2019 | Wui Kin Chin | Malaysia | Hypothermia/Frostbite | [168] |
24 March 2015 | Samuli Mansikka | Finland | Fall | [169] |
24 March 2015 | Pemba Sherpa | Nepal | Fall | [169] |
7 October 2012 | Ivan Lobanov | Uzbekistan | Avalanche | [170] |
7 October 2012 | Iljas Tukhvatullin | Uzbekistan | Avalanche | [170] |
5 May 2012 | Tibor Horváth | Hungary | Avalanche | [171] |
18 October 2011 | Young-seok Park | South Korea | Unknown | [86][172][173] |
18 October 2011 | Dong-min Shin | South Korea | Unknown | [86][172][173] |
18 October 2011 | Ki-seok Kang | South Korea | Unknown | [86][172][173] |
29 April 2010 | Tolo Calafat | Spain | Unknown | [174][175] |
April 2009 | Martin Minařík | Czech Republic | Fell into Crevasse | [176] |
23 May 2008 | Iñaki Ochoa de Olza | Basque Country | HACE | [177] |
22 April 2007 | Udhav Prasad Khanal | Nepal | Unknown | [178] |
22 October 2006 | Lhakpa Rita II | Nepal | Avalanche | [179] |
18 May 2005 | Christian Kuntner | Italy | Avalanche | [180] |
10 October 2004 | Hideji Nazuka | Japan | Avalanche | [181] |
10 October 2004 | Michio Sato | Japan | Avalanche | [181] |
29 April 1999 | Hyun-ok Ji | South Korea | Unknown | [182] |
29 April 1999 | Dorje Kami | Nepal | Unknown | [178] |
26 April 1998 | Ang Tshering | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
25 December 1997 | Anatoli Boukreev | Kazakhstan | Avalanche | [178][183] |
25 December 1997 | Dmitri Sobolev | Kazakhstan | Avalanche | [178][183] |
23 March 1997 | Ngati | Nepal | Fall | [178][183] |
11 October 1992 | Pierre Béghin | France | Fall | [183][184] |
20 October 1991 | Gabriel Denamur | Belgium | Unknown | [178][183] |
19 September 1991 | Seog-jee Lee | South Korea | Avalanche | [183] |
19 September 1991 | Song-gu Lee | South Korea | Avalanche | [183] |
19 September 1991 | Sange Dawa | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
19 September 1991 | Tendi Lhakpa | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
19 September 1991 | Jangbu Nurbu | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
19 September 1991 | Tenzing | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
28 October 1989 | Milan Metkov | Bulgaria | Unknown | [178] |
28 October 1989 | Ognian Stoykov | Bulgaria | Unknown | [178] |
18 October 1988 | Ramiro Navarrete | Ecuador | Fall | [185] |
1 October 1988 | Jiri Pelikan | Czechoslovakia | Fall on descent | [178] |
29 September 1988 | Akihiro Mori | Japan | Avalanche | [183] |
29 September 1988 | Ang Dawa | Japan | Avalanche | [178][183] |
20 December 1987 | Toshiyuki Kobayashi | Japan | Fall | [178] |
20 December 1987 | Yasuhira Saito | Japan | Fall | [178] |
24 May 1987 | Andres Ferrer | Spain | Fall | [178] |
23 September 1986 | Benoit Grison | France | Fall | [178] |
7 December 1984 | Pasang Norbu | Nepal | Unknown | [178] |
7 December 1984 | Keepa | Nepal | Unknown | [178] |
21 April 1984 | Philippe Dumas | France | Avalanche | [178] |
21 April 1984 | Patrick Taglianut | France | Avalanche | [178] |
24 September 1983 | Yang-kun Chung | South Korea | Avalanche | [183] |
24 September 1983 | Magar Maila | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
24 September 1983 | Rama Magar Tika | Nepal | Avalanche | [178][183] |
18 October 1982 | Susumu Akimatsu | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
18 October 1982 | Miko Ono | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
17 October 1982 | Alex MacIntyre | United Kingdom | Rock fall | [178][184] |
12 May 1982 | Rai Shanti | Nepal | Fall | [178] |
4 May 1982 | Werner Bürkli | Switzerland | Heart attack | [178] |
31 October 1981 | Yasuji Kato | Japan | Fall | [178] |
28 September 1981 | Andre Durieux | France | Avalanche | [178] |
28 September 1981 | Yves Favre | France | Avalanche | [178] |
27 September 1981 | Ang Nima | Nepal | Avalanche | [178] |
27 September 1981 | Pemba Tshering | Nepal | Avalanche | [178] |
19 September 1979 | Eric Roberts | United Kingdom | Avalanche | [178] |
19 September 1979 | Maynard Cohick | United States | Avalanche | [178] |
19 September 1979 | Gil Harder | United States | Avalanche | [178] |
1 May 1979 | Yves Morin | France | Exhaustion | [178] |
17 October 1978 | Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz | United Kingdom | Fall | [186] |
17 October 1978 | Vera Watson | United States | Fall | [186] |
16 April 1975 | Franz Tegischer | Austria | Avalanche | [178] |
26 September 1973 | Leo Cerruti | Italy | Avalanche | [178] |
26 September 1973 | Miller Rava | Italy | Avalanche | [178] |
18 May 1973 | Tadashi Ushigoe | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
18 May 1973 | Sadatoshi Takahashi | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
18 May 1973 | Masanori Hama | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
18 May 1973 | Kazumi Katagiri | Japan | Avalanche | [178] |
18 May 1973 | Rinje | Nepal | Avalanche | [178] |
30 May 1970 | Ian Clough | United Kingdom | Serac fall | [178] |
Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 August 2013 | Zdenek Hruby | Czech Republic | Fall | [187] |
22 July 2013 | Xevi Gómez | Spain | Disappeared | [188] |
22 July 2013 | Álvaro Paredes | Spain | Disappeared | [188] |
22 July 2013 | Abel Alonso | Spain | Disappeared | [188] |
7 July 2013 | Artur Hajzer | Poland | Fall | [189][190] |
9 March 2012 | Gerfried Göschl | Austria | Disappeared | [191] |
9 March 2012 | Cedric Hählen | Switzerland | Disappeared | [191] |
9 March 2012 | Nissar Hussain | Pakistan | Disappeared | [191] |
18 June 2008 | Jean-Noel Urban | France | Fall into crevasse | [192][193][194] |
29 July 2007 | Jiri Danek | Czech Republic | Fall | [193][194][195] |
5 August 2005 | Dawa Nurbu II | Nepal | Fall | [193][194] |
25 July 2004 | Jose Antonio Anton | Spain | Fall | [193][194] |
7 September 2003 | Mohammad Oraz | Iran | Avalanche caused injuries, died in hospital | [193][194][196] |
15 July 2003 | Vladimir Pestrikov | Ukraine | Stone fall | [193][194] |
5 July 2003 | Jose Manuel Buenaga | Spain | Disappeared | [193][194] |
5 July 2003 | Nancy Silvestrini | Argentina | Disappeared | [193][194] |
9 July 2001 | Claudio Gálvez Santibañez | Chile | Fall, after successfully summiting | [193][194][197][198] |
1 August 1998 | Yoshiumi Hayoshida | Japan | Avalanche | [193][194] |
1 August 1998 | Kasunori Kutama | Japan | Avalanche | [193][194] |
1 August 1998 | Kasutoshi Naito | Japan | Avalanche | [193][194] |
1 August 1998 | Takashi Watanabe | Japan | Avalanche | [193][194] |
17 July 1996 | Manuel Alvarez | Spain | Fall (between Camp III and Camp II) | [193][194] |
30 May 1993 | Paolo Bernascone | Italy | Slab avalanche (below Camp I) | [193][194] |
19 August 1990 | Josep Granyo | Spain | Disappeared | [193][194] |
19 August 1990 | Albert Ibanez | Spain | Disappeared | [193][194] |
12 July 1989 | Dorje Tsindi | Nepal | Fall | [193][194] |
25 June 1988 | Jorge Luis Brito | Mexico | Pulmonary edema | [193][194] |
29 July 1987 | Mohsin Ali | Pakistan | Avalanche | |
29 July 1987 | Fakhar-ul-Islam | Pakistan | Avalanche | |
29 July 1987 | Fayyaz Hussain | Pakistan | Avalanche | |
29 July 1987 | Khalid Khan | Pakistan | Avalanche | [193][194] |
18 August 1986 | Andreas Bührer | Switzerland | Fall | [193][194] |
31 May 1986 | Muhammad Ali Ghulam | Pakistan | Pneumonia | [193][194] |
9–10 June 1977 | Drago Bregar | Yugoslavia | Disappeared | [21][193][194] |
Broad Peak
Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
July 2015 | Qamber Ali Jangjupa | Pakistan | Avalanche | [199] |
23 July 2013 | Aidin Bozorgi | Iran | Disappeared | [200] |
23 July 2013 | Mojtaba Jarrahi | Iran | Disappeared | [200] |
23 July 2013 | Pouya Keivan | Iran | Disappeared | [200] |
8 July 2013 | Dana Heide | Germany | Slipped into a glacial stream near base camp | [201] |
6 March 2013 | Maciej Berbeka | Poland | Disappeared | [202] |
6 March 2013 | Tomasz Kowalski | Poland | Presumably exhaustion | [202] |
31 July 2012 | Muhammad Baqir | Pakistan | Fall | [203] |
31 July 2012 | Zuzana Hofmannová | Czech Republic | Disappeared | |
25 July 2011 | Jeffrey Wai Hung Chung | Hong Kong | Fall in crevasse | |
18 July 2009 | Cristina Castagna | Italy | Fall | |
30 June 2008 | Vlado Plulik | Slovakia | Disappeared | [210] |
8 July 2006 | Markus Kronthaler | Austria | Exhaustion | |
11 July 1999 | Seung-Kwon Hur | South Korea | Disappeared | [210] |
29 July 1998 | Pascale Bessieres | France | Disappeared | [210] |
29 July 1998 | Eric Escoffier | France | Disappeared | [210] |
16 July 1997 | Jeffrey Ian Bubb | United States | Avalanche | [210] |
16 July 1997 | Fukuzo Yokotagawa | Japan | Avalanche | [210] |
20 July 1996 | Dong-keun Han | South Korea | Died on descent due to bad weather | [210] |
20 July 1996 | Jae-mo Yang | South Korea | Died on descent due to bad weather | [210] |
20 July 1996 | Sun-taek Lim | South Korea | Died on descent due to bad weather | [210] |
12 July 1995 | Hyun-jae Park | South Korea | Fall | [210] |
22 June 1994 | Alexej Himer | Czech Republic | Fall | [210] |
11 June 1994 | Bohuslav Bilek | Czech Republic | Pulmonary edema | [210] |
24 July 1990 | Kurt Lyncke-Krüger | West Germany | Fall | [210] |
20 August 1988 | Yong-il Jang | South Korea | Avalanche | [210] |
22 August 1986 | Liam Scott Elliott | United Kingdom | Fell | [210] |
18 August 1985 | Barbara Kozłowska | Poland | Drowned in a glacier stream above BC | [210] |
16 May 1985 | Hans Frick | Canada | Avalanche | [210] |
29 June 1983 | Peter Thexton | United Kingdom | Pulmonary edema | [210] |
5 August 1981 | Enric Pujol | Spain | Fall | [210] |
29 July 1975 | Andrzej Sikorski | Poland | Fall | [210] |
29 July 1975 | Marek Kęsicki | Poland | Fall | [210] |
28 July 1975 | Bohdan Nowaczyk | Poland | Fall | [210] |
Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 July 2015 | Aleksander Ostrowski | Poland | Avalanche | [211] |
22 July 2011 | Leila Esfandyari | Iran | Fall While Return | [212] |
21 July 2009 | Luis María Barbero | Spain | Disappeared | [213][214] |
18 July 2007 | Ernst-Robert Zauner | Germany | Avalanche | [195][214] |
18 July 2007 | Arne Heckele | Germany | Avalanche | [195][214] |
3 July 2007 | Ulrike Gschwandtner | Austria | Possibly Heart Failure | [215] |
20 July 2001 | Jean-François Bassine | Belgium | Fall | [213][214] |
28 July 2000 | Felix Iñurrategui | Basque Country | Fall | [214][216] |
13 July 1989 | Antton Ibarguren | Basque Country | Fall | [213][214] |
9 July 1988 | Gary Silver | United States | Illness | [213][214] |
6 July 1988 | Michel Basson | France | Pulmonary Edema | [213][214] |
25 June 1988 | Henri Albet | France | Fall on snowboard | [213][214] |
29 June 1987 | Jean-Pierre Hefti | Switzerland | Fall | [213][214] |
12 July 1986 | Carlos Rabago | Spain | Illness | [213][214] |
11 July 1985 | Pierre Bouygues | France | Illness | [213][214] |
24 June 1985 | Toru Nakano | Japan | Fall | [213][214] |
mid July 1982 | Norbert Wolf | Austria | Cold | [213][214] |
mid July 1982 | Gerhard Gruner | West Germany | Disappeared | [213][214] |
2 July 1982 | Glenn Brindeiro | United States | Avalanche | [213][214] |
1 June 1976 | Osamu Matsuura | Japan | Exhaustion | [213][214] |
27 May 1976 | Yoshinori Hiramatsu | Japan | Fall | [213][214] |
27 May 1976 | Taketoshi Miyamoto | Japan | Fall | [213][214] |
late June 1975 | Bernard Villaret | France | Cold, exhaustion | [213][214] |
Shishapangma
Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain. Updated and complete through 2014.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
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3 May 2018 | Boyan Petrov | Bulgaria | Disappearance | [217] |
30 Sept 2016 | Pemba Sherpa (Taplejung 8) | Nepal | Avalanche | [218] |
24 April 2016 | Patrik Matiolli | Switzerland | Fall in crevasse | [219] |
24 April 2016 | Jon Johnston | Australia | Fall in crevasse | [219] |
24 September 2014 | Sebastian Haag | Germany | Avalanche | [220] |
24 September 2014 | Andrea Zambaldi | Italy | Avalanche | [221] |
11 May 2013 | Unknown | Germany | HAPE | [222] |
15 October 2009 | Roby Piantoni | Italy | Fall | [223][224] |
24 April 2007 | Marek Hudák | Slovakia | Disappearance | [223][225] |
31 October 2006 | Bruno Carvalho | Portugal | Fall | [223][226] |
3 October 2005 | Stanislav Krylov | Russia | Disappearance | [223][226] |
28 September 2005 | Martin Oczko | Czech Republic | Altitude sickness | [223][226] |
5 October 1999 | Alex Lowe | United States | Avalanche | [223][226] |
5 October 1999 | David Bridges | United States | Avalanche | [223][226] |
21 May 1998 | Andreino Pasini | Italy | Illness | [223][226] |
5 October 1996 | Viktor Pastukh | Ukraine | Avalanche | [223][226] |
5 October 1996 | Gennadi Vasilenko | Ukraine | Avalanche | [223][226] |
19 May 1996 or May 1997 | Ming-Tse Kuo | Taiwan | Fall | [223][226] Discrepancy regarding the year of death between different sources |
1 May 1996 | Stefan Sluka | Slovakia | Disappeared on descent | [223][226] |
1 October 1994 | Zdenek Slachta | Czech Republic | Avalanche | [223][226] |
18 September 1994 | Tod Gassen | United States | Fall in crevasse | [223][226] |
29 September 1993 | Bueoung-tae Park | South Korea | Fall | [223][226] |
20 September 1991 | Hidekazu Gomi | Japan | Avalanche | [223][226] |
20 September 1991 | Tetsuichi Miyashita | Japan | Avalanche | [223][226] |
22 May 1991 | Werner Braun | Germany | Disappearance (probably avalanche) | [223][226] |
22 May 1991 | Werner Meichsner | Germany | Disappearance (probably avalanche) | [223][226] |
22 May 1991 | Günther Semmler | Germany | Disappearance (probably avalanche) | [223][226] |
22 May 1991 | Karl-Heinz Thiele | Germany | Disappearance (probably avalanche) | [223][226] |
15 October 1990 | Joan Martinez | Spain | Exposure | [223][226] |
4 October 1989 | Luca Leonardi | Switzerland | Avalanche | [223][226] |
28 April 1983 | Fritz Luchsinger | Switzerland | Altitude sickness | [223][226] |
Deaths per mountain
Mountain | Number of deaths |
---|---|
Everest | 307 |
K2 | 87 |
Nanga Parbat | 85 |
Manaslu | 84 |
Dhaulagiri I | 82 |
Annapurna I | 73 |
Kangchenjunga | 58 |
Cho Oyu | 52 |
Makalu | 40 |
Gasherbrum I | 34 |
Broad Peak | 34 |
Shishapangma | 31 |
Lhotse | 31 |
Gasherbrum II | 23 |
TOTAL | 1,018 |
See also
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