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.

Six of the fourteen summits of the Eight-Thousanders (Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Mt. Everest and Makalu).

Mount Everest edit

North face of Mount Everest.

Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 meters (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in) above sea level, has been host to numerous tragedies. Deaths have occurred on the mountain every year since 1978, excluding 2020, when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most notable deadly events on Everest were the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, 1970 Everest disaster, 1974 Everest disaster, 1996 Everest disaster, 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, and 2015 Mount Everest avalanches. As of May 2022, there had been 11,341 successful summits, and 330 people had died during their attempts: a death rate of about 2.8%.[1]

K2 edit

K2 is the world's second-highest mountain at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level. It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb due to its steep faces and extreme weather. The most deadly events on K2 were the 1986 K2 disaster, 1995 K2 disaster, and 2008 K2 disaster. As of August 2022, an estimated 700 people had completed a summit of the mountain, and 96 had died trying: a fatality rate of around 13.7%.[2]

Northern vantage of K2.
DateNameNationalityCause of death-
27 July 2023Muhammad Hassan  PakistanUnknown[3]
22 July 2022Matthew Eakin  AustraliaFall[4]
Richard Cartier  CanadaFall
21 July 2022Ali Akbar Sakhi  AfghanistanUnknown, suspected altitude sickness[5]
25 July 2021Rick Allen  United KingdomAvalanche[6]
5 February 2021Ali Sadpara  PakistanFroze to death in storm, remains found July 2021[7][8][9]
Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto  Chile
John Snorri Sigurjónsson  Iceland
5 February 2021Atanas Skatov  BulgariaFall during descent from Camp 3[10]
16 January 2021Sergi Mingote  SpainFall during descent from Camp 1[11]
22 July 2018Watanabe Kojiro  JapanFall during descent[12]
7 July 2018 Serge Dessureault  CanadaFall[13]
30 July 2014Miguel Ángel Pérez  SpainUnclear, likely altitude sickness[14][15]
26/27 July 2013Marty Schmidt  New Zealand /  United StatesAvalanche[16][17]
Denali Schmidt
6 February 2012Vitaliy Gorelik  RussiaFrostbite[18]
6 August 2010Fredrik Ericsson  SwedenFall from the Bottleneck[14][19][20]
17 July 2010Petar Georgiev Unzhiev  BulgariaAltitude sickness[14][21]
23 June 2009Michele Fait  ItalyFall with skis[14][22]
2 August 2008Hwang Dong-jin  South KoreaFourth serac fall[14][23]
Park Kyeong-hyo[14][24]
Kim Hyo-gyung
Pasang Bhote    Nepal
Jumic Bhote
Gerard McDonnell  IrelandSecond or third serac fall
Meherban Karim  Pakistan
1/2 August 2008Hugues d'Aubarède  FranceFall during descent
1 August 2008Rolf Bae  NorwayFirst serac fall
Jahan Baig  PakistanFall while trying to recover Mandić's corpse
Dren Mandić  SerbiaFall during ascent
20 July 2007Stefano Zavka  ItalyUnknown (disappeared)[14][25]
Nima Nurbu    NepalFall from the Bottleneck[14]
13 August 2006Arkadi Kuvakin  RussiaAvalanche[14]
Aleksandr Foigt
Piotr Kuznetsov
Yuri Uteshev
19 August 2004Manel de la Mata  SpainPulmonary edema[14]
2 August 2004Dauoud Khadem Asl  IranLost in storm, presumed dead[14]
Sergei Sokolov  Russia
28 July 2004Aleksandr Gubaev  KyrgyzstanFall[14][20]
8 June 2004Pae Kyong-kyu  South KoreaAvalanche[14]
Kim Jae-koung
Lee Hwa-hyeung
21 July 2003Klaus-Dieter Grohs  GermanyFall[14]
22 July 2002Muhammad Iqbal  PakistanFall[14]
13 July 2002Sher Ajman  PakistanAvalanche[14]
22 July 2001Park Young-do  South KoreaFall[14]
10 July 1999Mihai Cioroianu  RomaniaHit by rockfall[14]
14 August 1996Igor Benkin  RussiaExhaustion[14][20]
29 July 1996Lorenzo Mazzoleni  ItalyFall[14]
15 August 1995Jeff Lakes  CanadaExhaustion[14]
13 August 1995Bruce Grant  New ZealandKilled in a storm[14]
Rob Slater  United States
Alison Hargreaves  United Kingdom
Javier Escartin  Spain
Javier Olivar
Lorenzo Ortiz
6 July 1995Jordi Anglès  SpainFall[14]
11 August 1994Juan Antonio "Atxo" Apellániz  SpainHACE[14][20]
24 July 1994Steve Untch  United StatesFall from broken rope[14]
10 July 1994Dmitri Ibragim-Zade  UkraineKilled in a storm[26]
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
Aleksei Kharaldin
31 July 1993Daniel Bidner  SwedenAltitude sickness, fall[14][27]
30 July 1993Reinmar Joswig  GermanyFall[14][20]
Peter MezgerFall[14][20]
7 July 1993Dan Culver  CanadaFall[14][28]
15 June 1993Boštjan Kekec  SloveniaAltitude sickness[14][29]
14 August 1992Adrián Benítez  MexicoFall[14]
28 July 1989Hans Bärnthaler  AustriaAvalanche[14]
24 August 1987Suzuki Akira  JapanFall[14]
10 August 1986Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf  PolandExhaustion[14]
Alfred Imitzer  AustriaAltitude sickness
Hannes WieserAltitude sickness
Alan Rouse  United KingdomAltitude sickness
7 August 1986Julie Tullis  United KingdomAltitude sickness[14]
4 August 1986Mohammad Ali  PakistanStonefall[14][30]
3 August 1986Wojciech Wróż [pl]  PolandFall[14]
16 July 1986Renato Casarotto  ItalyFall into crevasse[14]
10 July 1986Tadeusz Piotrowski  PolandFall[14]
24 June 1986Maurice Barrard  FranceDisappeared, remains found in 1998 near Camp 1[14][20]
Liliane BarrardDisappeared, remains found 19 July 1986, near the South Face[14][20][31]
21 June 1986John Smolich  United StatesAvalanche[14]
Alan Pennington
7 July 1985Daniel Lacroix  FranceUnknown (disappeared)[14][32]
15 August 1982Yanagisawa Yukihiro  JapanFall[14][32]
30 July 1982Halina Krüger-Syrokomska  PolandStroke[14]
19 August 1979Laskhar Khan  PakistanStroke[14]
9 June 1979Ali, Son of Kazim  PakistanFall into crevasse[14]
12 June 1978Nick Estcourt  United KingdomAvalanche[14][33]
21 June 1954Mario Puchoz  ItalyPneumonia[14]
10 August 1953Art Gilkey  United StatesAvalanche[14]
31 July 1939Pasang Kikuli    NepalUnknown (disappeared)[14]
Pasang Kitar
Pintso
30 July 1939Dudley Wolfe  United StatesAltitude sickness, severe dehydration[14]

Kangchenjunga edit

Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit sits at 8,586 meters (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called the Kangchenjunga Himal. Because of its remote location in Nepal and the difficulty of accessing it from India, the Kangchenjunga region is not much explored by trekkers. Despite modern improvements to climbing gear, the fatality rate of summit attempts on Kanchenjunga is high. While there had been 532 successful summits as of May 2022, 52 climbers had lost their lives on the mountain.[1] 10 more climbers had died on Yalung Kang (Kangchenjunga West), one of several satellite peaks in the massif, which features routes to the summit of Kangchenjunga.[1] The summit attempt fatality rate of Kangchenjunga thus stands around 11.7%.[citation needed]

The summit of Kangchenjunga in the background.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
25 May 2023Luis Stitzinger  GermanyUnknown[34]
5 May 2022Narayanan Iyer  IndiaAltitude sickness[1][35]
16 May 2019Biplab Baidya  IndiaExposure, frostbite[1][36]
Kuntal Kanrar
15 May 2019Rodrigo Francisco Vivanco Figueroa  ChileUnknown (disappeared)[1][37]
20 May 2014Chhanda Gayen  IndiaFall on descent above Camp 4 on Yalung Kang[1][38]
Migma Temba Sherpa  NepalFall on descent above Camp 4 on Yalung Kang
Dawa Wangchu SherpaFall on descent above Camp 4 on Yalung Kang
20 May 2013Bibas Gurung Sherpa  NepalFall[1][39][40][41]
Phu Dorchi SherpaFall
Park Nam-soo  South KoreaFall
Péter Kiss  HungaryFall on descent above Camp 4[1][39][40][41][42]
Zsolt ErőssExhaustion
24 May 2007Iñigo de Pineda Blanc  SpainFall[1][43][44]
24 May 2002Christopher Hugh "Chris" Grasswick  CanadaFall[1][44][45]
23 April 2000Ang Dawa Tamang  NepalHit by ice block[1][46]
14 September 1999Hyun Myeong-kun  South KoreaAvalanche[1][44][47]
Han Do-kyu[1][47]
16 May 1998Shiina Atsushi  JapanAltitude sickness[1][48]
Akasaka KenzoFall[1][48]
6 October 1995Benoît Chamoux  FranceFall[1][49]
Riku Sherpa  NepalFall[1][50]
5 October 1995Pierre Alain Royer  FranceFall[1][49]
Autumn 1995Sukaraj Limbu  NepalAltitude sickness[1]
23 October 1994Iordanka Ivanova Dimitrova  BulgariaAvalanche[1][44][51]
9 October 1994Sergei Zhvirblya  BelarusAvalanche[1][44]
Ekaterina Ivanova  Russia[1][44]
13 May 1992Wanda Rutkiewicz  PolandUnknown (disappeared)[1]
25 April 1992Ang Dorje Sherpa  NepalSuffocation[1][44][52]
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa
16 May 1991Pasang Sherpa  IndiaFall[1][44]
3 May 1991Jože Rozman  YugoslaviaFall[1][29][44]
Marija FrantarFall[1][44]
20 December 1989Tchiring Chumbi Lama Sherpa  NepalFall on Yalung Kang[1][44]
Ang Dawa SherpaFall on Yalung Kang
Jin Kyo-sup  South KoreaFall on Yalung Kang
17 May 1988Sanjay Borole  IndiaExhaustion[1][44][53]
31 May 1987Chander Singh  IndiaFall[1][44]
25 May 1987Choten Tsering  IndiaFall[1][44]
Phupu BhotiaFall
Phu Dorjee SherpaFall
11 January 1986Andrzej "Leszek" Czok  PolandAltitude sickness[1][44]
22 April 1985Borut Bergant  YugoslaviaFall on Yalung Kang[1][29][44]
15 January 1985Chris Howard Chandler  United StatesAltitude sickness[1][44][54]
15 October 1981Jean-Jacques Ricouard  FranceFall[1][44]
4 May 1980Alfonso Medina Rubio  MexicoFall on Yalung Kang[1][44]
Sergio Hugo Saldaña MenesesFall on Yalung Kang
8 April 1977Sukhvinder Singh  IndiaFall[1][44]
15 May 1973Matsuda Takao  JapanHit by rock after summitting Yalung Kang[1][55]
26 May 1955Pemi Dorje Sherpa  IndiaUnknown illness[1][44]
9 August 1931Hermann "Xaverl" Schaller  GermanyAvalanche[1][44]
Pasang Sherpa  British Raj
August 1931Babu Lall  British RajBlackwater fever[1][44][56]
July 1931Lobsang  British RajUnknown illness[1][44]
8 May 1930Chettan Sherpa  British RajAvalanche[57][44]
27 May 1929Edgar Francis Farmer  United StatesUnknown (disappeared)[1][44][56]
1 September 1905Unknown  British RajFall[1][44]
UnknownFall
UnknownFall
Alexis A. Pache   SwitzerlandFall[1][44][58]
28 August 1905Unnamed porter  British RajFall[1][44]

Lhotse edit

Standing at 8,516 meters (27,940 ft) above sea level, Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain in the world. It is part of the Everest massif, and its standard climbing route follows the same path as Everest's South Col route up to the Yellow Band beyond Camp 3. After the Yellow Band, the routes diverge with climbers bound for Everest taking a left over the Geneva Spur up to the South Col, while Lhotse climbers take a right further up the Lhotse face. As of May 2022, there had been 1,089 successful summits and 22 deaths on Lhotse.[1] A further 10 deaths had occurred on Lhotse Shar, a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse that offers a more difficult climb to Lhotse's peak than the standard route.[1] The summit attempt fatality rate thus stands around 2.9%.

The south face of Lhotse, as seen from Chukhung Ri.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
8 May 2022Khudam Bir Tamang    NepalAvalanche on south face[1][59]
17 May 2019Ivan Tomov  BulgariaHACE[1][60]
17 May 2018Rustem Amirov  RussiaAltitude sickness[1][61]
19 May 2016Ang Phurba Sherpa    NepalFall[1][62]
27 April 2015Yomagato Horoshi  Japan2015 Mount Everest avalanche (died in Kathmandu of injuries)[63][64][65]
25 April 2015Ge Zhen-fang  China2015 Mount Everest avalanche[1][64][65]
18 April 2014Asman Tamang    Nepal2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche[1][66]
20 May 2013Lee Hsiao-shih  TaiwanAltitude sickness[1][67][68]
16 October 2012Temba Sherpa  NepalFall[1][69]
19 May 2012Milan Sedláček  Czech RepublicExposure, frostbite[1][70]
7 May 2010Sergei Duganov  RussiaAltitude sickness[1][71][72][73]
25 May 2009Sergei Samoilov  KazakhstanFall[1][74][75]
21 May 2007Pemba Doma Thaktopa Sherpa  NepalFall[1][75][76]
9 May 2006Pavel Kalný  Czech RepublicFall[1][75][77]
5 October 2003Hwang Sun-dug  South KoreaAvalanche on Lhotse Shar[1][75]
Park Joo-hoon
17 September 2000Vladimir Bondarev  RussiaAvalanche[1][75]
27 May 1997Vladimir Bachkirov  RussiaAltitude sickness[1][75][78]
24 October 1989Jerzy Kukuczka  PolandFall[1][75][79]
27 September 1987Antoni "Toni" Sors Ferrer  SpainAvalanche on Lhotse Shar[1][75]
Sergio Reinaldo Escalera Fernandez
Francisco Porras Cerda
Antonio Quiñones Tores
15 September 1987Czesław Jakiel  PolandAvalanche[1][75]
30 October 1986Pedro Alonso Lopez  SpainFall on Lhotse Shar[1][75]
25 October 1985Rafał Chołda  PolandFall[1][75]
25 October 1981Josef Fauchere   SwitzerlandFall on Lhotse Shar[1]
16 October 1981Philippe Petten   SwitzerlandFall on Lhotse Shar[1][75]
Pierre FavezFall on Lhotse Shar
17 May 1980Pasang Nima Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[1][75]
28 April 1980Nicolas Jaeger  FranceUnknown (disappeared on Lhotse Shar)[1][75]
12 May 1977Max Lutz  West GermanyFall[1][75]
17 December 1974Stanislaw Latałło  PolandExhaustion[1][75]

Makalu edit

Makalu is the world's fifth-highest mountain at 8,481 meters (27,825 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest on the ChinaNepal border. As of May 2022, there had been 647 successful summits of Makalu and 48 deaths on the mountain, coming out to a summit attempt fatality rate of around 7.4%.[1]

South-western vantage of the Makalu summit.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
24 October 2021Henrik T. Adersen  DenmarkUnknown (died near Base Camp; likely a trekker as no climbing permits were issued in autumn 2021)[80]
24 May 2019Nima Tenji Sherpa    NepalStorm, altitude sickness[1][81]
16 May 2019Dipankar Ghosh  IndiaExhaustion[1][82]
Narayan SinghExhaustion[1][83]
8 May 2019Richard Leopoldo Hidalgo Jara  PeruDied in sleep, likely altitude sickness[1][84]
15 May 2018Ang Dawa Sherpa    NepalUnknown illness[1][85]
10 May 2016Lakpa Ongyal Sherpa    NepalUnknown illness[1][86]
Da Tenji SherpaUnknown illness[1][86]
2 May 2014Yannick Claude Sylvain Gagneret  FranceHACE[1][87]
23 April 2013Liu Xiang-yang  ChinaFall during descent[1][88]
22 May 2011Joëlle Catherine Brupbacher   SwitzerlandAltitude sickness[1][89][90]
26 May 2010Zaharias "Haris" Kiriakakis  GreeceUnknown (disappeared)[1][71][91]
1 May 2009Sangat Ram Thakur  IndiaFall[1][92]
20 May 2008Nil Prasad Gurung  NepalAltitude sickness[1][92]
24 April 2008Drabey Bahadur Rajan Magar  NepalFalling rock/ice[1][92]
27 January 2006Jean-Christophe Lafaille  FranceFall into crevasse[1][92]
15 May 2005Sumba Sherpa  NepalAltitude sickness[1][92]
18 May 2004Jay Sieger  United StatesFall[1][92][93]
17 May 2004Vladislav Terzyul  UkraineUnknown (disappeared)[1][92]
25 April 2002Raymond David Caughron  United StatesExposure, frostbite[1][92][94]
Spring 2002Pramod Sunar  NepalUnspecified[1]
Spring 2002Karma Wangchu Sherpa  NepalUnspecified[1]
Spring 2002Prakash Kundip Karki  NepalUnspecified[1]
Spring 2002Ongchhu Sherpa  NepalUnspecified[1]
Spring 2002Sarki Sherpa  NepalUnspecified[1]
Spring 2002Nima Dorje Tamang  NepalUnspecified[1]
14 May 2001Erich Resch  AustriaFall[1][92]
16 May 2000Bernd Mehnert  GermanyAltitude sickness[1][92]
11 October 1999Sange Pemba Sherpa  NepalFall[1][92]
30 April 1999Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen  DenmarkFall[1][92]
12 October 1997Per Lyhne  DenmarkUnknown illness[1][92]
24 May 1997Igor Bougatshevski  RussiaFalling rock/ice[1][78][92]
21 May 1997Salavat Khabibulin  RussiaExhaustion[1][78][92]
14 May 1996Anatoli Chlekht  RussiaFall[1][92][95]
8 May 1995David Victor Hume  AustraliaFall[1][92]
8 October 1991Ishizaka Takumi  JapanExposure, frostbite[1][92]
2 October 1991Manuel "Manu" Badiola Otegi  SpainFall[1][92]
14 October 1988Ryszard Kołakowski  PolandFall[1][92]
25 September 1986Marcel Rüedi   SwitzerlandAltitude sickness[1][92]
Autumn 1986Kancha Gurung  NepalAltitude sickness[1]
13 September 1984Ram Bahadur Shrestha  NepalAltitude sickness[1][92]
15 October 1983Mark Peter Moorhead  AustraliaFall[1][92]
3 October 1983Matthew William "Bill" Denz  New ZealandAvalanche[1][92]
Spring 1983Unknown  NepalUnknown[1]
26 September 1982Tadeusz Szulc  PolandUnknown illness[1][92]
6 October 1978Andrzej Młynarczyk  PolandAvalanche[1][92]
24 May 1976Karel Schubert  CzechoslovakiaExposure, frostbite[1][92]
21 May 1973Jan Kounický  CzechoslovakiaFall[1][92]
26 September 1954Dilli Bahadur Verma    NepalPneumonia[1][92]

Cho Oyu edit

Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain at 8,188 meters (26,864 ft) above sea level. Standing on the China TibetNepal Province No. 1 border, the mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 kilometers west of Mount Everest. Its standard northwest ridge route features generally moderate slopes, and it is close to Nangpa La, a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Khumbu's Sherpas. For these reasons, Cho Oyu is considered the easiest 8,000-meter peak to climb. As of September 2020, there had been 3,923 successful summits and 52 deaths on the mountain, a fatality-to-summit ratio of just over 1:100.[1]

The summit of Cho Oyu, as seen from Gokyo.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
29 April 2019Phujung Bhote  NepalFall into crevasse[1]
16 May 2018Park Shin-yong  South KoreaExhaustion, altitude sickness[1][96]
26 September 2011Joerg Henry Manuel Henning  GermanyAvalanche[1][97]
23 September 2011Rostislav Krpec  Czech RepublicUnknown illness[1][97][98]
22 May 2011Ronald Naar  NetherlandsAltitude sickness[1]
3 October 2010Walter Nones  ItalyFall[1][99]
3 May 2010Serguey Nikitin  RussiaHACE[1][71]
26 September 2009Clifton Harlan Wells "Cliff" Maloney  United StatesUnknown illness[1]
2 June 2009Dennis Verhoeve  NetherlandsFall[1][100]
4 October 2008Miha Valič  SloveniaAltitude sickness[1]
3 October 2008Guy Leveille  CanadaFall[1]
9 May 2006Raymund M. Spang  GermanyFall[1]
11 May 2005Lubos Stacho  SlovakiaUnknown illness[1]
13 October 2004Xabier Ormazabal  SpainExhaustion, fall[1][101][102]
6 October 2003Christos Barouchas  GreeceExhaustion[1]
16 May 2003Guenter Welkisch  GermanyAltitude sickness[1]
14 May 2003Paul Bernard Carr  AustraliaHeart attack[1][103]
14 May 2002Adam Joseph Cinnamond  United KingdomFall into crevasse[1][104]
30 April 2002Chhong Ringee Sherpa  NepalUnknown[1]
9 September 2001Kim Su-ya  South KoreaAltitude sickness[1]
11 October 2000Pavle Milošević  YugoslaviaHAPE, heart problems[1][105]
20 September 2000Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[1]
Pasang Nuru Sherpa
Pasang Nima Sherpa
4 May 2000Pavel Bonadyssenko  RussiaFall[1][106]
Noora Toivonen  FinlandFall[1][107]
Winter 1999Joan Carrillo Junca  SpainFall[1]
26 September 1998Alexander "Alex" Jaggi   SwitzerlandUnknown illness[1]
13 May 1998Gerald Roesner  GermanyFall[1]
30 April 1998Viktor Stepanov  RussiaUnknown illness[1]
10 October 1996Lubos Becak  Czech RepublicAltitude sickness[1]
6 October 1996Oya Hiroshi  JapanAltitude sickness[1]
20 April 1996Friedrich "Fritz" Zintl  GermanyUnknown illness[1]
8 October 1994Lhakpa Gyalu Sherpa  NepalUnknown illness[1]
24 January 1994Juan Carlos Piedra   SwitzerlandFall[1]
Jean-Luc BeausireFall
20 May 1992Philippe Gerard Arnold Monnerat   SwitzerlandFall[1]
21 October 1991Yuri Grebeniuk  Soviet UnionFalling rock/ice[1]
11 May 1991Horst Wasmann  GermanyFall[1]
Summer 1990Chandra Gurung  NepalUnknown illness[1]
25 December 1989Ang Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa  NepalFall[1]
29 September 1988Daniel Bovero  FranceAltitude sickness[1]
12 May 1988Stefan Wörner   SwitzerlandAltitude sickness[1][108]
23 October 1986Pierre-Alain Steiner   SwitzerlandFall[1]
19 May 1982Reinhard Karl  West GermanyAvalanche[1]
7 May 1964Alois Thurmayr  West GermanyAltitude sickness[1]
4 May 1964Georg Huber  West GermanyAltitude sickness[1]
2 October 1959Chhowang Sherpa    NepalAvalanche[1]
Ang Norbu Sherpa
Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz  Belgium
Claude Kogan  France[1][109]
28 April 1958Narendra Dhar "Nandu" Jayal  IndiaAltitude sickness[1]

Dhaulagiri I edit

Dhaulagiri I is the world's seventh highest mountain.

DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
12 April 2022Antonios Sykaris  GreeceIllness[110]
27 September 2018Dawa Gyaljen Sherpa    NepalAvalanche[111]
30 April 2018Simone La Terra  ItalyStorm[112]
20 May 2017Ang Ngima Sherpa    NepalFall/Exposure[113]
19 May 2016Rajib Bhattacharya  IndiaAltitude sickness[114]
16 May 2016Christiaan Johan Wilson  NetherlandsDisappeared[115][116]
15 October 2014Ján Matlák  SlovakiaAvalanche[117][118]
15 October 2014Vladimír Švancár  SlovakiaAvalanche[117][118]
15 October 2014Bhoj Kumar Rai    NepalAvalanche[117][118]
15 October 2014Gopal Rai    NepalAvalanche[117][118]
15 October 2014Dorje Sherpa    NepalAvalanche[117][118]
26 May 2013Juanjo Garra  SpainFall and exposure[39][119][120][121]
23 May 2013Chizuko Kono  JapanExhaustion[39][121][122]
23 May 2013Dawa Sherpa    NepalDisappeared[121][122]
28 September 2010Daisuke Honda  JapanAvalanche[123][124][125]
28 September 2010Osamu Tanabe  JapanAvalanche[123][124]
28 September 2010Pasang Gyelu  NepalAvalanche[123][124]
28 September 2010Toshio Yamamoto  JapanAvalanche[123][124]
13 May 2010Zhao Liang  ChinaFall[71][126]
13 May 2010Li Bin  ChinaCold/ Exhaustion[126][127]
13 May 2010Han Xin  ChinaFall[126]
1 May 2009Mehdi Etemad Far  IranFall[128]
8 April 2009Piotr Morawski  PolandFall into crevasse[129]
5 May 2008Rafael Guillén  SpainFall[130]
5 May 2008Darío Bracali  ArgentinaDisappeared[130]
12 May 2007Santiago Sagaste  SpainAvalanche[131]
12 May 2007Ricardo Valencia  SpainAvalanche[131]
30 April 2007Sergio Dalla Longa  ItalyFall[132]
14 October 2001Yukihiko Shinagawa  JapanDisappeared[133]
14 October 2001Ryushi Hoshino  JapanDisappeared[133]
14 October 2001Masashi Fukumoto  JapanDisappeared[133]
11 October 2001Jose Antonio Garces  SpainFall[134]
7 October 2000Gyalzen Chuldim  NepalAvalanche
29 September 2000Soo-ho Lee  South KoreaAvalanche
24 October 1999Ginette Harrison  United KingdomAvalanche
24 October 1999Dawa Dorje  NepalAvalanche
2 October 1998Charalampos (Babis) Tsoupras  GreeceFall
11 May 1998Chantal Mauduit  FranceAvalanche[135]
11 May 1998Ang Tshering  NepalAvalanche[135]
1 May 1998Nikos Papandreou  GreeceFall
6 October 1995Isayoshi Tawaraya  JapanDisappeared
15 May 1995Albrecht Hammann  GermanyExposure
18 October 1994Galina Chekanova  UkraineFall[135][136][137]
26 September 1994Robert Bähler   SwitzerlandFall
6 October 1993Gary Ball  New ZealandAltitude Sickness
11 May 1992Sanda Dumitrescu-Isaila  RomaniaDisappeared
11 May 1992Taina Coliban  RomaniaDisappeared
2 May 1992Hubert Weinzierl  GermanyHeart Failure
31 October 1990Dainius Makauskas  LithuaniaDisappeared
29 April 1990Wangel  NepalAvalanche
25 December 1989Scot McGrath  United StatesAvalanche
25 December 1989Gregory Barber  United StatesAvalanche
25 December 1989Wangchuk Nuru  NepalAvalanche
10 October 1989Francesc (Quico) Dalmases  SpainDisappeared
25 September 1989Sarki Kami  NepalAvalanche
25 September 1989Ajiwa  NepalAvalanche
21 September 1986Franz Mülleder  AustriaEdema[138]
23 October 1984Jan Simon  CzechoslovakiaFall[139]
23 May 1981Mario Serrano  ArgentinaCold/Exhaustion
7 October 1980Lynette R. Griffith  AustraliaAvalanche
14 May 1979Sherpa Pemba  NepalDisappeared[140]
13 May 1979Jean-Louis Sabarly  FranceAvalanche[140]
13 May 1979Eric Poumailloux  FranceAvalanche[140]
20 October 1978Katsuyoshi Kogure  JapanFall/Exposure
23 September 1978Kiyoshi Kobayashi  JapanAvalanche
23 September 1978Yujiro Fukasawa  JapanAvalanche
23 September 1978Hiroshi Akuzawa  JapanAvalanche
21 April 1978Katsumi Naganuma  JapanExhaustion
26 March 1975Yoshitada Numao  JapanAvalanche
26 March 1975Tetsu Imura  JapanAvalanche
26 March 1975Pasang Kami  NepalAvalanche
26 March 1975Dorje  NepalAvalanche
26 March 1975Dakiya  NepalAvalanche
28 April 1969David Seidman  United StatesAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Ross William  United StatesAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Vincent Hoeman  United StatesAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Paul Gerhard  United StatesAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Boyd Everett  United StatesAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Pemba Phutar  NepalAvalanche[141]
28 April 1969Tenzing  NepalAvalanche[141]
29 April 1959Heinrich Roiss  AustriaCold/Exhaustion
26 May 1956Bal Bahadur    NepalAvalanche[142]
30 June 1954Francisco (Paco) Ibanez  ArgentinaExposure

Manaslu edit

Manaslu is the world's eighth highest mountain.

The summit of Manaslu at dawn.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
2 October 2022Dawa Chhiring Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[143]
26 September 2022Hilaree Nelson  United StatesFall[144]
26 September 2022Anup Rai  NepalAvalanche[145]
29 September 2021Brent Seal  CanadaStroke[146]
28 September 2019Rita Bladyko  PolandAltitude sickness[147]
29 September 2018Roman Hlávko  Czech RepublicProbably fall[148]
8 September 2018Hiromi Komatsu  JapanRescue helicopter crash[149]
25 September 2017Philip Harvey  United KingdomAltitude Sickness[150]
26 October 2016Hirotaka Onodera  JapanFall[151]
1 October 2015Zoltan Benedek  AustriaProbably altitude sickness[152]
26 September 2014Yoshimasa Sasaki  JapanFall[153]
4 October 2012Victor Correa  ColombiaUnknown (disappeared)[154]
23 September 2012Dominique Ouimet  CanadaAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Gregory Ugo Costa  FranceAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Alberto Magliano  ItalyAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Catherine Ricard  FranceAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Christian Mittermeyer  GermanyAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Dawa Dorji Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Fabrice Priez  FranceAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Ludovic Challeat  FranceAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Marti Roig Gasull  SpainAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Phillippe Lucien Bos  FranceAvalanche[155]
23 September 2012Rémy Lécluse  FranceAvalanche[155][156][157]
11 May 2012Jafar Naseri  IranUnknown (disappeared)[158]
12 May 2011Tashi Chhiring  NepalUnknown (disappeared)[159][160]
12 May 2011Bernard Jean Francois Milian  FranceUnknown (disappeared)[159][160]
12 May 2011Alain Peirre Marie Laurens  FranceUnknown (disappeared)[159][160]
29 April 2011Eisa Mir-Shekari  IranAltitude sickness[159]
24 September 2010Nobuaki Kuwabara  JapanIllness[159]
24 April 2010Chi-won Yun  South KoreaUnknown (disappeared)[159]
24 April 2010Haeng-su Park  South KoreaExhaustion[159]
3 October 2009Franc Oderlap  SloveniaHit by falling seracs, died in hospital[159]
19 May 2009Levente Szabó  HungaryFall[159]
28 April 2009Giuseppe Antonelli  ItalyIllness[159]
5 October 2008Daniel Goulevitch  FranceAltitude sickness[159]
13 May 2008Hasta Bahadur Gurung  NepalIllness[159]
28 May 2006Susan Erica Fear  AustraliaFall in crevasse[159][161]
13 October 2001Isao Kuribara  NepalAltitude sickness, Exhaustion[159]
30 October 1998Hristo Stantchev  BulgariaFall[159]
26 October 1998Lenin Granados  ColombiaAvalanche[159][162]
9 October 1997Miroslav Rybansky  SlovakiaCollapsed[159]
8 October 1997Juraj Kardhordo  SlovakiaUnknown (disappeared)[159]
1 October 1996Masatsugu Konishi  JapanUnknown (disappeared)[159]
7 May 1995Michael Zunk  GermanyFall[159][163]
6 May 1995Jörg Starke  GermanyFall[159][163]
22 October 1993Sergei Jadrychnikov  RussiaAvalanche[159][163]
21 October 1993Igor Khmiliar  RussiaFall[159][163]
3 October 1992Sven Vermeiren  BelgiumFall[159]
2 October 1992Sylwia Dmowska  PolandFall[159]
10 May 1991Karl Großrubatscher  ItalyFall[159]
10 May 1991Gottfried Mutschlechner  ItalyLightning[159]
7 September 1990Murat Galiev  Soviet UnionFall[159]
7 September 1990Zinur Halitov  Soviet UnionFall[159]
7 September 1990Grigory Lunjakov  Soviet UnionFall[159]
27 March 1990Nima Wangchuk Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[159]
27 March 1990Charles Schertz  United StatesAvalanche[159]
27 March 1990Nancy Jackson  United StatesAvalanche[159]
7 May 1989Santiago Suarez  SpainFall[159]
28 October 1987Ichigi Kudo  JapanFall[159]
4 May 1986Dieter Oberbichler  AustriaFall[159]
3 May 1986Wilhelm Klaiber  West GermanyUnknown (disappeared)[159]
25 October 1985Nima Norbu Sherpa  NepalAvalanche[159]
4 May 1985Thomas Juen  AustriaAvalanche[159]
11 December 1983Stanisław Jaworski  PolandFall[164]
24 April 1983Ante Bućan  YugoslaviaAvalanche[159]
24 April 1983Nejc Zaplotnik  YugoslaviaAvalanche[159]
18 December 1982Takashi Sakuma  JapanCold, Exhaustion[159]
10 May 1982Pere Aymerich  SpainAvalanche[159]
10 May 1982Enric Font  SpainAvalanche[159]
8 October 1979Edgardo Jose Porsellana  ArgentinaAvalanche[159]
5 May 1974Teiko Suzuki  JapanUnknown (disappeared)[159]
26 April 1972Andi Schlick  AustriaUnknown (disappeared)[159]
25 April 1972Franz Jäger  AustriaUnknown (disappeared)[159]
10 April 1972Wangel  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Rinsing Ongyal  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Phurba Tenzing  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Pemba Rinji (Nawang Chultim)  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Pasang Nima  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Gyalze  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Ang Tendi (Ang Dawa)  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Ang Rita  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Ang Mingma (b)  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Ang Mingma (a)  NepalAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Kazunari Yasuhisha  JapanAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Chang-hee Park  South KoreaAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Sae-keon Oh  South KoreaAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Joon-haeng Song  South KoreaAvalanche[159]
10 April 1972Ho-sup Kim  South KoreaAvalanche[159]
4 May 1971Ki-sup Kim  South KoreaFall[159]

Nanga Parbat edit

Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain.

The summit of Nanga Parbat, as seen from the air.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
3 July 2023Paweł Kopeć  PolandAltitude sickness[165][166]
24 February 2019Daniele Nardi  ItalyUnknown[167][168]
24 February 2019Tom Ballard  United KingdomUnknown[167][168]
27/28 January 2018Tomasz Mackiewicz  PolandAltitude sickness[169][170]
24 June 2017Alberto Zerain  SpainAvalanche[171]
24 June 2017Mariano Galvan  ArgentinaAvalanche[171]
22 June 2013Igor Svergun  UkraineKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Badawi Kashaev  UkraineKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Dmitry Konyaev  UkraineKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Rao Jianfeng  ChinaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Yang Chunfeng  ChinaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Honglu Chen  China (USA/China dual national)Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Sona Sherpa    NepalKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Ernestas Markšaitis  LithuaniaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Ali Hussain  PakistanKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Anton Dobes  SlovakiaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
22 June 2013Peter Sperka  SlovakiaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp[172]
6 February 2013Joel Wischnewski  FranceAvalanche[173][174]
11 July 2009Mi-young Go  South KoreaFall[175]
10 July 2009Wolfgang Kölblinger  AustriaFall[176]
17 July 2008Saman Nemati  IranUnknown[176]
15 July 2008Karl Unterkircher  ItalyFell into crevasse[176]
28 July 2006Naohiro Ozawa  JapanUnknown[176]
22 July 2006José Antonio Delgado  VenezuelaExposure[176]
1 July 2004Günter Jung  GermanyFall[176]
26 July 1998Hideki Ohmiya  JapanFall[176]
30 July 1997Joan Colet  SpainFell during descent[176]
20 June 1996Răzvan Petcu  RomaniaAvalanche[176]
20 June 1996Gabriel Stana  RomaniaAvalanche[176]
24 June 1994Antonio Lopez  SpainFall[176]
7 July 1993Chun-moon Ahn  South KoreaUnknown[176]
18 August 1990Osami Nakajima  JapanFall[176]
3 July 1990Chang-gi Park  South KoreaFall into a crevasse[176]
18 July 1989Tetsuya Baba  JapanLightning strike[176]
23 June 1989Kwang-ho Kim  South KoreaFall[176]
10 July 1985Piotr Kalmus  PolandAvalanche[176]
8 December 1984Hiromi Kameda  JapanFall[176]
7 July 1984Fuji Tsunoda  JapanAvalanche[176]
7 July 1984Shigeoh Hida  JapanAvalanche[176]
7 July 1984Nobuyuki Imakyurei  JapanAvalanche[176]
7 July 1984Takashi Kogure  JapanAvalanche[176]
12 July 1983Nobuyoshi Yamada  JapanAvalanche[176]
12 July 1983Yuichiro Takamori  JapanAvalanche[176]
12 July 1983Satoshi Iida  JapanAvalanche[176]
17 June 1983Kazuo Shimura  JapanFall[176]
8 June 1982Peter Hiltbrand   SwitzerlandAltitude sickness[176]
12 June 1982Ali Sheikh  PakistanFall[176]
4 June 1982Peter Forrer   SwitzerlandAvalanche[176]
28 April 1982Matloob Hassan Nuri  PakistanFall into crevasse[177]
31 July 1977Robert Broughton  United StatesAvalanche[176]
31 July 1977George Bogel  United StatesAvalanche[176]
26 September 1976Sebastian (Wastl) Arnold  AustriaFall[176]
8 July 1971Näbi Mantas Hunza  PakistanFall[176]
29 June 1970Günther Messner  ItalyAvalanche[176][178]
23 June 1962Siegfried (Sigi) Löw  West GermanyFall[176]
4 December 1950John W. Thornley  United KingdomUnknown[177]
4 December 1950William H. Crace  United KingdomUnknown[177]
14 / 15 June 1937Karl Wien  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Martin Pfeffer  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Peter Müllritter  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Günther Hepp  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Hans Hartmann  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Adolf Göttner  Nazi GermanyAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Pert Fankhauser  AustriaAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Tigmay  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Pasang Norbu  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Nima Tsering I  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Nima Tsering II  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Mingma Tsering  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Karmi  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Gyalgen Monjo  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Chong Karma  British RajAvalanche[176]
14 / 15 June 1937Ang Tshering II  British RajAvalanche[176]
17 July 1934Willy Merkl  Nazi GermanyUnknown[176]
17 July 1934Sherpa Gyali  British RajUnknown[176]
12 July 1934Wilhelm Welzenbach  Nazi GermanyExposure[176]
10 July 1934Sherpa Dakshi  British RajUnknown[176]
10 July 1934Dorje Nima  British RajExposure[176]
10 July 1934Nima Tashi  British RajExposure[176]
10 July 1934Pinju Norbu  British RajExposure[176]
9 July 1934Nima Nurbu  British RajUnknown[176]
9 July 1934Ulrich Wieland  Nazi GermanyUnknown[176]
8 June 1934Alfred Drexel  Nazi GermanyPneumonia[176][177]
24 August 1895Albert F. Mummery  United KingdomAvalanche[176]
24 August 1895Ragobir Thapa Ghurka    NepalAvalanche[176]
24 August 1895Goman Singh Ghurka    NepalAvalanche[176]

Annapurna I edit

Annapurna I is the world's 10th highest mountain.

Photograph of Annapurna South from Annapurna base camp (4,130 m) before sunrise.
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial (1997) and Ian Clough (1970) memorials at the Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
18 April 2023Noel Hanna  United KingdomExposure[179]
3 May 2019Wui Kin Chin  MalaysiaHypothermia/Frostbite[82]
24 March 2015Samuli Mansikka  FinlandFall[180]
24 March 2015Pemba Sherpa    NepalFall[180]
7 October 2012Ivan Lobanov  UzbekistanAvalanche[181]
7 October 2012Iljas Tukhvatullin  UzbekistanAvalanche[181]
5 May 2012Tibor Horváth  HungaryAvalanche[182]
18 October 2011Young-seok Park  South KoreaUnknown[97][183][184]
18 October 2011Dong-min Shin  South KoreaUnknown[97][183][184]
18 October 2011Ki-seok Kang  South KoreaUnknown[97][183][184]
29 April 2010Tolo Calafat  SpainUnknown[185][186]
April 2009Martin Minařík  Czech RepublicFell into Crevasse[187]
23 May 2008Iñaki Ochoa de Olza  SpainHACE[188]
22 April 2007Udhav Prasad Khanal  NepalUnknown[189]
22 October 2006Lhakpa Rita II  NepalAvalanche[190]
18 May 2005Christian Kuntner  ItalyAvalanche[191]
10 October 2004Hideji Nazuka  JapanAvalanche[192]
10 October 2004Michio Sato  JapanAvalanche[192]
29 April 1999Hyun-ok Ji  South KoreaUnknown[193]
29 April 1999Dorje Kami  NepalUnknown[189]
26 April 1998Ang Tshering  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
25 December 1997Anatoli Boukreev  KazakhstanAvalanche[189][194]
25 December 1997Dmitri Sobolev  KazakhstanAvalanche[189][194]
23 March 1997Ngati  NepalFall[189][194]
11 October 1992Pierre Béghin  FranceFall[194][195]
20 October 1991Gabriel Denamur  BelgiumUnknown[189][194]
19 September 1991Seog-jee Lee  South KoreaAvalanche[194]
19 September 1991Song-gu Lee  South KoreaAvalanche[194]
19 September 1991Sange Dawa  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
19 September 1991Tendi Lhakpa  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
19 September 1991Jangbu Nurbu  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
19 September 1991Tenzing  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
28 October 1989Milan Metkov  BulgariaUnknown[189]
28 October 1989Ognian Stoykov  BulgariaUnknown[189]
18 October 1988Ramiro Navarrete  EcuadorFall[196]
1 October 1988Jiri Pelikan  CzechoslovakiaFall on descent[189]
29 September 1988Akihiro Mori  JapanAvalanche[194]
29 September 1988Ang Dawa  JapanAvalanche[189][194]
20 December 1987Toshiyuki Kobayashi  JapanFall[189]
20 December 1987Yasuhira Saito  JapanFall[189]
24 May 1987Andres Ferrer  SpainFall[189]
23 September 1986Benoit Grison  FranceFall[189]
7 December 1984Pasang Norbu  NepalUnknown[189]
7 December 1984Keepa  NepalUnknown[189]
21 April 1984Philippe Dumas  FranceAvalanche[189]
21 April 1984Patrick Taglianut  FranceAvalanche[189]
24 September 1983Yang-kun Chung  South KoreaAvalanche[194]
24 September 1983Magar Maila  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
24 September 1983Rama Magar Tika  NepalAvalanche[189][194]
18 October 1982Susumu Akimatsu  JapanAvalanche[189]
18 October 1982Miko Ono  JapanAvalanche[189]
17 October 1982Alex MacIntyre  United KingdomRock fall[189][195]
12 May 1982Rai Shanti  NepalFall[189]
4 May 1982Werner Bürkli   SwitzerlandHeart attack[189]
31 October 1981Yasuji Kato  JapanFall[189]
28 September 1981Andre Durieux  FranceAvalanche[189]
28 September 1981Yves Favre  FranceAvalanche[189]
27 September 1981Ang Nima  NepalAvalanche[189]
27 September 1981Pemba Tshering  NepalAvalanche[189]
19 September 1979Eric Roberts  United KingdomAvalanche[189]
19 September 1979Maynard Cohick  United StatesAvalanche[189]
19 September 1979Gil Harder  United StatesAvalanche[189]
1 May 1979Yves Morin  FranceExhaustion[189]
17 October 1978Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz  United KingdomFall[197]
17 October 1978Vera Watson  United StatesFall[197]
16 April 1975Franz Tegischer  AustriaAvalanche[189]
26 September 1973Leo Cerruti  ItalyAvalanche[189]
26 September 1973Miller Rava  ItalyAvalanche[189]
18 May 1973Tadashi Ushigoe  JapanAvalanche[189]
18 May 1973Sadatoshi Takahashi  JapanAvalanche[189]
18 May 1973Masanori Hama  JapanAvalanche[189]
18 May 1973Kazumi Katagiri  JapanAvalanche[189]
18 May 1973Rinje  NepalAvalanche[189]
30 May 1970Ian Clough  United KingdomSerac fall[189]

Gasherbrum I edit

Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain.

Western vantage of the Gasherbrum group of mountains
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
9 August 2013Zdenek Hruby  Czech RepublicFall[198]
22 July 2013Xevi Gómez  SpainDisappeared[199]
22 July 2013Álvaro Paredes  SpainDisappeared[199]
22 July 2013Abel Alonso  SpainDisappeared[199]
7 July 2013Artur Hajzer  PolandFall[200][201]
9 March 2012Gerfried Göschl  AustriaDisappeared[202]
9 March 2012Cedric Hählen   SwitzerlandDisappeared[202]
9 March 2012Nissar Hussain  PakistanDisappeared[202]
18 June 2008Jean-Noel Urban  FranceFall into crevasse[203][204][205]
29 July 2007Jiri Danek  Czech RepublicFall[204][205][206]
5 August 2005Dawa Nurbu II  NepalFall[204][205]
25 July 2004Jose Antonio Anton  SpainFall[204][205]
7 September 2003Mohammad Oraz  IranAvalanche caused injuries, died in hospital[204][205][207]
15 July 2003Vladimir Pestrikov  UkraineStone fall[204][205]
5 July 2003Jose Manuel Buenaga  SpainDisappeared[204][205]
5 July 2003Nancy Silvestrini [es]  ArgentinaDisappeared[204][205]
9 July 2001Claudio Gálvez Santibañez  ChileFall, after successfully summiting[204][205][208][209]
1 August 1998Yoshiumi Hayoshida  JapanAvalanche[204][205]
1 August 1998Kasunori Kutama  JapanAvalanche[204][205]
1 August 1998Kasutoshi Naito  JapanAvalanche[204][205]
1 August 1998Takashi Watanabe  JapanAvalanche[204][205]
17 July 1996Manuel Alvarez  SpainFall (between Camp III and Camp II)[204][205]
30 May 1993Paolo Bernascone  ItalySlab avalanche (below Camp I)[204][205]
19 August 1990Josep Granyo  SpainDisappeared[204][205]
19 August 1990Albert Ibanez  SpainDisappeared[204][205]
12 July 1989Dorje Tsindi  NepalFall[204][205]
25 June 1988Jorge Luis Brito  MexicoPulmonary edema[204][205]
29 July 1987Mohsin Ali  PakistanAvalanche[citation needed]
29 July 1987Fakhar-ul-Islam  PakistanAvalanche[citation needed]
29 July 1987Fayyaz Hussain  PakistanAvalanche[citation needed]
29 July 1987Khalid Khan  PakistanAvalanche[204][205]
18 August 1986Andreas Bührer   SwitzerlandFall[204][205]
31 May 1986Muhammad Ali Ghulam  PakistanPneumonia[204][205]
9–10 June 1977Drago Bregar  YugoslaviaDisappeared[29][204][205]

Broad Peak edit

Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain.

Broad Peak summit.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
19 July 2022Gordon Henderson  United KingdomFall[210]
5 July 2022Sharif Sadpara  PakistanFall[211]
19 July 2021Kim Hong-bin  South KoreaFall[212][213][214]
July 2015Qamber Ali Jangjupa  PakistanAvalanche[215]
23 July 2013Aidin Bozorgi  IranDisappeared[216]
23 July 2013Mojtaba Jarrahi [fa]  IranDisappeared[216]
23 July 2013Pouya Keivan [fa]  IranDisappeared[216]
8 July 2013Dana Heide  GermanySlipped into a glacial stream near base camp[217]
6 March 2013Maciej Berbeka  PolandDisappeared[218]
6 March 2013Tomasz Kowalski  PolandPresumably exhaustion[218]
31 July 2012Muhammad Baqir  PakistanFall[219]
31 July 2012Zuzana Hofmannová  Czech RepublicDisappeared
25 July 2011Jeffrey Wai Hung Chung  Hong KongFall in crevasse

[220][221][222][223][224][225]

18 July 2009Cristina Castagna  ItalyFall
30 June 2008Vlado Plulik  SlovakiaDisappeared[226]
8 July 2006Markus Kronthaler  AustriaExhaustion
11 July 1999Seung-Kwon Hur  South KoreaDisappeared[226]
29 July 1998Pascale Bessieres  FranceDisappeared[226]
29 July 1998Eric Escoffier  FranceDisappeared[226]
16 July 1997Jeffrey Ian Bubb  United StatesAvalanche[226]
16 July 1997Fukuzo Yokotagawa  JapanAvalanche[226]
20 July 1996Dong-keun Han  South KoreaDied on descent due to bad weather[226]
20 July 1996Jae-mo Yang  South KoreaDied on descent due to bad weather[226]
20 July 1996Sun-taek Lim  South KoreaDied on descent due to bad weather[226]
12 July 1995Hyun-jae Park  South KoreaFall[226]
22 June 1994Alexej Himer  Czech RepublicFall[226]
11 June 1994Bohuslav Bilek  Czech RepublicPulmonary edema[226]
24 July 1990Kurt Lyncke-Krüger  West GermanyFall[226]
20 August 1988Yong-il Jang  South KoreaAvalanche[226]
22 August 1986Liam Scott Elliott  United KingdomFell[226]
18 August 1985Barbara Kozłowska  PolandDrowned in a glacier stream above BC[226]
16 May 1985Hans Frick  CanadaAvalanche[226]
29 June 1983Peter Thexton  United KingdomPulmonary edema[226]
5 August 1981Enric Pujol  SpainFall[226]
29 July 1975Andrzej Sikorski  PolandFall[226]
29 July 1975Marek Kęsicki  PolandFall[226]
28 July 1975Bohdan Nowaczyk  PolandFall[226]

Gasherbrum II edit

Gasherbrum II, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain.

The three peaks of Gasherbrum.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
5 July 2022Iram Karim  PakistanSlipped into a glacial stream near base camp[227]
25 July 2015Aleksander Ostrowski  PolandAvalanche[228]
22 July 2011Leila Esfandyari  IranFall on descent[229]
21 July 2009Luis María Barbero  SpainDisappeared[230][231]
18 July 2007Ernst-Robert Zauner  GermanyAvalanche[206][231]
18 July 2007Arne Heckele  GermanyAvalanche[206][231]
3 July 2007Ulrike Gschwandtner [de]  AustriaPossibly Heart Failure[232][circular reference]
20 July 2001Jean-François Bassine  BelgiumFall[230][231]
28 July 2000Felix Iñurrategui  SpainFall[231][233]
13 July 1989Antton Ibarguren  SpainFall[230][231]
9 July 1988Gary Silver  United StatesIllness[230][231]
6 July 1988Michel Basson  FrancePulmonary Edema[230][231]
25 June 1988Henri Albet  FranceFall on snowboard[230][231]
29 June 1987Jean-Pierre Hefti   SwitzerlandFall[230][231]
12 July 1986Carlos Rabago  SpainIllness[230][231]
11 July 1985Pierre Bouygues  FranceIllness[230][231]
24 June 1985Toru Nakano  JapanFall[230][231]
mid July 1982Norbert Wolf  AustriaCold[230][231]
mid July 1982Gerhard Gruner  West GermanyDisappeared[230][231]
2 July 1982Glenn Brindeiro  United StatesAvalanche[230][231]
1 June 1976Osamu Matsuura  JapanExhaustion[230][231]
27 May 1976Yoshinori Hiramatsu  JapanFall[230][231]
27 May 1976Taketoshi Miyamoto  JapanFall[230][231]
late June 1975Bernard Villaret  FranceCold, exhaustion[230][231]

Shishapangma edit

Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain.

The summit of Shishapangma (far left).
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
3 May 2018Boyan Petrov  BulgariaDisappearance[234]
30 Sept 2016Pemba Sherpa (Taplejung 8)  NepalAvalanche[235]
24 April 2016Patrik Matiolli  SwitzerlandFall in crevasse[236]
24 April 2016Jon Johnston  AustraliaFall in crevasse[236]
24 September 2014Sebastian Haag  GermanyAvalanche[237]
24 September 2014Andrea Zambaldi  ItalyAvalanche[237]
11 May 2013Unknown  GermanyHACE[238]
15 October 2009Roby Piantoni  ItalyFall[239][240]
24 April 2007Marek Hudák  SlovakiaDisappearance[239][241]
31 October 2006Bruno Carvalho  PortugalFall[239][242]
3 October 2005Stanislav Krylov  RussiaDisappearance[239][242]
28 September 2005Martin Oczko  Czech RepublicAltitude sickness[239][242]
5 October 1999Alex Lowe  United StatesAvalanche[239][242]
5 October 1999David Bridges  United StatesAvalanche[239][242]
21 May 1998Andreino Pasini  ItalyIllness[239][242]
5 October 1996Viktor Pastukh  UkraineAvalanche[239][242]
5 October 1996Gennadi Vasilenko  UkraineAvalanche[239][242]
19 May 1996 or 1997Ming-Tse Kuo  TaiwanFall[239][242] Discrepancy regarding the year of death between different sources
1 May 1996Stefan Sluka  SlovakiaDisappeared on descent[239][242]
1 October 1994Zdenek Slachta  Czech RepublicAvalanche[239][242]
18 September 1994Tod Gassen  United StatesFall in crevasse[239][242]
29 September 1993Bueoung-tae Park  South KoreaFall[239][242]
20 September 1991Hidekazu Gomi  JapanAvalanche[239][242]
20 September 1991Tetsuichi Miyashita  JapanAvalanche[239][242]
22 May 1991Werner Braun  GermanyDisappearance (probably avalanche)[239][242]
22 May 1991Werner Meichsner  GermanyDisappearance (probably avalanche)[239][242]
22 May 1991Günther Semmler  GermanyDisappearance (probably avalanche)[239][242]
22 May 1991Karl-Heinz Thiele  GermanyDisappearance (probably avalanche)[239][242]
15 October 1990Joan Martinez  SpainExposure[239][242]
4 October 1989Luca Leonardi   SwitzerlandAvalanche[239][242]
28 April 1983Fritz Luchsinger   SwitzerlandAltitude sickness[239][242]

Deaths per mountain edit

MountainNumber of deaths
Everest328
K296
Nanga Parbat83
Manaslu89
Dhaulagiri I82
Annapurna I74
Kangchenjunga58
Cho Oyu52
Makalu40
Gasherbrum I41
Broad Peak37
Shishapangma31
Lhotse33
Gasherbrum II23
Total1,067

See also edit

Bibliography edit

  • Liam Neeson, Lhakpa Dorji, and Dorje Sherpa (1998). Everest (Documentary Film). Nepal, Colorado: Arcturus Motion Pictures, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Polartec.

References edit