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Dr. Kamler himself has climbed to within 900 vertical feet of the summit of Everest and claims to have been the only doctor high on the mountain, during the infamous 1996 storm that claimed 12 lives. His treatment of the survivors was portrayed in the best-selling book, Into Thin Air and in the IMAX film, Everest (1998).
Michael Phelps Ward, CBE (26 March 1925 – 7 October 2005) was an English surgeon and an expedition doctor on the 1953 first ascent of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. [1] He argued that the conquest of the mountain was a victory for science since doctors had finally figured out how to cope with the physiological effects of high altitude ...
The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) [2] Khumbutse to the right Mount Everest was approximately 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of the epicentre, and between 700 and 1,000 people were on or near the mountain when the earthquake struck, [3] [4] including 359 climbers at Base Camp, many of whom had returned after the aborted 2014 season. [5]
The doctor had tried to climb Everest in 2012 but had to retreat after reaching Camp 3 after he suffered high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). American doctor dies at Camp II on Everest
An attempt to climb Everest requires months, sometimes years, of training and conditioning – even then, reaching the summit is far from guaranteed. In fact, more than 300 people are known to ...
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest to date after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the ...
Anyone who has even loosely followed events on Mt. Everest in recent years is probably familiar with the terrifying "conga line” photos of climbers stuck in the world’s highest traffic jam.
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11] Dr. A. M. Kellas (1921, en route to Everest as part of expedition) [3] [12] Dr. Karl G. Henize (1993), PhD in Astronomy and U.S. Astronaut [13] Dr. Sándor Gárdos (2001), Hungarian team doctor, specialist of high altitude medicine [14]