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Unknown (died near Base Camp; likely a trekker as no climbing permits were issued in autumn 2021) [91] 24 May 2019 Nima Tenji Sherpa Nepal: Storm, altitude sickness [1] [92] 16 May 2019 Dipankar Ghosh India: Exhaustion [1] [93] Narayan Singh Exhaustion [1] [94] 8 May 2019 Richard Leopoldo Hidalgo Jara Peru: Died in sleep, likely altitude ...
ExplorersWeb, citing the Himalayan Database, reported that as of July 2023, 51 teams had tried to reach the summit of Langtang Lirung, but only 14 had succeeded, while 16 climbers died.
Ondrej Huserka’s rope reportedly snapped and he fell into ice crevasse while rappelling down tough east face of Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal
Kim Chang-ho (Korean: 김창호; 15 September 1969 – 11 October 2018), was a South Korean mountaineer, and at the time of his death in 2018, was considered to be Korea's most prolific alpine and Himalayan climber, noted for his bold and lightweight alpine style ascents.
Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski, who died descending from the mountain. Examples of those who, after summiting, died on the descent down or soon after (not counting other climbs, on the same expedition but does not have to be their first summit) examples only. Dimitar Ilievski-Murato; Francys Arsentiev; Hannelore Schmatz; Hristo Prodanov; Jozef Psotka
Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner has died at age 32 following a fall. Gardner and his longtime climbing partner, Sam Hennessey, were trekking up the Jannu East Mountain in Nepal on ...
In 2001, Babu Chiri Sherpa died from a fall near Camp II. He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18]
More than 330 climbers have died trying since modern records were kept, according to the Himalayan Database, which compiles records of all expeditions in the Himalayas; some of those bodies remain ...