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  2. List of deaths on eight-thousanders - Wikipedia

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    North face of Mount Everest. Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) 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.

  3. Ian McKeever (mountaineer) - Wikipedia

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    Commemorating plaque for Ian McKeever on Mount Kilimanjaro. On 2 January 2013 McKeever was struck by lightning and died while climbing Kilimanjaro. He was on the third day of the climb and had experienced torrential rain for the duration. The group was due to pass the mountain's famous Lava Tower on that day. [7]

  4. 1986 K2 disaster - Wikipedia

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    Alan Rouse was the leader of a British expedition. He obtained a permit to climb the difficult north-west ridge, instead of the conventional Abruzzi Spur.After several unsuccessful attempts to establish camps on their chosen route, the group disbanded, leaving only Rouse and cameraman Jim Curran on the mountain.

  5. Mount Kilimanjaro - Wikipedia

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    The oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro is Anne Lorimor, aged 89 years and 37 days, who reached Uhuru Peak at 3:14 p.m. local time on 18 July 2019. [83] [84] The oldest man to summit is American Fred Dishelhorst, who reached the top on 19 July 2017 at the age of 88 years old. [85]

  6. Yasuko Namba - Wikipedia

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    She first summited Kilimanjaro on New Year's Day in 1982, and summited Aconcagua exactly two years later. She reached the summit of Denali on July 1, 1985, and the summit of Mount Elbrus on August 1, 1992. After summiting Vinson Massif on December 29, 1993, and Carstensz Pyramid on November 12, 1994, Namba's final summit to reach was Mount Everest.

  7. Paralympic gold medallist highlights volunteers' work

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    Phipps had both legs from the knee down and most of his fingers amputated after contracting meningitis aged 15 and became the first disabled British person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016.

  8. List of people who died climbing Mount Everest - Wikipedia

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    Deaths Per Year on Mount Everest 1921-2024. Noting Sherpa and Non-Sherpa deaths. The upper reaches of the mountain are in the death zone , a mountaineering term for altitudes above a certain point – around 8,000 m (26,000 ft), or less than 356 millibars (5.16 psi) of atmospheric pressure – where the oxygen pressure level is not sufficient ...

  9. But on October 7, 2022, I joined 13 women from different walks of life and traveled to Tanzania on a soul-searching eight-day adventure to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and ...

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