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The Himalayan Database records that she died on May 19, 2012, on the south side of Mount Everest at 8400 meters altitude. [12] Further fatalities that season include two on the north and seven on the south side, with four other deaths on the same day as Shah-Klorfine. [12] She is said to have died 250 meters (~820 feet) from Camp IV (Nepal side ...
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]
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.
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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] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers. Videos shared on social media showed climbers waiting in long queues to advance up the mountain. [19]
Following her ascent of K2, which completed a record-breaking climb of all 14 true geographic peaks in just 92 days, controversy erupted over the death of a Pakistani high-altitude porter, 27-year-old Muhammad Hassan [20] in a dangerous passage at K2 known as the Bottleneck. [21]
Born in Paris, Mauduit arrived in the French Alps at age five and started climbing at the age of 15. After several difficult routes in the Alps, she focused her attention on the Andes, and then the Himalayas, where she climbed K2 (1992; fourth woman overall), Shisha Pangma (1993), Cho Oyu (1993), Lhotse (1996; first woman solo with no proof she made it to the summit), Manaslu (1996), and ...