Mount Everest
Mount Everest has been host to a large number of tragedies, with deaths occurring almost every year since its first ascent. The most notable occurred in 1922, 1970, 1974 and 1996. You can view the complete list of people who died climbing Mount Everest here.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.| Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of Death | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2012 | Ralf D. Arnold | Germany | Injuries from fall | |
| 20 May 2012 | Juan José Polo | Spain | Exhaustion | |
| 20 May 2012 | Ha Wenyi | China | Sudden death (unknown cause) | |
| 19 May 2012 | Song Won-bin | South Korea | Fall after AMS | |
| 19 May 2012 | Shriya Shah (32) | Canada | Sudden death (unknown cause) | |
| 19 May 2012 | Dr. Eberhard Schaaf (61) | Germany | High Altitude Cerebral Edema | |
| 21 April 2012 | Namgyal Tshering Sherpa | Nepal | Fall into crevasse | |
| 20 April 2012 | Ramesh Gulve | India | Stroke (CVA) while at Camp 2 | |
| 19 April 2012 | Karsang Namgyal Sherpa | Nepal | Alcohol related incident at BC | |
| 5 April 2012 | Dawa Tenzing | Nepal | Stroke (CVA) while on Khumbu Icefall | |
| 21 May 2011 | John Delaney | Ireland | Altitude sickness | |
| 12 May 2011 | Taskahi Ozaki | Japan | Altitude sickness | |
| 9 May 2011 | Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya | Nepal | possible altitude sickness aggravated by high blood pressure | |
| 1 May 2011 | Rick Hitch | United States | Heart attack | |
| 26 May 2010 | Peter Kinloch | United Kingdom | Frostbite and exhaustion | |
| 19 May 2010 | Tom Jørgensen | Denmark | - | |
| 26 April 2010 | László Várkonyi | Hungary | Avalanche | |
| 16 June 2009 | Andres Guzman Garza | Mexico | - | - |
| 21 May 2009 | Frank Ziebarth | Canada | - | - |
| 19 May 2009 | Wenhong Wu | China | - | - |
| 18 May 2009 | Veslav Chrzaszcz | Czech Republic | Heart attack | |
| 18 May 2009 | Vincent Quattrin | United States | Altitude sickness | |
| 7 May 2009 | Lhakpa Nuru | Nepal | Avalanche, Khumbu Icefall | |
| 21 May 2008 | Uwe Gianni Goltz | Switzerland | - | |
| 17 May 2007 | Maurizio Pierangelo | Italy | - | |
| 17 May 2007 | Hee-Joon Oh | South Korea | - | |
| 17 May 2007 | Hyun-Jo Lee | South Korea | - | |
| 16 May 2007 | Yoshitomi Okura | Japan | - | - |
| 16 May 2007 | Libor Kozak | Czech Republic | exhaustion | - |
| 16 May 2007 | Yasuhiko Mochizuki | Japan | - | - |
| 15 May 2007 | Shinichi Ishii | Japan | - | - |
| 26 April 2007 | Dawa Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 25 May 2006 | Thomas Weber | Germany | Altitude sickness | |
| 22 May 2006 | Igor Plyushkin | Russia | - | |
| 19 May 2006 | Vitor Negrete | Brazil | - | - |
| 17 May 2006 | Jacques-Hugues Letrange | France | - | |
| 16 May 2006 | Tomas Olsson | Sweden | Fall from 8 500 m to 6 700 m during descent | |
| 15 May 2006 | David Sharp | United Kingdom | Exposure | - |
| 14 May 2006 | Sri Krishan | India | - | - |
| 21 April 2006 | Ang Phinjo | Nepal | - | - |
| 21 April 2006 | Lhakkpa Tseri | Nepal | - | - |
| 21 April 2006 | Dawa Temba | Nepal | - | - |
| 4 April 2006 | Tuk Bahadur Thapa Masar | Nepal | - | |
| 5 June 2005 | Robert William Milne | United Kingdom | - | |
| 4 June 2005 | Dieter Kramer | Germany | - | |
| 30 May 2005 | Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya | India | - | |
| 21 May 2005 | Marko Lihteneker | Slovenia | - | |
| 2 May 2005 | Michael Corey O'Brien | United States | Fall from the Khumbu Icefall | |
| 29 April 2005 | Sean Egan | Canada | - | |
| 24 May 2004 | Mariana Prodanova Maslarova | Bulgaria | - | |
| 23 May 2004 | Shoko Ota | Japan | - | |
| 20 May 2004 | Hristo Ganchev Hristov | Bulgaria | - | |
| 18 May 2004 | Dr. Nils Antezana | United States | - | |
| 18 May 2004 | Joon-Ho Baek | South Korea | - | |
| 18 May 2004 | Min Jang | South Korea | - | |
| 18 May 2004 | Mu-Taek Park | South Korea | - | , |
| 27 May 2003 | Bhim Bahagur Gurung | Nepal | - | - |
| 25 May 2003 | Jan Krzysztof Liszewski | Poland | - | - |
| 24 May 2003 | Karma Gylzen | Nepal | - | |
| 8 May 2003 | Amaud Saulnier | France | - | - |
| 8 September 2002 | Marco Siffredi | France | Fall with snowboard | |
| May 2002 | Zoran Miletic | Yugoslavia | - | |
| 30 April 2002 | Peter Legate | United Kingdom | - | |
| 20 October 2001 | Sándor Gárdos | Hungary | Fall | |
| 24 May 2001 | Mark Auricht | Australia | HACE | |
| 24 May 2001 | Alexei Nikiforov | Russia | Exhaustion, Altitude sickness | |
| 23 May 2001 | Peter Ganner | Austria | - | |
| 29 April 2001 | Babu Chiri Sherpa | Nepal | Fall into crevasse | |
| 21 May 2000 | Yan Gen-hua | China | - | |
| 20 May 2000 | Jeppe Stoltz | Denmark | - | |
| 18 May 1999 | Tadeusz Kudelski | Poland | - | |
| 18 May 1999 | Pascal Debrouwer | Belgium | Snow blizzard - Fall | |
| 13 May 1999 | Mike Matthews | United Kingdom | - | |
| 8 May 1999 | Vasili Kopytko | Ukraine | - | |
| 26 May 1998 | Roger Buick | New Zealand | - | |
| 25 May 1998 | Mark Jennings | United Kingdom | - | |
| 24 May 1998 | Francys Arsentiev | United States | exhaustion - Altitude sickness | |
| 24 May 1998 | Sergei Arsentiev | Russia | Fall | |
| 8 September 1997 | Byong-Soo Choi | South Korea | - | |
| 25 May 1997 | Tenzing Nuru | Nepal | - | |
| 8 May 1997 | Peter Kowalzik | Germany | - | |
| 7 May 1997 | Aleksandr Toroschin | Russia | Fall | |
| 7 May 1997 | Ivan Plotnikov | Russia | Altitude sickness (?) | |
| 7 May 1997 | Nikolai Shevtchenko | Russia | Altitude sickness (?) | |
| 7 May 1997 | Mingma | Nepal | - | |
| 6 May 1997 | Nima Rinzi | Nepal | - | |
| 23 April 1997 | Malcolm Duff | United Kingdom | - | |
| 25 September 1996 | Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 25 September 1996 | Dawa Sherpa | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 25 September 1996 | Ives Bouchon | France | Avalanche | |
| 6 June 1996 | Ngawang Topche Sherpa | Nepal | HAPE | |
| 25 May 1996 | Bruce Herrod | United Kingdom | - | |
| 19 May 1996 | Reinhard Wlasich | Austria | HAPE / HACE | |
| 11 May 1996 | Dorje Morup | India | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 11 May 1996 | Tsewang Paljor | India | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 11 May 1996 | Subedar Tsewang Samanla | India | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 11 May 1996 | Rob Hall | New Zealand | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 11 May 1996 | Scott Fischer | United States | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 11 May 1996 | Yasuko Namba | Japan | Exposure/Frostbite/Exhaustion | |
| 10 May 1996 | Andrew Harris | New Zealand | Fall | |
| 10 May 1996 | Doug Hansen | United States | Exposure/Frostbite | |
| 9 May 1996 | Chen Yu Nan | Taiwan | Fall | |
| 14 October 1995 | Zangbu | Nepal | - | |
| 10 September 1995 | Lhakpa Nuru | Nepal | - | |
| 6 May 1995 | Kami Rita | Nepal | - | |
| 12 September 1994 | Mingma Norbu | Nepal | - | |
| 27 May 1994 | Mike Rheinberger | Australia | HACE | |
| 18 May 1994 | Giuseppe Vigani | Italy | - | |
| 9 May 1994 | Shih Fang-Fang | Thailand | - | |
| 6 April 1994 | Prem Thapa | Nepal | - | |
| 7 October 1993 | Antonio Miranda | Spain | - | |
| 5 October 1993 | Karl Gordon Henize | United States | HAPE | |
| 17 May 1993 | Jin-Seob An | South Korea | - | |
| 16 May 1993 | Won-Woo Nam | South Korea | - | |
| 10 May 1993 | Lobsang Tshering | Nepal | - | - |
| 23 April 1993 | Pasang Lhamu | Nepal | - | |
| 23 April 1993 | Sonam Tshering | Nepal | - | |
| 15 January 1993 | Ang Tshering | Nepal | - | |
| 23 May 1992 | Manabu Hoshi | Japan | - | |
| 22 May 1992 | Sher Singh | India | - | |
| 11 May 1992 | Subba Singh | Nepal | - | |
| 2 May 1992 | Deepak Kulkarni | India | - | |
| 2 May 1992 | Raymond Jacob | India | - | |
| 27 May 1991 | Junichi Futagami | Japan | - | |
| 3 May 1991 | Rüdiger Lang | Germany | - | |
| 7 October 1990 | Sang-Hun Ham | South Korea | - | |
| 12 September 1990 | Rafael Gómez-Menor | Spain | - | |
| 12 September 1990 | Ang Sona | Nepal | - | |
| 12 September 1990 | Badrinath Ghising | Nepal | - | |
| 12 December 1989 | Ang Pinjo | Nepal | - | |
| 28 May 1989 | Eugeniusz Chrobak | Poland | - | |
| 27 May 1989 | Mirosław Dąsal | Poland | - | |
| 27 May 1989 | Mirosław Gardzielewski | Poland | - | |
| 27 May 1989 | Andrzej Heinrich | Poland | - | |
| 27 May 1989 | Wacław Otręba | Poland | - | |
| 16 May 1989 | Phu Dorje (III) | Nepal | - | |
| 10 May 1989 | Dimitar Ilievski Murato | Macedonia | - | - |
| 23 December 1988 | Ang Lhakpa Dorje | Nepal | - | |
| 17 October 1988 | Jozef Just | Czechoslovakia | - | |
| 17 October 1988 | Peter Božík | Czechoslovakia | - | |
| 17 October 1988 | Dušan Becík | Czechoslovakia | - | |
| 17 October 1988 | Jaroslav Jaško | Czechoslovakia | - | |
| 13 October 1988 | Lhakpa Sonam | Nepal | - | |
| 13 October 1988 | Pasang Temba (II) | Nepal | - | |
| 21 September 1988 | Narayan Shrestha | Nepal | - | |
| 20 September 1988 | Michel Parmentier | France | - | |
| 21 April 1988 | Hidetaka Mizukoshi | Japan | - | |
| 20 October 1987 | Mangal Singh | Nepal | - | |
| 2 September 1987 | Masao Yokoyama | Japan | - | |
| 21 May 1987 | Roger Marshall | Canada | - | |
| 30 January 1987 | Tsuttin Dorje | Nepal | - | |
| 17 October 1986 | Dawa Norbu | Nepal | - | |
| 4 October 1986 | Gyalu | Nepal | - | |
| 28 September 1986 | Simon Burkhardt | Switzerland | - | |
| 16 August 1986 | Víctor Hugo Trujillo | Chile | - | |
| 11 October 1985 | Capt Vijay Pal Singh Negi (Indian Army) | India | Exposure | |
| 11 October 1985 | Lt Ranjeet Singh Bakshi (Indian Army) | India | Exposure | |
| 11 October 1985 | Maj Jai Bahugana (Indian Army) | India | Exposure and frostbite | |
| 11 October 1985 | Lt M.U. Bhaskar Rao (Indian Army) | India | Exposure | |
| 7 October 1985 | Maj Kiran Inder Kumar (Indian Army) | India | Fall | |
| 17 September 1985 | Shinichi Ishii | Japan | - | |
| 12 May 1985 | Juanjo Navarro | Spain | - | |
| 24 October 1984 | Ang Dorje | Nepal | - | |
| 24 October 1984 | Yogendra Thapa | Nepal | - | |
| 16 October 1984 | Jozef Psotka | Slovakia | - | - |
| 9 October 1984 | Craig Nottle | Australia | Fall | |
| 9 October 1984 | Fred From | Australia | Fall | |
| 21 April 1984 | Hristo Prodanov | Bulgaria | - | - |
| 3 April 1984 | Tony Swierzy | United Kingdom | - | |
| 26 March 1984 | Ang Rinji | Nepal | - | |
| 9 October 1983 | Hiroshi Yoshino | Japan | - | |
| 8 October 1983 | Pasang Temba | Nepal | - | - |
| 8 October 1983 | Hironobu Kamuro | Japan | - | |
| 28 December 1982 | Yasuo Kato | Japan | - | , |
| 28 December 1982 | Toshiaki Kobayashi | Japan | - | |
| 14 October 1982 | Nima Dorje | Nepal | - | |
| 27 September 1982 | Lhakpa Tshering | Nepal | - | |
| 2 September 1982 | Blair Griffiths | Canada | - | |
| 31 August 1982 | Pasang Sona | Nepal | - | - |
| 31 August 1982 | Ang Chuldim | Nepal | - | |
| 31 August 1982 | Dawa Dorje | Nepal | - | |
| 17 May 1982 | Peter Boardman | United Kingdom | - | - |
| 17 May 1982 | Joe Tasker | United Kingdom | - | - |
| 15 May 1982 | Marty Hoey | United States | - | - |
| 12 January 1981 | Noboru Takenaka | Japan | - | |
| 22 September 1980 | Mario Piana | Italy | - | |
| 6 September 1980 | Nawang Kersang | Nepal | - | |
| 2 May 1980 | Akira Ube | Japan | - | |
| 12 October 1979 | Wang Hong-Bao | China | Avalanche | |
| 12 October 1979 | Luo San | China | Avalanche | |
| 12 October 1979 | Nima Tashi | China | Avalanche | |
| 3 October 1979 | Ray Genet | United States | Exhaustion | |
| 3 October 1979 | Hannelore Schmatz | Germany | Exhaustion | |
| 16 May 1979 | Ang Phu | Nepal | Fall | |
| May 1978 | Shi Ming-ji | China | Altitude sickness | |
| 18 April 1978 | Dawa Nuru | Nepal | Crevasse (icefall) | |
| 10 April 1976 | Terry Thompson | United Kingdom | Crevasse | |
| 26 September 1975 | Mick Burke | United Kingdom | Fall | |
| 4 May 1975 | Wu Tseng-yue (Zhuong-Yue) | China | Fall | |
| 9 September 1974 | Gérard Devouassoux | France | Avalanche | |
| 9 September 1974 | Lhakpa | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 9 September 1974 | Sanu Wongal | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 9 September 1974 | Pemba Dorje | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 9 September 1974 | Nawang Lutuk | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 9 September 1974 | Nima Wangchu | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 12 October 1973 | Jangbu | Nepal | Avalanche | |
| 16 November 1972 | Tony Tighe | Australia | Serac collapse | |
| 18 April 1971 | Capt Harsh Bahuguna (Indian Army) | India | Exposure and frostbite | |
| 21 April 1970 | Kiyoshi Narita | Japan | Illness | |
| 9 April 1970 | Kyak Tshering | Nepal | Icefall collapse | |
| 5 April 1970 | Mima Norbu | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 5 April 1970 | Nima Dorje | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 5 April 1970 | Tshering Tarkey | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 5 April 1970 | Pasang | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 5 April 1970 | Kunga Norbu | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 5 April 1970 | Kami Tshering | Nepal | Avalanche (icefall collapse) | |
| 18 October 1969 | Phu Dorje | Nepal | Crevasse (collapsed snow bridge) | |
| May 1966 | Ma Gao-Shu | China | Fall | |
| 23 March 1963 | Jake Breitenbach | United States | Icefall collapse | |
| 28 April 1962 | Nawang Tshering | Nepal | Falling rocks | |
| 29 April 1960 or Spring 1964 | Shao Shi-Ching | China | Heart Attack or HACE | Year and cause of death differ according to different sources |
| 11 April 1960 | Wang Ji | China | HAPE | |
| 31 October 1952 | Mingma Dorje | Nepal | Falling rock/ice | |
| June 1934 | Maurice Wilson | United Kingdom | Exposure / Frostbite | |
| 8/9 June 1924 | Andrew Irvine | United Kingdom | Disappearance | |
| 8/9 June 1924 | George Mallory | United Kingdom | Fall | |
| 25 May 1924 | Man Bahadur | Nepal | Exposure / Frostbite | |
| 13 May 1924 | Shamsher Pun | Nepal | AMS / Frostbite | |
| 7 June 1922 | Norbu | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Lhakpa | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Pasang | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Pema | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Sange | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Dorje | British India | Avalanche | |
| 7 June 1922 | Temba | British India | Avalanche |
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