On 18 April 2014, seracs on the western spur of Mount Everest failed, resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu...
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Everest disaster is the term for the avalanche death of six Nepalese Sherpa porters on 5 April 1970, who were killed on the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest...
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340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in), is Earth's highest mountain...
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of the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche. The 1996 disaster received widespread publicity and raised questions about the commercialization of Everest. Numerous...
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responsible for at least 8 of the 11 mountaineers' deaths. The April 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche responsible for the deaths of 16 climbers was caused when a...
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Khumbu Icefall (redirect from Khumbu Ice Fall)
2008-09-06. "Mount Everest avalanche kills 12 Nepalese guides". CBC News. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-18. Krakauer, Jon (21 April 2014). "Death and...
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Sherpa (film) (category Films about Mount Everest)
was filmed during the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche. Sherpa focuses on Phurba Tashi, a Sherpa who has made 21 Mount Everest ascents and leads the team...
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List of deaths on eight-thousanders (category Use dmy dates from September 2014)
1996 Everest disaster, 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, and 2015 Mount Everest avalanches and the 2023 Mount Everest season. As of December 2024, there had...
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Phurba Tashi (category Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest)
Renan Ozturk, planned to chronicle the attempt. However, the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche caused the producers to change the focus to covering the aftermath...
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Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,849 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of Solukhumbu...
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This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits have been recorded by 4,042 people. By the...
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Dan Fredinburg (category Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest)
He died on April 25, 2015, of head injuries incurred in an avalanche at Mount Everest's Base Camp triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Fredinburg...
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Vancouversun.com. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18. Beaumont, Peter (2015-04-25). "Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake". The Guardian...
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on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall...
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Kangshung Face (redirect from Kangshung Face, Mount Everest)
Kangshung Face (Chinese: 康雄壁) or East Face is the eastern-facing side of Mount Everest, one of the Tibetan sides of the mountain. It is 3,350 metres (11,000 ft)...
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The 1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition was allegedly the first to successfully ascend Mount Everest via the North Ridge. Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo, and Qu...
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1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. It was also...
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The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until...
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is the 2008 K2 disaster. Sixteen Sherpas were killed in the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche, inciting the entire Sherpa guide community to refuse to undertake...
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Apa Sherpa (category Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest)
the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other climber. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest summit in May...
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The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed...
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when ice broke from the serac and created an avalanche. In 2012 Montana State University conducted a scientific expedition to Everest. The Everest Education...
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Russell Brice (category New Zealand summiters of Mount Everest)
documentary Sherpa (2015), which recounts events surrounding the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche. Brice is a founding member and board member of Friends of...
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Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest...
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The 1979 Yugoslav Mount Everest expedition (JAHE VII) was the first successful summit of Mount Everest (8,848m) using the entirety of the West Ridge route...
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Conrad Anker (category American summiters of Mount Everest)
Research Expedition, Mount Everest, Nepal / Tibet. 1999 Shishapangma American Ski Expedition, Tibet. Survived a massive avalanche which killed climbing...
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Jess Roskelley (category American summiters of Mount Everest)
he became the youngest American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He died in an avalanche while climbing on Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies. Roskelley...
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K2 (redirect from Mount Godwin-Austen)
251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially...
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production. On 18 April 2014, a serac collapsed above the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, causing an avalanche of massive chunks of ice and snow which killed...
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Francys Arsentiev (category Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest)
became the first woman from the United States to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of bottled oxygen, on May 22, 1998. She then died during...
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