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The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.

This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains.

Six of the fourteen summits of the eight-thousanders (Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Mt. Everest and Makalu).

Mount Everest

North face of Mount Everest.

Main article: List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, has been host to numerous tragedies; over 300 have died on the mountain, with deaths occurring every year since 1978, excluding 2020 when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most notable events occurred during the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition, 1970 Everest Disaster, 1974 Everest Disaster, 1996 Everest Disaster, 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, and 2015 Mount Everest avalanches.

K2

K2 is the world's second highest mountain. While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb, due to its steep faces and extreme weather. As of February 2021, 377 people have completed a summit of the mountain, while 91 have died trying, a staggering 4:1 ratio.

Northern vantage of K2.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death -
27 July 2023 Muhammad Hassan  Pakistan Unknown [1]
22 July 2022 Matthew Eakin  Australia Fall [2]
22 July 2022 Richard Cartier  Canada Fall [2]
21 July 2022 Ali Akbar Sakhi  Afghanistan Unknown, suspected altitude sickness [3]
25 July 2021 Rick Allen  United Kingdom Avalanche [4]
5 February 2021 Ali Sadpara  Pakistan Froze to death in storm, remains found July 2021 [5][6][7]
5 February 2021 Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto  Chile Froze to death in storm, remains found July 2021 [5][6][7]
5 February 2021 John Snorri Sigurjónsson  Iceland Froze to death in storm, remains found July 2021 [5][6][7]
5 February 2021 Atanas Skatov  Bulgaria Fall during descent from camp 3 [8]
16 January 2021 Sergi Mingote  Spain Fall during descent from camp 1 [9]
22 July 2018 Kojiro Watanabe  Japan Fall during descent [10]
7 July 2018 Serge Dessureault  Canada Fall [11]
30 July 2014 Miguel Ángel Pérez  Spain Unclear, likely altitude sickness [12][13]
26/27 July 2013 Marty Schmidt  New Zealand /  USA Avalanche [14][15]
26/27 July 2013 Denali Schmidt
(son of Marty Schmidt)
 New Zealand /  USA Avalanche [14][15]
6 February 2012 Vitaliy Gorelik  Russia Frostbite [16]
6 August 2010 Fredrik Ericsson  Sweden Fall from bottle neck [12][17][18]
17 July 2010 Petar Georgiev Unzhiev  Bulgaria Altitude sickness [12][19]
23 June 2009 Michele Fait  Italy Fall with skis [12][20]
2 August 2008 Hwang Dong-jin  South Korea Fourth serac fall [12][21]
2 August 2008 Park Kyeong-hyo  South Korea Fourth serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Kim Hyo-gyung  South Korea Fourth serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Meherban Karim  Pakistan Second or third serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Hugues d'Aubarede  France Fall during descent [12][22]
2 August 2008 Gerard McDonnell  Ireland Second or third serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Pasang Bhote    Nepal Fourth serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Jumic Bhote    Nepal Fourth serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Rolf Bae  Norway First serac fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Jahan Baig  Pakistan Fall [12][22]
2 August 2008 Dren Mandić  Serbia Fall [12][22]
20 July 2007 Stefano Zavka  Italy Unknown (disappeared) [12][23]
20 July 2007 Nima Nurbu    Nepal Fall from bottle neck [12]
13 August 2006 Arkadi Kuvakin  Russia Avalanche [12]
13 August 2006 Aleksandr Foigt  Russia Avalanche [12]
13 August 2006 Piotr Kuznetsov  Russia Avalanche [12]
13 August 2006 Yuri Uteshev  Russia Avalanche [12]
19 August 2004 Manel de la Mata  Spain Pulmonary edema [12]
2 August 2004 Dauoud Khadem Asl  Iran Lost in storm, presumed dead [12]
2 August 2004 Sergei Sokolov  Russia Lost in storm, presumed dead [12]
28 July 2004 Aleksandr Gubaev  Kyrgyzstan Fall [12][18]
8 June 2004 Pae Kyong-kyu  South Korea Avalanche [12]
8 June 2004 Kim Jae-koung  South Korea Avalanche [12]
8 June 2004 Lee Hwa-hyeung  South Korea Avalanche [12]
21 July 2003 Klaus-Dieter Grohs  Germany Fall [12]
22 July 2002 Muhammad Iqbal  Pakistan Fall [12]
13 July 2002 Sher Ajman  Pakistan Avalanche [12]
2001, 22 July Park Young-do  South Korea Fall [12]
1999, 10 July Mihai Cioroianu  Romania Hit by rockfall [12]
1996, 14 August Igor Benkin  Russia Exhaustion [12][18]
1996, 29 July Lorenzo Mazzoleni  Italy Fall [12]
1995, 15 August Jeff Lakes  Canada Exhaustion [12]
1995, 13 August Bruce Grant  New Zealand Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 13 August Rob Slater  USA Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 13 August Alison Hargreaves  United Kingdom Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 13 August Javier Escartin  Spain Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 13 August Javier Olivar  Spain Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 13 August Lorenzo Ortiz  Spain Killed in a storm [12]
1995, 6 July Jordi Anglès  Spain Fall [12]
1994, 11 August Juan Antonio "Atxo" Apellániz  Spain HACE [12][18]
1994, 24 July Steve Untch  USA Fall from broken rope [12]
1994, 10 July Dmitri Ibragim-Zade  Ukraine Killed in a storm [24]
1994, 10 July Aleksandr Parkhomenko  Ukraine Killed in a storm [24]
1994, 10 July Aleksei Kharaldin  Ukraine Killed in a storm [24]
1993, 31 July Daniel Bidner  Sweden Altitude sickness, Fall [12][25]
1993, 30 July Reinmar Joswig  Germany Fall [12][18]
1993, 30 July Peter Mezger  Germany Fall [12][18]
1993, 7 July Dan Culver  Canada Fall [12][26]
1993, 15 June Boštjan Kekec  Slovenia Altitude sickness [12][27]
1992, 14 August Adrián Benítez  Mexico Fall [12]
1989, 28 July Hans Bärnthaler  Austria Avalanche [12]
1987, 24 August Akira Suzuki  Japan Fall [12]
1986, 10 August Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf  Poland Exhaustion [12]
1986, 10 August Alfred Imitzer  Austria Altitude sickness [12]
1986, 10 August Hannes Wieser  Austria Altitude sickness [12]
1986, 10 August Alan Rouse  United Kingdom Altitude sickness [12]
1986, 7 August Julie Tullis  United Kingdom Altitude sickness [12]
1986, 4 August Mohammad Ali  Pakistan Stonefall [12][28]
1986, 3 August Wojciech Wróż [pl]  Poland Fall [12]
1986, 16 July Renato Casarotto  Italy Fall into crevasse [12]
1986, 10 July Tadeusz Piotrowski  Poland Fall [12]
1986, 24 June Maurice Barrard  France Disappeared, remains found 1998 near Camp 1 [12][18]
1986, 24 June Liliane Barrard  France Disappeared, remains found July 19, 1986 near the south face [12][18][29]
1986, 21 June John Smolich  USA Avalanche [12]
1986, 21 June Alan Pennington  USA Avalanche [12]
1985, 7 July Daniel Lacroix  France Unknown (disappeared) [12][30]
1982, 15 August Yukihiro Yanagisawa  Japan Fall [12][30]
1982, 30 July Halina Krüger-Syrokomska  Poland Stroke [12]
1979, 19 August Laskhar Khan  Pakistan Stroke [12]
1979, 9 June Ali, Son of Kazim  Pakistan Fall into crevasse [12]
1978, 12 June Nick Estcourt  United Kingdom Avalanche [12][31]
1954, 21 June Mario Puchoz  Italy Pneumonia [12]
1953, 10 August Art Gilkey  USA Avalanche [12]
1939, 31 July Pasang Kikuli    Nepal Unknown (disappeared) [12]
1939, 31 July Pasang Kitar    Nepal Unknown (disappeared) [12]
1939, 31 July Pintso    Nepal Unknown (disappeared) [12]
1939, 30 July Dudley Wolfe  USA Altitude sickness, severe dehydration [12]

Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

The summit of Kangchenjunga in the background.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
2023, 25 May Luis Stitzinger  Germany Unknown [32]
2022, 6 May Narayanan Iyer  India Unknown illness [33]
2019, 15 May Biplab Baidya  India Hypothermia [34]
2019, 15 May Kuntal Kanrar  India Hypothermia [34]
2019, 15 May Rodrigo Vivanco  Chile Unknown (disappeared) [35]
2014, 20 May Chhanda Gayen  India Fall on descent above Camp 4 [36]
2014, 20 May Migma Temba    Nepal Fall on descent above Camp 4 [36]
2014, 20 May Dewa Wangchu    Nepal Fall on descent above Camp 4 [36]
2013, 21 May Bibash Gurung Sherpa    Nepal Fall [37][38][39]
2013, 21 May Pho Dorchi Sherpa    Nepal Fall [37][38][39]
2013, 21 May Park-nam Su  South Korea Fall [37][38][39]
2013, 21 May Péter Kiss  Hungary Fall on descent above Camp 4 [37][38][39][40]
2013, 21 May Zsolt Erőss  Hungary Unknown (disappeared on descent above Camp 4) [37][38][39][40]
2007, 25 May Iñigo de Pineda  Spain Fall [41][42]
2002, 24 May Christopher Grasswick  Canada Fall [42][43]
2000, 23 April Ang Dawa Tamang    Nepal Hit by ice block [44]
1999,14 September Myeong-kun Hyun  South Korea Avalanche [42][45]
1999,14 September Do-kyu Han  South Korea Avalanche [45]
1998, 16 May Atsushi Shiina  Japan HACE [46]
1998, 16 May Kenzo Akasaka  Japan Exhaustion [46]
1995, 6 October Benoît Chamoux  France Unknown (disappeared) [47]
1995, 5 October Pierre Royer  France Unknown (disappeared) [47]
1995, 5 October Sherpa Riku    Nepal Fall [48]
1994, 23 October Yordanka Dimitrova  Bulgaria Unknown (disappeared) [42][49]
1994, 10 October Sergei Zhvirblya  Belarus Avalanche [42]
1994, 10 October Ekaterina Ivanova  Russia Avalanche [42]
1992, 13 May Wanda Rutkiewicz  Poland Unknown (disappeared)
1992, 25 April Ang Dorje    Nepal Suffocation [42][50]
1992, 25 April Lhakpa Nuru    Nepal Suffocation [42][50]
1991, 16 May Pasang II  India Fall [42]
1991, 3 May Jože Rozman  Yugoslavia Fall [27][42]
1991, 3 May Marija Frantar  Yugoslavia Fall [42]
1989, 20 December Tchiring Chumbi Lama    Nepal Fall on Yalung Kang [42]
1989, 20 December Ang Dawa    Nepal Fall on Yalung Kang [42]
1989, 20 December Kyo-sup Jin  South Korea Fall on Yalung Kang [42]
1988, 17 May Sanjay Borole  India Hypothermia [42][51]
1987, 31 May Chander Singh  India Fall [42]
1987, 25 May Chorten Tshering  India Unknown (disappeared) [42]
1987, 25 May Phu Pu Bhutia  India Unknown (disappeared) [42]
1987, 25 May Phu Dorje II  India Unknown (disappeared) [42]
1986, 11 January Andrzej Czok  Poland Pulmonary edema [42]
1985, 22 April Borut Bergant  Yugoslavia Fall on Yalung Kang [27][42]
1985, January 14 Chris Chandler  United States HACE [42][52]
1981, October 15 Jean-Jacques Ricouard  France Fall [42]
1980, 4 May Alfonso Medina  Mexico Unknown (disappeared on Yalung Kang) [42]
1980, 4 May Hugo Saldaña  Mexico Unknown (disappeared on Yalung Kang) [42]
1977, April 12 Sukhvinder Singh  India Fall [42]
1973, May 15 Takeo Matsuda  Japan Hit by rock after summitting Yalung Kang [53]
1955, 26 May Pemi Dorje  India Fall [42]
1931, 9 August Hermann Schaller  Germany Fall [42]
1931, 9 August Pasang 1  British Raj Fall [42]
1931, August Babu Lall  British Raj Blackwater fever [42][54]
1931, July Lobsang  British Raj Unknown illness [42]
1930, 9 May Chettan  British Raj Avalanche [42]
1929, 27 May Edgar Farmer  United States Unknown (disappeared) [42][54]
1905, September 1 three unnamed others  British Raj Fall [42]
1905, September 1 Alexis Pache  Switzerland Fall [42][55]
1905, 28 August unnamed porter  British Raj Fall [42]

Lhotse

Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world.

The south face of Lhotse, as seen from Chukhung Ri.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
8 May 2022 Khudam Bir Tamang    Nepal Avalanche (on south face) [56]
17 May 2019 Ivan Tomov  Bulgaria HACE [57]
17 May 2018 Rustem Amirov  Russia Altitude sickness [58]
19 May 2016 Ang Furba Sherpa    Nepal Fall [59]
27 April 2015 Horoshi Yomagato  Japan 2015 avalanche [60][61]
25 April 2015 ZhenFang Ge  China 2015 avalanche [60][62]
18 April 2014 Asman Tamang    Nepal 2014 avalanche [63]
20 May 2013 Hsiao-Shih Lee  Taiwan Altitude sickness [64][65]
16 October 2012 Temba Sherpa    Nepal Fall [66]
21 May 2012 Milan Sedláček  Czech Republic Exhaustion [67]
7 May 2010 Sergey Duganov  Russia Altitude sickness [68][69][70]
25 May 2009 Sergey Samoilov  Kazakhstan Fall [71][72]
21 May 2007 Pemba Doma    Nepal Fall [72][73]
9 May 2006 Pavel Kalný  Czech Republic Fall [72][74]
5 October 2003 Sun-dug Hwang  South Korea Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
5 October 2003 Joo-hoon Park  South Korea Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
17 September 2000 Vladimir Bondarev  Russia Avalanche [72]
27 May 1997 Vladimir Bashkirov  Russia Illness [72][75]
24 October 1989 Jerzy Kukuczka  Poland Fall [72][76]
27 September 1987 Antoni (Toni) Sors  Spain Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
27 September 1987 Sergio Escalera  Spain Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
27 September 1987 Francesc Porras  Spain Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
27 September 1987 Antonio Quiñones  Spain Avalanche (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
14 September 1987 Czesław Jakiel  Poland Avalanche [72]
30 October 1986 Pedro Alonso  Spain Fall (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
25 October 1985 Rafał Chołda  Poland Fall [72]
16 October 1981 Philippe Petten  Switzerland Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
16 October 1981 Pierre Favez  Switzerland Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
17 May 1980 Pasang Nima    Nepal Avalanche [72]
28 April 1980 Nicolas Jaeger  France Disappearance (on Lhotse Shar) [72]
12 May 1977 Max Lutz  West Germany Fall [72]
17 December 1974 Stanislaw Latałło  Poland Exhaustion [72]

Makalu

Makalu is the world's fifth highest mountain.

South-western vantage of the Makalu summit.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
24 October 2021 Henrik Adersen  Denmark Unknown [77]
24 May 2019 Nima Tshering Sherpa    Nepal Storm [78]
16 May 2019 Dipankar Ghos  India Unknown (disappeared) [79]
16 May 2019 Narayan Singh  India Altitude sickness [80]
8 May 2019 Richard Hidalgo  Peru Unknown (died in sleep) [81]
14 May 2018 Ang Dawa Sherpa    Nepal Altitude sickness [82]
11 May 2016 Lakpa Sherpa    Nepal Possible hypoxia [83]
11 May 2016 Dawa Tenji Sherpa    Nepal Possible hypoxia [83]
2 May 2014 Yannick Gagneret  France HACE [84]
24 April 2013 Liu Xiang-Yang  China Fall during descent [85]
22 May 2011 Joëlle Brupbacher  Switzerland Altitude sickness [86][87]
30 May 2010 Zaharias (Haris) Kiriakakis  Greece Unknown (disappeared) [68][88]
24 May 2009 Sangat Ram Thakur  India Unknown illness [89]
20 May 2008 Nil Prasad Gurung    Nepal Altitude sickness [89]
24 April 2008 Drabey Bahadur Rajan Mongar    Nepal Fall [89]
27 January 2006 Jean-Christophe Lafaille  France Unknown (disappeared) [89]
15 May 2005 Sumba Sherpa    Nepal Altitude sickness [89]
18 May 2004 Jay Sieger  United States Fall [89][90]
17 May 2004 Vladislav Terzyul  Ukraine Fall [89]
25 April 2002 Raymond Caughron  United States Probably exhaustion [89][91]
14 May 2001 Erich Resch  Austria Unknown (disappeared) [89]
16 May 2000 Bernd Mehnert  Germany Probably pulmonary embolism [89]
11 October 1999 Sange Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [89]
30 April 1999 Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen  Denmark Fall [89]
13 October 1997 Per Lyhne  Denmark Unknown illness [89]
24 May 1997 Igor Bugachevski  Russia Rockfall [75][89]
21 May 1997 Salavat Khabibullin  Russia Exhaustion [75][89]
14 May 1996 Anatoli Chlekht  Russia Fall [89][92]
8 May 1995 David Hume  Australia Fall [89]
8 October 1991 Takumi Ishizaka  Japan Exhaustion, exposure [89]
2 October 1991 Manuel (Manu) Badiola  Spain Fall [89]
14 October 1988 Ryszard Kołakowski  Poland Unknown (disappeared) [89]
25 September 1986 Marcel Rüedi  Switzerland Exhaustion [89]
13 September 1984 Ram Bahadur Shresta    Nepal Pulmonary edema at base camp [89]
15 October 1983 Mark Moorhead  Australia Fall [89]
3 October 1983 William Denz  New Zealand Avalanche [89]
26 September 1982 Tadeusz Szulc  Poland Unknown illness [89]
6 October 1978 Andrzej Młynarczyk  Poland Avalanche [89]
25 May 1976 Karel Schubert  Czechoslovakia Exhaustion, exposure [89]
26 May 1973 Jan Kounický  Czechoslovakia Fall [89]
26 September 1954 Dilli Bahadur Verma    Nepal Pneumonia [89]

Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu is the world's sixth highest mountain.

The summit of Cho Oyu, as seen from Gokyo.
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
1 May 2019 Phujung Bhote    Nepal Fall into crevasse
16 May 2018 Park Shin-yong  South Korea Exhaustion, altitude sickness [93]
26 September 2011 Joerg Henning  Germany Avalanche [94]
23 September 2011 Rostislav Krpec  Czech Republic Unknown [94][95]
22 May 2011 Ronald Naar  Netherlands Arrhythmia
3 October 2010 Walter Nones  Italy Fall [96]
3 May 2010 Serguey Nikitin  Russia Altitude sickness [68]
25 September 2009 Clifton Maloney  United States Illness [97]
2 June 2009 Dennis Verhoeve  Netherlands Fall [98]
5 October 2008 Miha Valič  Slovenia Altitude sickness
4 October 2008 Guy Leveille  Canada Fall
9 May 2006 Raymund Spang  Germany Fall
11 May 2005 Lubos Stacho  Slovakia Illness
13 October 2004 Xabier Ormazabal  Spain Hypothermia [99][100]
6 October 2003 Christos Barouchas  Greece Exhaustion
16 May 2003 Guenter Welkisch  Germany Altitude sickness
14 May 2003 Paul Carr  Australia Illness [101]
14 May 2002 Adam Cinnamond  United Kingdom Fall into crevasse [102]
30 April 2002 Chhong Ringee    Nepal Unknown
9 September 2001 Su-ya Kim  South Korea Altitude sickness
11 October 2000 Pavle Milošević  Serbia and Montenegro Illness
20 September 2000 Pemba Gyalzen    Nepal Avalanche
20 September 2000 Pasang Nuru    Nepal Avalanche
20 September 2000 Pasang Nima    Nepal Avalanche
4 May 2000 Pavel Bonadysenko  Russia Fall [103]
4 May 2000 Noora Toivonen  Finland Fall [104]
Winter 1999 Joan Carrillo Junca  Spain Fall
26 September 1998 Alexander Jaggi  Switzerland Illness
13 May 1998 Gerald Roesner  Germany Fall
30 April 1998 Viktor Stepanov  Russia Illness
10 October 1996 Lubos Becak  Czech Republic Altitude sickness
6 October 1996 Hiroshi Oya  Japan Altitude sickness
20 April 1996 Friedrich Zintl  Germany Illness
8 October 1994 Lhakpa Gyalu    Nepal Illness
24 January 1994 Juan Carlos Piedra  Switzerland Fall
24 January 1994 Jean-Luc Beausire  Switzerland Fall
20 May 1992 Philippe Monnerat  Switzerland Fall
21 October 1991 Yuri Grebeniuk  Soviet Union Falling debris
11 May 1991 Horst Wasmann  Germany Fall
Summer 1990 Chandra Gurung    Nepal Illness
25 December 1989 Ang Lhakpa Nuru    Nepal Fall
29 September 1988 Daniel Bovero  France Altitude sickness
12 May 1988 Stefan Wörner  Switzerland Altitude sickness [105]
23 October 1986 Pierre-Alain Steiner  Switzerland Fall
19 May 1982 Reinhard Karl  West Germany Avalanche
7 May 1964 Alois Thurmayr  West Germany Altitude sickness
4 May 1964 Georg Huber  West Germany Altitude sickness
2 October 1959 Chhowang    Nepal Avalanche
2 October 1959 Ang Norbu    Nepal Avalanche
2 October 1959 Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz  Belgium Avalanche
2 October 1959 Claude Kogan  France Avalanche [106]
28 April 1958 Narendra Dhar Jayal  India Altitude sickness

Dhaulagiri I

Dhaulagiri I is the world's seventh highest mountain.

This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
12 April 2022 Antonios Sykaris  Greece Illness [107]
27 September 2018 Dawa Gyaljen Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [108]
30 April 2018 Simone La Terra  Italy Storm [109]
20 May 2017 Ang Ngima Sherpa    Nepal Fall/Exposure [110]
19 May 2016 Rajib Bhattacharya  India Altitude sickness [111]
16 May 2016 Christiaan Johan Wilson  Netherlands Disappeared [112][113]
15 October 2014 Ján Matlák  Slovakia Avalanche [114][115]
15 October 2014 Vladimír Švancár  Slovakia Avalanche [114][115]
15 October 2014 Bhoj Kumar Rai    Nepal Avalanche [114][115]
15 October 2014 Gopal Rai    Nepal Avalanche [114][115]
15 October 2014 Dorje Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [114][115]
26 May 2013 Juanjo Garra  Spain Fall and exposure [37][116][117][118]
23 May 2013 Chizuko Kono  Japan Exhaustion [37][118][119]
23 May 2013 Dawa Sherpa    Nepal Disappeared [118][119]
28 September 2010 Daisuke Honda  Japan Avalanche [120][121][122]
28 September 2010 Osamu Tanabe  Japan Avalanche [120][121]
28 September 2010 Pasang Gyelu    Nepal Avalanche [120][121]
28 September 2010 Toshio Yamamoto  Japan Avalanche [120][121]
13 May 2010 Zhao Liang  China Fall [68][123]
13 May 2010 Li Bin  China Cold/ Exhaustion [123][124]
13 May 2010 Han Xin  China Fall [123]
1 May 2009 Mehdi Etemad Far  Iran Fall [125]
8 April 2009 Piotr Morawski  Poland Fall into crevasse [126]
5 May 2008 Rafael Guillén  Spain Fall [127]
5 May 2008 Darío Bracali  Argentina Disappeared [127]
12 May 2007 Santiago Sagaste  Spain Avalanche [128]
12 May 2007 Ricardo Valencia  Spain Avalanche [128]
30 April 2007 Sergio Dalla Longa  Italy Fall [129]
14 October 2001 Yukihiko Shinagawa  Japan Disappeared [130]
14 October 2001 Ryushi Hoshino  Japan Disappeared [130]
14 October 2001 Masashi Fukumoto  Japan Disappeared [130]
11 October 2001 Jose Antonio Garces  Spain Fall [131]
7 October 2000 Gyalzen Chuldim    Nepal Avalanche
29 September 2000 Soo-ho Lee  South Korea Avalanche
24 October 1999 Ginette Harrison  United Kingdom Avalanche
24 October 1999 Dawa Dorje    Nepal Avalanche
2 October 1998 Charalampos (Babis) Tsoupras  Greece Fall
11 May 1998 Chantal Mauduit  France Avalanche [132]
11 May 1998 Ang Tshering    Nepal Avalanche [132]
1 May 1998 Nikos Papandreou  Greece Fall
6 October 1995 Isayoshi Tawaraya  Japan Disappeared
15 May 1995 Albrecht Hammann  Germany Exposure
18 October 1994 Galina Chekanova  Ukraine Fall [132][133][134]
26 September 1994 Robert Bähler  Switzerland Fall
6 October 1993 Gary Ball  New Zealand Altitude Sickness
11 May 1992 Sanda Dumitrescu-Isaila  Romania Disappeared
11 May 1992 Taina Coliban  Romania Disappeared
2 May 1992 Hubert Weinzierl  Germany Heart Failure
31 October 1990 Dainius Makauskas  Lithuania Disappeared
29 April 1990 Wangel    Nepal Avalanche
25 December 1989 Scot McGrath  United States Avalanche
25 December 1989 Gregory Barber  United States Avalanche
25 December 1989 Wangchuk Nuru    Nepal Avalanche
10 October 1989 Francesc (Quico) Dalmases  Spain Disappeared
25 September 1989 Sarki Kami    Nepal Avalanche
25 September 1989 Ajiwa    Nepal Avalanche
21 September 1986 Franz Mülleder  Austria Edema [135]
23 October 1984 Jan Simon  Czechoslovakia Fall [136]
23 May 1981 Mario Serrano  Argentina Cold/Exhaustion
7 October 1980 Lynette R. Griffith  Australia Avalanche
14 May 1979 Sherpa Pemba    Nepal Disappeared [137]
13 May 1979 Jean-Louis Sabarly  France Avalanche [137]
13 May 1979 Eric Poumailloux  France Avalanche [137]
20 October 1978 Katsuyoshi Kogure  Japan Fall/Exposure
23 September 1978 Kiyoshi Kobayashi  Japan Avalanche
23 September 1978 Yujiro Fukasawa  Japan Avalanche
23 September 1978 Hiroshi Akuzawa  Japan Avalanche
21 April 1978 Katsumi Naganuma  Japan Exhaustion
26 March 1975 Yoshitada Numao  Japan Avalanche
26 March 1975 Tetsu Imura  Japan Avalanche
26 March 1975 Pasang Kami    Nepal Avalanche
26 March 1975 Dorje    Nepal Avalanche
26 March 1975 Dakiya    Nepal Avalanche
28 April 1969 David Seidman  United States Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Ross William  United States Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Vincent Hoeman  United States Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Paul Gerhard  United States Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Boyd Everett  United States Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Pemba Phutar    Nepal Avalanche [138]
28 April 1969 Tenzing    Nepal Avalanche [138]
29 April 1959 Heinrich Roiss  Austria Cold/Exhaustion
26 May 1956 Bal Bahadur    Nepal Avalanche [139]
30 June 1954 Francisco (Paco) Ibanez  Argentina Exposure

Manaslu

Manaslu is the world's eighth highest mountain.

The summit of Manaslu at dawn.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
2 October 2022 Dawa Chhiring Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [140]
26 September 2022 Hilaree Nelson  United States Fall [141]
26 September 2022 Anup Rai    Nepal Avalanche [142]
29 September 2021 Brent Seal  Canada Stroke [143]
28 September 2019 Rita Bladyko  Poland Altitude sickness [144]
29 September 2018 Roman Hlávko  Czech Republic Probably fall [145]
8 September 2018 Hiromi Komatsu  Japan Rescue helicopter crash [146]
25 September 2017 Philip Harvey  United Kingdom Altitude Sickness [147]
26 October 2016 Hirotaka Onodera  Japan Fall [148]
1 October 2015 Zoltan Benedek  Austria Probably altitude sickness [149]
26 September 2014 Yoshimasa Sasaki  Japan Fall [150]
4 October 2012 Victor Correa  Colombia Unknown (disappeared) [151]
23 September 2012 Dominique Ouimet  Canada Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Gregory Ugo Costa  France Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Alberto Magliano  Italy Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Catherine Ricard  France Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Christian Mittermeyer  Germany Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Dawa Dorji Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Fabrice Priez  France Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Ludovic Challeat  France Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Marti Roig Gasull  Spain Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Phillippe Lucien Bos  France Avalanche [152]
23 September 2012 Rémy Lécluse  France Avalanche [152][153][154]
11 May 2012 Jafar Naseri  Iran Unknown (disappeared) [155]
12 May 2011 Tashi Chhiring    Nepal Unknown (disappeared) [156][157]
12 May 2011 Bernard Jean Francois Milian  France Unknown (disappeared) [156][157]
12 May 2011 Alain Peirre Marie Laurens  France Unknown (disappeared) [156][157]
29 April 2011 Eisa Mir-Shekari  Iran Altitude sickness [156]
24 September 2010 Nobuaki Kuwabara  Japan Illness [156]
24 April 2010 Chi-won Yun  South Korea Unknown (disappeared) [156]
24 April 2010 Haeng-su Park  South Korea Exhaustion [156]
3 October 2009 Franc Oderlap  Slovenia Hit by falling seracs, died in hospital [156]
19 May 2009 Levente Szabó  Hungary Fall [156]
28 April 2009 Giuseppe Antonelli  Italy Illness [156]
5 October 2008 Daniel Goulevitch  France Altitude sickness [156]
13 May 2008 Hasta Bahadur Gurung    Nepal Illness [156]
28 May 2006 Susan Erica Fear  Australia Fall in crevasse [156][158]
13 October 2001 Isao Kuribara    Nepal Altitude sickness, Exhaustion [156]
30 October 1998 Hristo Stantchev  Bulgaria Fall [156]
26 October 1998 Lenin Granados  Colombia Avalanche [156][159]
9 October 1997 Miroslav Rybansky  Slovakia Collapsed [156]
8 October 1997 Juraj Kardhordo  Slovakia Unknown (disappeared) [156]
1 October 1996 Masatsugu Konishi  Japan Unknown (disappeared) [156]
7 May 1995 Michael Zunk  Germany Fall [156][160]
6 May 1995 Jörg Starke  Germany Fall [156][160]
22 October 1993 Sergei Jadrychnikov  Russia Avalanche [156][160]
21 October 1993 Igor Khmiliar  Russia Fall [156][160]
3 October 1992 Sven Vermeiren  Belgium Fall [156]
2 October 1992 Sylwia Dmowska  Poland Fall [156]
10 May 1991 Karl Großrubatscher  Italy Fall [156]
10 May 1991 Gottfried Mutschlechner  Italy Lightning [156]
7 September 1990 Murat Galiev  Soviet Union Fall [156]
7 September 1990 Zinur Halitov  Soviet Union Fall [156]
7 September 1990 Grigory Lunjakov  Soviet Union Fall [156]
27 March 1990 Nima Wangchuk Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [156]
27 March 1990 Charles Schertz  United States Avalanche [156]
27 March 1990 Nancy Jackson  United States Avalanche [156]
7 May 1989 Santiago Suarez  Spain Fall [156]
28 October 1987 Ichigi Kudo  Japan Fall [156]
4 May 1986 Dieter Oberbichler  Austria Fall [156]
3 May 1986 Wilhelm Klaiber  West Germany Unknown (disappeared) [156]
25 October 1985 Nima Norbu Sherpa    Nepal Avalanche [156]
4 May 1985 Thomas Juen  Austria Avalanche [156]
11 December 1983 Stanisław Jaworski  Poland Fall [161]
24 April 1983 Ante Bućan  Yugoslavia Avalanche [156]
24 April 1983 Nejc Zaplotnik  Yugoslavia Avalanche [156]
18 December 1982 Takashi Sakuma  Japan Cold, Exhaustion [156]
10 May 1982 Pere Aymerich  Spain Avalanche [156]
10 May 1982 Enric Font  Spain Avalanche [156]
8 October 1979 Edgardo Jose Porsellana  Argentina Avalanche [156]
5 May 1974 Teiko Suzuki  Japan Unknown (disappeared) [156]
26 April 1972 Andi Schlick  Austria Unknown (disappeared) [156]
25 April 1972 Franz Jäger  Austria Unknown (disappeared) [156]
10 April 1972 Wangel    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Rinsing Ongyal    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Phurba Tenzing    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Pemba Rinji (Nawang Chultim)    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Pasang Nima    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Gyalze    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Ang Tendi (Ang Dawa)    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Ang Rita    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Ang Mingma (b)    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Ang Mingma (a)    Nepal Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Kazunari Yasuhisha  Japan Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Chang-hee Park  South Korea Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Sae-keon Oh  South Korea Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Joon-haeng Song  South Korea Avalanche [156]
10 April 1972 Ho-sup Kim  South Korea Avalanche [156]
4 May 1971 Ki-sup Kim  South Korea Fall [156]

Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain.

The summit of Nanga Parbat, as seen from the air.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
3 July 2023 Paweł Kopeć  Poland Altitude sickness [162][163]
24 February 2019 Daniele Nardi  Italy Unknown [164][165]
24 February 2019 Tom Ballard  United Kingdom Unknown [164][165]
27/28 January 2018 Tomasz Mackiewicz  Poland Altitude sickness [166][167]
24 June 2017 Alberto Zerain  Spain Avalanche [168]
24 June 2017 Mariano Galvan  Argentina Avalanche [168]
22 June 2013 Igor Svergun  Ukraine Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Badawi Kashaev  Ukraine Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Dmitry Konyaev  Ukraine Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Rao Jianfeng  China Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Yang Chunfeng  China Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Honglu Chen  China (USA/China dual national) Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Sona Sherpa    Nepal Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Ernestas Markšaitis  Lithuania Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Ali Hussain  Pakistan Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Anton Dobes  Slovakia Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
22 June 2013 Peter Sperka  Slovakia Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp [169]
6 February 2013 Joel Wischnewski  France Avalanche [170][171]
11 July 2009 Mi-young Go  South Korea Fall [172]
10 July 2009 Wolfgang Kölblinger  Austria Fall [173]
17 July 2008 Saman Nemati  Iran Unknown [173]
15 July 2008 Karl Unterkircher  Italy Fell into crevasse [173]
28 July 2006 Naohiro Ozawa  Japan Unknown [173]
22 July 2006 José Antonio Delgado  Venezuela Exposure [173]
1 July 2004 Günter Jung  Germany Fall [173]
26 July 1998 Hideki Ohmiya  Japan Fall [173]
30 July 1997 Joan Colet  Spain Fell during descent [173]
20 June 1996 Răzvan Petcu  Romania Avalanche [173]
20 June 1996 Gabriel Stana  Romania Avalanche [173]
24 June 1994 Antonio Lopez  Spain Fall [173]
7 July 1993 Chun-moon Ahn  South Korea Unknown [173]
18 August 1990 Osami Nakajima  Japan Fall [173]
3 July 1990 Chang-gi Park  South Korea Fall into a crevasse [173]
18 July 1989 Tetsuya Baba  Japan Lightning strike [173]
23 June 1989 Kwang-ho Kim  South Korea Fall [173]
10 July 1985 Piotr Kalmus  Poland Avalanche [173]
8 December 1984 Hiromi Kameda  Japan Fall [173]
7 July 1984 Fuji Tsunoda  Japan Avalanche [173]
7 July 1984 Shigeoh Hida  Japan Avalanche [173]
7 July 1984 Nobuyuki Imakyurei  Japan Avalanche [173]
7 July 1984 Takashi Kogure  Japan Avalanche [173]
12 July 1983 Nobuyoshi Yamada  Japan Avalanche [173]
12 July 1983 Yuichiro Takamori  Japan Avalanche [173]
12 July 1983 Satoshi Iida  Japan Avalanche [173]
17 June 1983 Kazuo Shimura  Japan Fall [173]
8 June 1982 Peter Hiltbrand  Switzerland Altitude sickness [173]
12 June 1982 Ali Sheikh  Pakistan Fall [173]
4 June 1982 Peter Forrer  Switzerland Avalanche [173]
28 April 1982 Matloob Hassan Nuri  Pakistan Fall into crevasse [174]
31 July 1977 Robert Broughton  United States Avalanche [173]
31 July 1977 George Bogel  United States Avalanche [173]
26 September 1976 Sebastian (Wastl) Arnold  Austria Fall [173]
8 July 1971 Näbi Mantas Hunza  Pakistan Fall [173]
29 June 1970 Günther Messner  Italy Avalanche [173][175]
23 June 1962 Siegfried (Sigi) Löw  West Germany Fall [173]
4 December 1950 John W. Thornley  United Kingdom Unknown [174]
4 December 1950 William H. Crace  United Kingdom Unknown [174]
14 / 15 June 1937 Karl Wien  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Martin Pfeffer  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Peter Müllritter  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Günther Hepp  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Hans Hartmann  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Adolf Göttner  Nazi Germany Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Pert Fankhauser  Austria Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Tigmay  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Pasang Norbu  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Nima Tsering I  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Nima Tsering II  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Mingma Tsering  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Karmi  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Gyalgen Monjo  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Chong Karma  British Raj Avalanche [173]
14 / 15 June 1937 Ang Tshering II  British Raj Avalanche [173]
17 July 1934 Willy Merkl  Nazi Germany Unknown [173]
17 July 1934 Sherpa Gyali  British Raj Unknown [173]
12 July 1934 Wilhelm Welzenbach  Nazi Germany Exposure [173]
10 July 1934 Sherpa Dakshi  British Raj Unknown [173]
10 July 1934 Dorje Nima  British Raj Exposure [173]
10 July 1934 Nima Tashi  British Raj Exposure [173]
10 July 1934 Pinju Norbu  British Raj Exposure [173]
9 July 1934 Nima Nurbu  British Raj Unknown [173]
9 July 1934 Ulrich Wieland  Nazi Germany Unknown [173]
8 June 1934 Alfred Drexel  Nazi Germany Pneumonia [173][174]
24 August 1895 Albert F. Mummery  United Kingdom Avalanche [173]
24 August 1895 Ragobir Thapa Ghurka    Nepal Avalanche [173]
24 August 1895 Goman Singh Ghurka    Nepal Avalanche [173]

Annapurna I

Annapurna I is the world's 10th highest mountain.

Photograph of Annapurna South from Annapurna base camp (4,130 m) before sunrise.
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial (1997) and Ian Clough (1970) memorials at the Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
18 April 2023 Noel Hanna  United Kingdom Exposure [176]
3 May 2019 Wui Kin Chin  Malaysia Hypothermia/Frostbite [79]
24 March 2015 Samuli Mansikka  Finland Fall [177]
24 March 2015 Pemba Sherpa    Nepal Fall [177]
7 October 2012 Ivan Lobanov  Uzbekistan Avalanche [178]
7 October 2012 Iljas Tukhvatullin  Uzbekistan Avalanche [178]
5 May 2012 Tibor Horváth  Hungary Avalanche [179]
18 October 2011 Young-seok Park  South Korea Unknown [94][180][181]
18 October 2011 Dong-min Shin  South Korea Unknown [94][180][181]
18 October 2011 Ki-seok Kang  South Korea Unknown [94][180][181]
29 April 2010 Tolo Calafat  Spain Unknown [182][183]
April 2009 Martin Minařík  Czech Republic Fell into Crevasse [184]
23 May 2008 Iñaki Ochoa de Olza  Spain HACE [185]
22 April 2007 Udhav Prasad Khanal    Nepal Unknown [186]
22 October 2006 Lhakpa Rita II    Nepal Avalanche [187]
18 May 2005 Christian Kuntner  Italy Avalanche [188]
10 October 2004 Hideji Nazuka  Japan Avalanche [189]
10 October 2004 Michio Sato  Japan Avalanche [189]
29 April 1999 Hyun-ok Ji  South Korea Unknown [190]
29 April 1999 Dorje Kami    Nepal Unknown [186]
26 April 1998 Ang Tshering    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
25 December 1997 Anatoli Boukreev  Kazakhstan Avalanche [186][191]
25 December 1997 Dmitri Sobolev  Kazakhstan Avalanche [186][191]
23 March 1997 Ngati    Nepal Fall [186][191]
11 October 1992 Pierre Béghin  France Fall [191][192]
20 October 1991 Gabriel Denamur  Belgium Unknown [186][191]
19 September 1991 Seog-jee Lee  South Korea Avalanche [191]
19 September 1991 Song-gu Lee  South Korea Avalanche [191]
19 September 1991 Sange Dawa    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
19 September 1991 Tendi Lhakpa    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
19 September 1991 Jangbu Nurbu    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
19 September 1991 Tenzing    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
28 October 1989 Milan Metkov  Bulgaria Unknown [186]
28 October 1989 Ognian Stoykov  Bulgaria Unknown [186]
18 October 1988 Ramiro Navarrete  Ecuador Fall [193]
1 October 1988 Jiri Pelikan  Czechoslovakia Fall on descent [186]
29 September 1988 Akihiro Mori  Japan Avalanche [191]
29 September 1988 Ang Dawa  Japan Avalanche [186][191]
20 December 1987 Toshiyuki Kobayashi  Japan Fall [186]
20 December 1987 Yasuhira Saito  Japan Fall [186]
24 May 1987 Andres Ferrer  Spain Fall [186]
23 September 1986 Benoit Grison  France Fall [186]
7 December 1984 Pasang Norbu    Nepal Unknown [186]
7 December 1984 Keepa    Nepal Unknown [186]
21 April 1984 Philippe Dumas  France Avalanche [186]
21 April 1984 Patrick Taglianut  France Avalanche [186]
24 September 1983 Yang-kun Chung  South Korea Avalanche [191]
24 September 1983 Magar Maila    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
24 September 1983 Rama Magar Tika    Nepal Avalanche [186][191]
18 October 1982 Susumu Akimatsu  Japan Avalanche [186]
18 October 1982 Miko Ono  Japan Avalanche [186]
17 October 1982 Alex MacIntyre  United Kingdom Rock fall [186][192]
12 May 1982 Rai Shanti    Nepal Fall [186]
4 May 1982 Werner Bürkli  Switzerland Heart attack [186]
31 October 1981 Yasuji Kato  Japan Fall [186]
28 September 1981 Andre Durieux  France Avalanche [186]
28 September 1981 Yves Favre  France Avalanche [186]
27 September 1981 Ang Nima    Nepal Avalanche [186]
27 September 1981 Pemba Tshering    Nepal Avalanche [186]
19 September 1979 Eric Roberts  United Kingdom Avalanche [186]
19 September 1979 Maynard Cohick  United States Avalanche [186]
19 September 1979 Gil Harder  United States Avalanche [186]
1 May 1979 Yves Morin  France Exhaustion [186]
17 October 1978 Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz  United Kingdom Fall [194]
17 October 1978 Vera Watson  United States Fall [194]
16 April 1975 Franz Tegischer  Austria Avalanche [186]
26 September 1973 Leo Cerruti  Italy Avalanche [186]
26 September 1973 Miller Rava  Italy Avalanche [186]
18 May 1973 Tadashi Ushigoe  Japan Avalanche [186]
18 May 1973 Sadatoshi Takahashi  Japan Avalanche [186]
18 May 1973 Masanori Hama  Japan Avalanche [186]
18 May 1973 Kazumi Katagiri  Japan Avalanche [186]
18 May 1973 Rinje    Nepal Avalanche [186]
30 May 1970 Ian Clough  United Kingdom Serac fall [186]

Gasherbrum I

Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain.

Western vantage of the Gasherbrum group of mountains
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
9 August 2013 Zdenek Hruby  Czech Republic Fall [195]
22 July 2013 Xevi Gómez  Spain Disappeared [196]
22 July 2013 Álvaro Paredes  Spain Disappeared [196]
22 July 2013 Abel Alonso  Spain Disappeared [196]
7 July 2013 Artur Hajzer  Poland Fall [197][198]
9 March 2012 Gerfried Göschl  Austria Disappeared [199]
9 March 2012 Cedric Hählen  Switzerland Disappeared [199]
9 March 2012 Nissar Hussain  Pakistan Disappeared [199]
18 June 2008 Jean-Noel Urban  France Fall into crevasse [200][201][202]
29 July 2007 Jiri Danek  Czech Republic Fall [201][202][203]
5 August 2005 Dawa Nurbu II    Nepal Fall [201][202]
25 July 2004 Jose Antonio Anton  Spain Fall [201][202]
7 September 2003 Mohammad Oraz  Iran Avalanche caused injuries, died in hospital [201][202][204]
15 July 2003 Vladimir Pestrikov  Ukraine Stone fall [201][202]
5 July 2003 Jose Manuel Buenaga  Spain Disappeared [201][202]
5 July 2003 Nancy Silvestrini [es]  Argentina Disappeared [201][202]
9 July 2001 Claudio Gálvez Santibañez  Chile Fall, after successfully summiting [201][202][205][206]
1 August 1998 Yoshiumi Hayoshida  Japan Avalanche [201][202]
1 August 1998 Kasunori Kutama  Japan Avalanche [201][202]
1 August 1998 Kasutoshi Naito  Japan Avalanche [201][202]
1 August 1998 Takashi Watanabe  Japan Avalanche [201][202]
17 July 1996 Manuel Alvarez  Spain Fall (between Camp III and Camp II) [201][202]
30 May 1993 Paolo Bernascone  Italy Slab avalanche (below Camp I) [201][202]
19 August 1990 Josep Granyo  Spain Disappeared [201][202]
19 August 1990 Albert Ibanez  Spain Disappeared [201][202]
12 July 1989 Dorje Tsindi    Nepal Fall [201][202]
25 June 1988 Jorge Luis Brito  Mexico Pulmonary edema [201][202]
29 July 1987 Mohsin Ali  Pakistan Avalanche [citation needed]
29 July 1987 Fakhar-ul-Islam  Pakistan Avalanche [citation needed]
29 July 1987 Fayyaz Hussain  Pakistan Avalanche [citation needed]
29 July 1987 Khalid Khan  Pakistan Avalanche [201][202]
18 August 1986 Andreas Bührer  Switzerland Fall [201][202]
31 May 1986 Muhammad Ali Ghulam  Pakistan Pneumonia [201][202]
9–10 June 1977 Drago Bregar  Yugoslavia Disappeared [27][201][202]

Broad Peak

Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain.

Broad Peak summit.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
19 July 2022 Gordon Henderson  United Kingdom Fall [207]
5 July 2022 Sharif Sadpara  Pakistan Fall [208]
19 July 2021 Kim Hong-bin  South Korea Fall [209][210][211]
July 2015 Qamber Ali Jangjupa  Pakistan Avalanche [212]
23 July 2013 Aidin Bozorgi  Iran Disappeared [213]
23 July 2013 Mojtaba Jarrahi [fa]  Iran Disappeared [213]
23 July 2013 Pouya Keivan [fa]  Iran Disappeared [213]
8 July 2013 Dana Heide  Germany Slipped into a glacial stream near base camp [214]
6 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka  Poland Disappeared [215]
6 March 2013 Tomasz Kowalski  Poland Presumably exhaustion [215]
31 July 2012 Muhammad Baqir  Pakistan Fall [216]
31 July 2012 Zuzana Hofmannová  Czech Republic Disappeared
25 July 2011 Jeffrey Wai Hung Chung  Hong Kong Fall in crevasse

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18 July 2009 Cristina Castagna  Italy Fall
30 June 2008 Vlado Plulik  Slovakia Disappeared [223]
8 July 2006 Markus Kronthaler  Austria Exhaustion
11 July 1999 Seung-Kwon Hur  South Korea Disappeared [223]
29 July 1998 Pascale Bessieres  France Disappeared [223]
29 July 1998 Eric Escoffier  France Disappeared [223]
16 July 1997 Jeffrey Ian Bubb  United States Avalanche [223]
16 July 1997 Fukuzo Yokotagawa  Japan Avalanche [223]
20 July 1996 Dong-keun Han  South Korea Died on descent due to bad weather [223]
20 July 1996 Jae-mo Yang  South Korea Died on descent due to bad weather [223]
20 July 1996 Sun-taek Lim  South Korea Died on descent due to bad weather [223]
12 July 1995 Hyun-jae Park  South Korea Fall [223]
22 June 1994 Alexej Himer  Czech Republic Fall [223]
11 June 1994 Bohuslav Bilek  Czech Republic Pulmonary edema [223]
24 July 1990 Kurt Lyncke-Krüger  West Germany Fall [223]
20 August 1988 Yong-il Jang  South Korea Avalanche [223]
22 August 1986 Liam Scott Elliott  United Kingdom Fell [223]
18 August 1985 Barbara Kozłowska  Poland Drowned in a glacier stream above BC [223]
16 May 1985 Hans Frick  Canada Avalanche [223]
29 June 1983 Peter Thexton  United Kingdom Pulmonary edema [223]
5 August 1981 Enric Pujol  Spain Fall [223]
29 July 1975 Andrzej Sikorski  Poland Fall [223]
29 July 1975 Marek Kęsicki  Poland Fall [223]
28 July 1975 Bohdan Nowaczyk  Poland Fall [223]

Gasherbrum II

Gasherbrum II, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain.

The three peaks of Gasherbrum.
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
5 July 2022 Iram Karim  Pakistan Slipped into a glacial stream near base camp [224]
25 July 2015 Aleksander Ostrowski  Poland Avalanche [225]
22 July 2011 Leila Esfandyari  Iran Fall on descent [226]
21 July 2009 Luis María Barbero  Spain Disappeared [227][228]
18 July 2007 Ernst-Robert Zauner  Germany Avalanche [203][228]
18 July 2007 Arne Heckele  Germany Avalanche [203][228]
3 July 2007 Ulrike Gschwandtner [de]  Austria Possibly Heart Failure [229][circular reference]
20 July 2001 Jean-François Bassine  Belgium Fall [227][228]
28 July 2000 Felix Iñurrategui  Spain Fall [228][230]
13 July 1989 Antton Ibarguren  Spain Fall [227][228]
9 July 1988 Gary Silver  United States Illness [227][228]
6 July 1988 Michel Basson  France Pulmonary Edema [227][228]
25 June 1988 Henri Albet  France Fall on snowboard [227][228]
29 June 1987 Jean-Pierre Hefti  Switzerland Fall [227][228]
12 July 1986 Carlos Rabago  Spain Illness [227][228]
11 July 1985 Pierre Bouygues  France Illness [227][228]
24 June 1985 Toru Nakano  Japan Fall [227][228]
mid July 1982 Norbert Wolf  Austria Cold [227][228]
mid July 1982 Gerhard Gruner  West Germany Disappeared [227][228]
2 July 1982 Glenn Brindeiro  United States Avalanche [227][228]
1 June 1976 Osamu Matsuura  Japan Exhaustion [227][228]
27 May 1976 Yoshinori Hiramatsu  Japan Fall [227][228]
27 May 1976 Taketoshi Miyamoto  Japan Fall [227][228]
late June 1975 Bernard Villaret  France Cold, exhaustion [227][228]

Shishapangma

Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain.

The summit of Shishapangma (far left).
Date Name Nationality Cause of death References
3 May 2018 Boyan Petrov  Bulgaria Disappearance [231]
30 Sept 2016 Pemba Sherpa (Taplejung 8)    Nepal Avalanche [232]
24 April 2016 Patrik Matiolli  Switzerland Fall in crevasse [233]
24 April 2016 Jon Johnston  Australia Fall in crevasse [233]
24 September 2014 Sebastian Haag  Germany Avalanche [234]
24 September 2014 Andrea Zambaldi  Italy Avalanche [234]
11 May 2013 Unknown  Germany HAPE [235]
15 October 2009 Roby Piantoni  Italy Fall [236][237]
24 April 2007 Marek Hudák  Slovakia Disappearance [236][238]
31 October 2006 Bruno Carvalho  Portugal Fall [236][239]
3 October 2005 Stanislav Krylov  Russia Disappearance [236][239]
28 September 2005 Martin Oczko  Czech Republic Altitude sickness [236][239]
5 October 1999 Alex Lowe  United States Avalanche [236][239]
5 October 1999 David Bridges  United States Avalanche [236][239]
21 May 1998 Andreino Pasini  Italy Illness [236][239]
5 October 1996 Viktor Pastukh  Ukraine Avalanche [236][239]
5 October 1996 Gennadi Vasilenko  Ukraine Avalanche [236][239]
19 May 1996 or 1997 Ming-Tse Kuo  Taiwan Fall [236][239] Discrepancy regarding the year of death between different sources
1 May 1996 Stefan Sluka  Slovakia Disappeared on descent [236][239]
1 October 1994 Zdenek Slachta  Czech Republic Avalanche [236][239]
18 September 1994 Tod Gassen  United States Fall in crevasse [236][239]
29 September 1993 Bueoung-tae Park  South Korea Fall [236][239]
20 September 1991 Hidekazu Gomi  Japan Avalanche [236][239]
20 September 1991 Tetsuichi Miyashita  Japan Avalanche [236][239]
22 May 1991 Werner Braun  Germany Disappearance (probably avalanche) [236][239]
22 May 1991 Werner Meichsner  Germany Disappearance (probably avalanche) [236][239]
22 May 1991 Günther Semmler  Germany Disappearance (probably avalanche) [236][239]
22 May 1991 Karl-Heinz Thiele  Germany Disappearance (probably avalanche) [236][239]
15 October 1990 Joan Martinez  Spain Exposure [236][239]
4 October 1989 Luca Leonardi  Switzerland Avalanche [236][239]
28 April 1983 Fritz Luchsinger  Switzerland Altitude sickness [236][239]

Deaths per mountain

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Mountain Number of deaths
Everest 328
K2 96
Nanga Parbat 83
Manaslu 89
Dhaulagiri I 82
Annapurna I 74
Kangchenjunga 58
Cho Oyu 52
Makalu 40
Gasherbrum I 41
Broad Peak 37
Shishapangma 31
Lhotse 33
Gasherbrum II 23
TOTAL 1,067

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