List of deaths on eight-thousanders


The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 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.

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. 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

is the world's second highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of death-
Kojiro WatanabeFall during descent
Serge DessureaultFall
Miguel Ángel PérezProbably altitude sickness
Marty Schmidt / Avalanche
Denali Schmidt
/ Avalanche
Vitaliy GorelikFrostbite, Cardiac Insufficiency
Fredrik EricssonFall from bottle neck
Petar Georgiev UnzhievAltitude sickness
Michele FaitFall with skis
Hwang Dong-jinFourth serac fall
Park Kyeong-hyoFourth serac fall
Kim Hyo-gyungFourth serac fall
Mehrban KarimSecond or third serac fall
Hugues d'AubaredeFall during descent
Ger McDonnellSecond or third serac fall
Pasang BhoteFourth serac fall
Jumic BhoteFourth serac fall
Rolf BaeFirst serac fall
Jahan BaigFall
Dren MandićFall
Stefano ZavkaLost
Nima NurbuFall from bottle neck
Arkadi KuvakinAvalanche
Aleksandr FoigtAvalanche
Piotr KuznetsovAvalanche
Yuri UteshevAvalanche
Manel de la MataPulmonary edema
Dauoud Khadem AslLost in storm
Sergei SokolovLost in storm
Aleksandr GubaevFall
Pae Kyong-kyuAvalanche
Kim Jae-koungAvalanche
Lee Hwa-hyeungAvalanche
Klaus-Dieter GrohsFall
Muhammad IqbalFall
Sher AjmanAvalanche
Park Young-doFall
Mihai CioroianuHit by rockfall
Igor BenkinExhaustion
Lorenzo MazzoleniFall
Jeff LakesExhaustion
Bruce GrantKilled in a storm
Rob SlaterKilled in a storm
Alison HargreavesKilled in a storm
Javier EscartinKilled in a storm
Javier OlivarKilled in a storm
Lorenzo OrtizKilled in a storm
Jordi AnglèsFall
Juan Antonio ApellánizHACE
Steve UntchFall, broken rope
Dmitri Ibragim-ZadeKilled in a storm
Aleksandr ParkhomenkoKilled in a storm
Aleksei KharaldinKilled in a storm
Daniel BidnerAltitude sickness, Fall
Reinmar JoswigFall
Peter MezgerFall
Dan CulverFall
Boštjan KekecAltitude sickness
Adrián BenítezFall
Hans BärnthalerWindslab Avalanche nearby peak
Akira SuzukiFall
Dobrosława Miodowicz-WolfExhaustion
Alfred ImitzerAltitude sickness
Hannes WieserAltitude sickness
Alan RouseAltitude sickness
Julie TullisAltitude sickness
Mohammad AliStonefall
Fall
Renato CasarottoFall into crevasse
Tadeusz PiotrowskiFall
Maurice BarrardLost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1
Liliane BarrardLost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1
John SmolichAvalanche
Alan PenningtonAvalanche
Daniel LacroixUnknown
Yukihiro YanagisawaFall
Halina Krüger-SyrokomskaStroke
Laskhar KhanStroke
Ali, Son of KazimFall into crevasse
Nick EstcourtAvalanche
Mario PuchozPneumonia
Art GilkeyAvalanche
Pasang KikuliDisappearance
Pasang KitarDisappearance
PintsoDisappearance
Dudley WolfeAltitude sickness and severe dehydration

Kangchenjunga

is the third highest mountain in the world.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
2019, 15 MayBiplab BaidyaHypothermia
2019, 15 MayKuntal KanrarHypothermia
2019, 15 MayRodrigo VivancoMissing
2014, 20 MayChhanda GayenFall on descent above Camp 4
2014, 20 MayMigma TembaFall on descent above Camp 4
2014, 20 MayDewa WangchuFall on descent above Camp 4
2013, 21 MayBibash Gurung SherpaFall
2013, 21 MayPho Dorchi SherpaFall
2013, 21 MayPark-nam SuFall
2013, 21 MayPéter KissFall on descent above Camp 4
2013, 21 MayZsolt ErőssDisappeared on descent above Camp 4
2007, 25 MayIñigo de PinedaFall
2002, 24 MayChristopher GrasswickFall
2000, 23 AprilAng Dawa TamangHit by ice block
1999,14 SeptemberMyeong-kun HyunAvalanche
1999,14 SeptemberDo-kyu HanAvalanche
1998, 16 MayAtsushi ShiinaProbably HACE
1998, 16 MayKenzo AkasakaExhaustion
1995, 6 OctoberBenoît ChamouxDisappeared
1995, 5 OctoberPierre RoyerDisappeared
1995, 5 OctoberSherpa RikuFall
1994, 23 OctoberYordanka DimitrovaUnknown
1994, 10 OctoberSergei ZhvirblyaAvalanche
1994, 10 OctoberYekaterina IvanovaAvalanche
1992, 13 MayWanda RutkiewiczUnknown
1992, 25 AprilAng DorjeSuffocation
1992, 25 AprilLhakpa NuruSuffocation
1991, 16 MayPasang IIFall
1991, 3 MayJože RozmanYugoslaviaFall
1991, 3 MayMarija FrantarYugoslaviaFall
1989, 20 DecemberTchiring Chumbi LamaFall
1989, 20 DecemberAng DawaFall
1989, 20 DecemberKyo-sup JinFall
1988, 17 MaySanjay BoroleHypothermia
1987, 31 MayChander SinghFall
1987, 25 MayChorten TsheringDisappearance
1987, 25 MayPhu Pu BhutiaDisappearance
1987, 25 MayPhu Dorje IIDisappearance
1986 January 11Andrzej CzokPulmonary edema
22 April 1985Borut BergantYugoslaviaFall
1985 January 14Chris ChandlerHACE
1981 October 15Jean-Jacques RicouardFall
4 May 1980Alfonso MedinaDisappeared
4 May 1980Hugo SaldañaDisappeared
1977 April 12Sukhvinder SinghFall
1973 May 15Takeo MatsudaHit by rock
26 May 1955Pemi DorjeFall
9 August 1931Hermann SchallerFall
9 August 1931Pasang 1Fall
August 1931Babu LallIllness
July 1931LobsangIllness
9 May 1930ChettanAvalanche
27 May 1929Edgar FarmerDisappeared
1905 September 1three unnamed othersFall
1905 September 1Alexis PacheFall
28 August 1905unnamed porterFall

Lhotse

is the fourth highest mountain in the world.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
17 May 2019Ivan TomovCerebral edema
17 May 2018Rustem AmirovAltitude sickness
19 May 2016Ang Furba SherpaFall
27 April 2015Hiroshi YamagataAvalanche
25 April 2015Zhen-Fang GeAvalanche
18 April 2014Asman TamangAvalanche
20 May 2013Hsiao-Shih LeeAltitude sickness
16 October 2012Temba SherpaFall
21 May 2012Milan SedláčekExhaustion
7 May 2010Sergey DuganovAltitude sickness
25 May 2009Sergey SamoilovFall
21 May 2007Pemba DomaFall
9 May 2006Pavel KalnýFall
5 October 2003Sun-dug HwangAvalanche
5 October 2003Joo-hoon ParkAvalanche
17 September 2000Vladimir BondarevAvalanche
27 May 1997Vladimir BashkirovIllness
24 October 1989Jerzy KukuczkaFall
27 September 1987Antoni SorsAvalanche
27 September 1987Sergio EscaleraAvalanche
27 September 1987Francesc PorrasAvalanche
27 September 1987Antonio QuiñonesAvalanche
14 September 1987Czesław JakielAvalanche
30 October 1986Pedro AlonsoFall
25 October 1985Rafał ChołdaFall
16 October 1981Philippe PettenDisappearance
16 October 1981Pierre FavezDisappearance
17 May 1980Pasang NimaAvalanche
28 April 1980Nicolas JaegerDisappearance
12 May 1977Max LutzFall
17 December 1974Stanislaw LatałłoExhaustion

Makalu

is the world's fifth highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
24 May 2019Nima Tshering Sherpa
16 May 2019Dipankar GhosDisappearance
16 May 2019Narayan SinghAltitude sickness
8 May 2019Richard Hidalgo
14 May 2018Ang Dawa SherpaAltitude sickness
11 May 2016Lakpa SherpaDeath possibly due to lack of oxygen
11 May 2016Dawa Tenji SherpaDeath possibly due to lack of oxygen
2 May 2014Yannick GagneretHACE
24 April 2013Liu Xiang-YangFall on the descent from the summit
22 May 2011Joëlle BrupbacherAltitude sickness
30 May 2010Zaharias KiriakakisDisappearance
24 May 2009Sangat Ram ThakurIllness
20 May 2008Nil Prasad GurungAltitude sickness
24 April 2008Drabey Bahadur Rajan MongarFall
27 January 2006Jean-Christophe LafailleDisappearance
15 May 2005Sumba SherpaAltitude sickness
18 May 2004Jay SiegerFall
17 May 2004Vladislav TerzyulFall
25 April 2002Raymond CaughronProbably exhaustion
14 May 2001Eric ReschDisappearance
16 May 2000Bernd MehnertProbably pulmonary embolism
11 October 1999Sange SherpaAvalanche
30 April 1999Michael Knakkergaard-JørgensenFall
13 October 1997Per LyhneIllness
24 May 1997Igor BugachevskiRockfall
21 May 1997Salavat KhabibullinExhaustion
14 May 1996Anatoli ChlekhtFall
8 May 1995David HumeFall
8 October 1991Takumi IshizakaExhaustion, Exposure
2 October 1991Manuel BadiolaFall
14 October 1988Ryszard KołakowskiDisappearance
25 September 1986Marcel RüediExhaustion
13 September 1984Ram Bahadur ShrestaPulmonary edema at base camp
15 October 1983Mark MoorheadFall
3 October 1983William DenzAvalanche
26 September 1982Tadeusz SzulcIllness
6 October 1978Andrzej MłynarczykAvalanche
25 May 1976Karel SchubertCold, exhaustion
26 May 1973Jan KounickýFall
26 September 1954Dilli Bahadur VermaPneumonia

Cho Oyu

is the world's sixth highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
1 May 2019Phujung BhoteCrevasse
16 May 2018Park Shin-yongExhaustion or altitude sickness
26 September 2011Joerg HenningAvalanche
23 September 2011Rostislav KrpecUnknown
22 May 2011Ronald NaarArrhythmia
3 October 2010Walter NonesFall
3 May 2010Serguey NikitinUnknown
25 September 2009Clifton MaloneyIllness
2 June 2009Dennis VerhoeveFall
5 October 2008Miha ValičAltitude sickness
4 October 2008Guy LeveilleFall
9 May 2006Raymund SpangFall
11 May 2005Lubos StachoIllness
13 October 2004Xabier OrmazabalHypothermia
6 October 2003Christos BarouchasExhaustion
16 May 2003Guenter WelkischAltitude sickness
14 May 2003Paul CarrIllness
14 May 2002Adam CinnamondCrevasse
30 April 2002Chhong RingeeUnknown
9 September 2001Su-ya KimAltitude sickness
11 October 2000Pavle MiloševićIllness
20 September 2000Pemba GyalzenAvalanche
20 September 2000Pasang NuruAvalanche
20 September 2000Pasang NimaAvalanche
4 May 2000Pavel BonadysenkoFall
4 May 2000Noora ToivonenFall
Winter 1999Joan Carrillo JuncaFall
26 September 1998Alexander JaggiIllness
13 May 1998Gerald RoesnerFall
30 April 1998Viktor StepanovIllness
10 October 1996Lubos BecakAltitude sickness
6 October 1996Hiroshi OyaAltitude sickness
20 April 1996Friedrich ZintlIllness
8 October 1994Lhakpa GyaluIllness
24 January 1994Juan Carlos PiedraFall
24 January 1994Jean-Luc BeausireFall
20 May 1992Philippe MonneratFall
21 October 1991Yuri GrebeniukFalling rock/ice
11 May 1991Horst WasmannFall
Summer 1990Chandra GurungIllness
25 December 1989Ang Lhakpa NuruFall
29 September 1988Daniel BoveroAltitude sickness
12 May 1988Stefan WörnerAltitude sickness
23 October 1986Pierre-Alain SteinerFall
19 May 1982Reinhard KarlAvalanche
7 May 1964Alois ThurmayrAltitude sickness
4 May 1964Georg HuberAltitude sickness
2 October 1959ChhowangAvalanche
2 October 1959Ang NorbuAvalanche
2 October 1959Claudine van der Straten-PonthozAvalanche
2 October 1959Claude KoganAvalanche
28 April 1958Narendra Dhar JayalAltitude sickness

Dhaulagiri I

is the world's seventh highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
27 September 2018Dawa Gyaljen SherpaAvalanche
30 April 2018Simone La TerraStorm
20 May 2017Ang Ngima SherpaFall/Exposure
19 May 2016Rajib BhattacharyaAltitude sickness
16 May 2016Christiaan Johan WilsonDisappeared
15 October 2014Ján MatlákAvalanche
15 October 2014Vladimír ŠvancárAvalanche
15 October 2014Bhoj Kumar RaiAvalanche
15 October 2014Gopal RaiAvalanche
15 October 2014Dorje SherpaAvalanche
26 May 2013Juanjo GarraFall and exposure
23 May 2013Chizuko KonoExhaustion
23 May 2013Dawa SherpaDisappeared
28 September 2010Daisuke HondaAvalanche
28 September 2010Osamu TanabeAvalanche
28 September 2010Pasang GyeluAvalanche
28 September 2010Toshio YamamotoAvalanche
13 May 2010Zhao LiangFall
13 May 2010Li BinCold/ Exhaustion
13 May 2010Han XinFall
1 May 2009Mehdi Etemad FarFall
8 April 2009Piotr MorawskiFall into crevasse
5 May 2008Rafael GuillénFall
5 May 2008Darío BracaliDisappeared
12 May 2007Santiago SagasteAvalanche
12 May 2007Ricardo ValenciaAvalanche
30 April 2007Sergio Dalla LongaFall
14 October 2001Yukihiko ShinagawaDisappeared
14 October 2001Ryushi HoshinoDisappeared
14 October 2001Masashi FukumotoDisappeared
11 October 2001Jose Antonio GarcesFall
7 October 2000Gyalzen ChuldimAvalanche
29 September 2000Soo-ho LeeAvalanche
24 October 1999Ginette HarrisonAvalanche
24 October 1999Dawa DorjeAvalanche
2 October 1998Charalampos TsouprasFall
11 May 1998Chantal MauduitAvalanche
11 May 1998Ang TsheringAvalanche
1 May 1998Nikos PapandreouFall
6 October 1995Isayoshi TawarayaDisappeared
15 May 1995Albrecht HammannExposure
18 October 1994Galina ChekanovaFall
26 September 1994Robert BählerFall
6 October 1993Gary BallAltitude Sickness
11 May 1992Sanda Dumitrescu-IsailaDisappeared
11 May 1992Taina ColibanDisappeared
2 May 1992Hubert WeinzierlHeart Failure
31 October 1990Dainius MakauskasDisappeared
29 April 1990WangelAvalanche
25 December 1989Scot McGrathAvalanche
25 December 1989Gregory BarberAvalanche
25 December 1989Wangchuk NuruAvalanche
10 October 1989Francesc DalmasesDisappeared
25 September 1989Sarki KamiAvalanche
25 September 1989AjiwaAvalanche
21 September 1986Franz MüllederEdema
23 October 1984Jan SimonFall
23 May 1981Mario SerranoCold/Exhaustion
7 October 1980Lynette R. GriffithAvalanche
14 May 1979Sherpa PembaDisappeared
13 May 1979Jean-Louis SabarlyAvalanche
13 May 1979Eric PoumaillouxAvalanche
20 October 1978Katsuyoshi KogureFall/Exposure
23 September 1978Kiyoshi KobayashiAvalanche
23 September 1978Yujiro FukasawaAvalanche
23 September 1978Hiroshi AkuzawaAvalanche
21 April 1978Katsumi NaganumaExhaustion
26 March 1975Yoshitada NumaoAvalanche
26 March 1975Tetsu ImuraAvalanche
26 March 1975Pasang KamiAvalanche
26 March 1975DorjeAvalanche
26 March 1975DakiyaAvalanche
28 April 1969David SeidmanAvalanche
28 April 1969Ross WilliamAvalanche
28 April 1969Vincent HoemanAvalanche
28 April 1969Paul GerhardAvalanche
28 April 1969Boyd EverettAvalanche
28 April 1969Pemba PhutarAvalanche
28 April 1969TenzingAvalanche
29 April 1959Heinrich RoissCold/Exhaustion
26 May 1956Bal BahadurAvalanche
30 June 1954Francisco IbanezExposure

Manaslu

is the world's eighth highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
28 September 2019Rita BladykoAltitude sickness
29 September 2018Roman HlávkoProbably fall
8 September 2018Hiromi KomatsuRescue helicopter crash
25 September 2017Philip HarveyAltitude Sickness
26 October 2016Hirotaka OnoderaFall
1 October 2015Zoltan BenedekProbably altitude sickness
26 September 2014Yoshimasa SasakiFall
4 October 2012Victor CorreaUnknown
23 September 2012Dominique OuimetAvalanche
23 September 2012Gregory Ugo CostaAvalanche
23 September 2012Alberto MaglianoAvalanche
23 September 2012Catherine RicardAvalanche
23 September 2012Christian MittermeyerAvalanche
23 September 2012Dawa Dorji SherpaAvalanche
23 September 2012Fabrice PriezAvalanche
23 September 2012Ludovic ChalleatAvalanche
23 September 2012Marti Roig GasullAvalanche
23 September 2012Phillippe Lucien BosAvalanche
23 September 2012Rémy LécluseAvalanche
11 May 2012Jafar NaseriUnknown
12 May 2011Tashi ChhiringUnknown
12 May 2011Bernard Jean Francois MilianUnknown
12 May 2011Alain Peirre Marie LaurensUnknown
29 April 2011Eisa Mir-ShekariAltitude sickness
24 September 2010Nobuaki KuwabaraIllness
24 April 2010Chi-won YunUnknown
24 April 2010Haeng-su ParkExhaustion
3 October 2009Franc OderlapHit by falling seracs, died in hospital
19 May 2009Levente SzabóFall
28 April 2009Giuseppe AntonelliIllness
5 October 2008Daniel GoulevitchAltitude sickness
13 May 2008Hasta Bahadur GurungIllness
28 May 2006Susan Erica FearFall in crevasse
13 October 2001Isao KuribaraAltitude sickness, Exhaustion
30 October 1998Hristo StantchevFall
26 October 1998Lenin GranadosAvalanche
9 October 1997Miroslav RybanskyCollapsed
8 October 1997Juraj KardhordoUnknown
1 October 1996Masatsugu KonishiUnknown
7 May 1995Michael ZunkFall
6 May 1995Jörg StarkeFall
22 October 1993Sergei JadrychnikovAvalanche
21 October 1993Igor KhmiliarFall
3 October 1992Sven VermeirenFall
2 October 1992Sylwia DmowskaFall
10 May 1991Karl GroßrubatscherFall
10 May 1991Gottfried MutschlechnerLightning
7 September 1990Murat GalievFall
7 September 1990Zinur HalitovFall
7 September 1990Grigory LunjakovFall
27 March 1990Nima Wangchuk SherpaAvalanche
27 March 1990Charles SchertzAvalanche
27 March 1990Nancy JacksonAvalanche
7 May 1989Santiago SuarezFall
28 October 1987Ichigi KudoFall
4 May 1986Dieter OberbichlerFall
3 May 1986Wilhelm KlaiberUnknown
25 October 1985Nima Norbu SherpaAvalanche
4 May 1985Thomas JuenAvalanche
11 December 1983Stanisław JaworskiFall
24 April 1983Ante BućanYugoslaviaAvalanche
24 April 1983Nejc ZaplotnikYugoslaviaAvalanche
18 December 1982Takashi SakumaCold, Exhaustion
10 May 1982Pere AymerichAvalanche
10 May 1982Enric FontAvalanche
8 October 1979Edgardo Jose PorsellanaAvalanche
5 May 1974Teiko SuzukiUnknown
26 April 1972Andi SchlickUnknown
25 April 1972Franz JägerUnknown
10 April 1972WangelAvalanche
10 April 1972Rinsing OngyalAvalanche
10 April 1972Phurba TenzingAvalanche
10 April 1972Pemba Rinji Avalanche
10 April 1972Pasang NimaAvalanche
10 April 1972GyalzeAvalanche
10 April 1972Ang Tendi Avalanche
10 April 1972Ang RitaAvalanche
10 April 1972Ang Mingma Avalanche
10 April 1972Ang Mingma Avalanche
10 April 1972Kazunari YasuhishaAvalanche
10 April 1972Chang-hee ParkAvalanche
10 April 1972Sae-keon OhAvalanche
10 April 1972Joon-haeng SongAvalanche
10 April 1972Ho-sup KimAvalanche
4 May 1971Ki-sup KimFall

Nanga Parbat

is the world's ninth highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
24 February 2019Daniele NardiUnknown
24 February 2019Tom BallardUnknown
27/28 January 2018Tomasz MackiewiczAltitude Sickness
24 June 2017Alberto ZerainAvalanche
24 June 2017Mariano GalvanAvalanche
22 June 2013Igor SvergunKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Badawi KashaevKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Dmitry KonyaevKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Rao JianfengKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Yang ChunfengKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Honglu Chen Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Sona SherpaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Ernestas MarkšaitisKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Ali HussainKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Anton DobesKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
22 June 2013Peter SperkaKilled by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp
6 February 2013Joel WischnewskiAvalanche
11 July 2009Mi-young GoFall
10 July 2009Wolfgang KölblingerFall
17 July 2008Saman NematiUnknown
15 July 2008Karl UnterkircherFell into crevasse
28 July 2006Naohiro OzawaUnknown
22 July 2006José Antonio DelgadoExposure
1 July 2004Günter JungFall
26 July 1998Hideki OhmiyaFall
30 July 1997Joan ColetFell during descent
20 June 1996Răzvan PetcuAvalanche
20 June 1996Gabriel StanaAvalanche
24 June 1994Antonio LopezFall
7 July 1993Chun-moon AhnUnknown
18 August 1990Osami NakajimaFall
3 July 1990Chang-gi ParkFall into a crevasse
18 July 1989Tetsuya BabaLightning strike
23 June 1989Kwang-ho KimFall
10 July 1985Piotr KalmusAvalanche
8 December 1984Hiromi KamedaFall
7 July 1984Fuji TsunodaAvalanche
7 July 1984Shigeoh HidaAvalanche
7 July 1984Nobuyuki ImakyureiAvalanche
7 July 1984Takashi KogureAvalanche
12 July 1983Nobuyoshi YamadaAvalanche
12 July 1983Yuichiro TakamoriAvalanche
12 July 1983Satoshi IidaAvalanche
17 June 1983Kazuo ShimuraFall
8 June 1982Peter HiltbrandAltitude sickness
12 June 1982Ali SheikhFall
4 June 1982Peter ForrerAvalanche
28 April 1982Matloob Hassan NuriFall into crevasse
31 July 1977Robert BroughtonAvalanche
31 July 1977George BogelAvalanche
26 September 1976Sebastian ArnoldFall
8 July 1971Näbi Mantas HunzaFall
29 June 1970Günther MessnerAvalanche
23 June 1962Siegfried LöwFall
4 December 1950John W. ThornleyUnknown
4 December 1950William H. CraceUnknown
14 / 15 June 1937Karl WienAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Martin PfefferAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Peter MüllritterAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Günther HeppAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Hans HartmannAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Adolf GöttnerAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Pert FankhauserAvalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Tigmay Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Pasang Norbu Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Nima Tsering I Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Nima Tsering II Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Mingma Tsering Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Karmi Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Gyalgen Monjo Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Chong Karma Avalanche
14 / 15 June 1937Ang Tshering II Avalanche
17 July 1934Willy MerklUnknown
17 July 1934Sherpa Gyali Unknown
12 July 1934Wilhelm WelzenbachExposure
10 July 1934Sherpa Dakshi Unknown
10 July 1934Dorje Nima Exposure
10 July 1934Nima Tashi Exposure
10 July 1934Pinju Norbu Exposure
9 July 1934Nima Nurbu Unknown
9 July 1934Ulrich WielandUnknown
8 June 1934Alfred DrexelPneumonia
24 August 1895Albert F. MummeryAvalanche
24 August 1895Ragobir Thapa GhurkaAvalanche
24 August 1895Goman Singh GhurkaAvalanche

Annapurna I

is the world's 10th highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
3 May 2019Wui Kin ChinHypothermia/Frostbite
24 March 2015Samuli MansikkaFall
24 March 2015Pemba SherpaFall
7 October 2012Ivan LobanovAvalanche
7 October 2012Iljas TukhvatullinAvalanche
5 May 2012Tibor HorváthAvalanche
18 October 2011Young-seok ParkUnknown
18 October 2011Dong-min ShinUnknown
18 October 2011Ki-seok KangUnknown
29 April 2010Tolo CalafatUnknown
April 2009Martin MinaříkFell into Crevasse
23 May 2008Iñaki Ochoa de OlzaHACE
22 April 2007Udhav Prasad KhanalUnknown
22 October 2006Lhakpa Rita IIAvalanche
18 May 2005Christian KuntnerAvalanche
10 October 2004Hideji NazukaAvalanche
10 October 2004Michio SatoAvalanche
29 April 1999Hyun-ok JiUnknown
29 April 1999Dorje KamiUnknown
26 April 1998Ang TsheringAvalanche
25 December 1997Anatoli BoukreevAvalanche
25 December 1997Dmitri SobolevAvalanche
23 March 1997NgatiFall
11 October 1992Pierre BéghinFall
20 October 1991Gabriel DenamurUnknown
19 September 1991Seog-jee LeeAvalanche
19 September 1991Song-gu LeeAvalanche
19 September 1991Sange DawaAvalanche
19 September 1991Tendi LhakpaAvalanche
19 September 1991Jangbu NurbuAvalanche
19 September 1991TenzingAvalanche
28 October 1989Milan MetkovUnknown
28 October 1989Ognian StoykovUnknown
18 October 1988Ramiro NavarreteFall
1 October 1988Jiri PelikanFall on descent
29 September 1988Akihiro MoriAvalanche
29 September 1988Ang DawaAvalanche
20 December 1987Toshiyuki KobayashiFall
20 December 1987Yasuhira SaitoFall
24 May 1987Andres FerrerFall
23 September 1986Benoit GrisonFall
7 December 1984Pasang NorbuUnknown
7 December 1984KeepaUnknown
21 April 1984Philippe DumasAvalanche
21 April 1984Patrick TaglianutAvalanche
24 September 1983Yang-kun ChungAvalanche
24 September 1983Magar MailaAvalanche
24 September 1983Rama Magar TikaAvalanche
18 October 1982Susumu AkimatsuAvalanche
18 October 1982Miko OnoAvalanche
17 October 1982Alex MacIntyreRock fall
12 May 1982Rai ShantiFall
4 May 1982Werner BürkliHeart attack
31 October 1981Yasuji KatoFall
28 September 1981Andre DurieuxAvalanche
28 September 1981Yves FavreAvalanche
27 September 1981Ang NimaAvalanche
27 September 1981Pemba TsheringAvalanche
19 September 1979Eric RobertsAvalanche
19 September 1979Maynard CohickAvalanche
19 September 1979Gil HarderAvalanche
1 May 1979Yves MorinExhaustion
17 October 1978Alison Chadwick-OnyszkiewiczFall
17 October 1978Vera WatsonFall
16 April 1975Franz TegischerAvalanche
26 September 1973Leo CerrutiAvalanche
26 September 1973Miller RavaAvalanche
18 May 1973Tadashi UshigoeAvalanche
18 May 1973Sadatoshi TakahashiAvalanche
18 May 1973Masanori HamaAvalanche
18 May 1973Kazumi KatagiriAvalanche
18 May 1973RinjeAvalanche
30 May 1970Ian CloughSerac fall

Gasherbrum I

, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
9 August 2013Zdenek HrubyFall
22 July 2013Xevi GómezDisappeared
22 July 2013Álvaro ParedesDisappeared
22 July 2013Abel AlonsoDisappeared
7 July 2013Artur HajzerFall
9 March 2012Gerfried GöschlDisappeared
9 March 2012Cedric HählenDisappeared
9 March 2012Nissar HussainDisappeared
18 June 2008Jean-Noel UrbanFall into crevasse
29 July 2007Jiri DanekFall
5 August 2005Dawa Nurbu IIFall
25 July 2004Jose Antonio AntonFall
7 September 2003Mohammad OrazAvalanche caused injuries, died in hospital
15 July 2003Vladimir PestrikovStone fall
5 July 2003Jose Manuel BuenagaDisappeared
5 July 2003Disappeared
9 July 2001Claudio Gálvez SantibañezFall, after successfully summiting
1 August 1998Yoshiumi HayoshidaAvalanche
1 August 1998Kasunori KutamaAvalanche
1 August 1998Kasutoshi NaitoAvalanche
1 August 1998Takashi WatanabeAvalanche
17 July 1996Manuel AlvarezFall
30 May 1993Paolo BernasconeSlab avalanche
19 August 1990Josep GranyoDisappeared
19 August 1990Albert IbanezDisappeared
12 July 1989Dorje TsindiFall
25 June 1988Jorge Luis BritoPulmonary edema
29 July 1987Mohsin AliAvalanche
29 July 1987Fakhar-ul-IslamAvalanche
29 July 1987Fayyaz HussainAvalanche
29 July 1987Khalid KhanAvalanche
18 August 1986Andreas BührerFall
31 May 1986Muhammad Ali GhulamPneumonia
9–10 June 1977Drago BregarYugoslaviaDisappeared

Broad Peak

is the world's 12th highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
July 2015Qamber Ali JangjupaAvalanche
23 July 2013Aidin BozorgiDisappeared
23 July 2013Disappeared
23 July 2013Disappeared
8 July 2013Dana HeideSlipped into a glacial stream near base camp
6 March 2013Maciej BerbekaDisappeared
6 March 2013Tomasz KowalskiPresumably exhaustion
31 July 2012Muhammad BaqirFall
31 July 2012Zuzana HofmannováDisappeared
25 July 2011Jeffrey Wai Hung ChungFall in crevasse
18 July 2009Cristina CastagnaFall
30 June 2008Vlado PlulikDisappeared
8 July 2006Markus KronthalerExhaustion
11 July 1999Seung-Kwon HurDisappeared
29 July 1998Pascale BessieresDisappeared
29 July 1998Eric EscoffierDisappeared
16 July 1997Jeffrey Ian BubbAvalanche
16 July 1997Fukuzo YokotagawaAvalanche
20 July 1996Dong-keun HanDied on descent due to bad weather
20 July 1996Jae-mo YangDied on descent due to bad weather
20 July 1996Sun-taek LimDied on descent due to bad weather
12 July 1995Hyun-jae ParkFall
22 June 1994Alexej HimerFall
11 June 1994Bohuslav BilekPulmonary edema
24 July 1990Kurt Lyncke-KrügerFall
20 August 1988Yong-il JangAvalanche
22 August 1986Liam Scott ElliottFell
18 August 1985Barbara KozłowskaDrowned in a glacier stream above BC
16 May 1985Hans FrickAvalanche
29 June 1983Peter ThextonPulmonary edema
5 August 1981Enric PujolFall
29 July 1975Andrzej SikorskiFall
29 July 1975Marek KęsickiFall
28 July 1975Bohdan NowaczykFall

Gasherbrum II

, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
25 July 2015Aleksander OstrowskiAvalanche
22 July 2011Leila EsfandyariFall While Return
21 July 2009Luis María BarberoDisappeared
18 July 2007Ernst-Robert ZaunerAvalanche
18 July 2007Arne HeckeleAvalanche
3 July 2007Possibly Heart Failure
20 July 2001Jean-François BassineFall
28 July 2000Felix IñurrateguiFall
13 July 1989Antton IbargurenFall
9 July 1988Gary SilverIllness
6 July 1988Michel BassonPulmonary Edema
25 June 1988Henri AlbetFall on snowboard
29 June 1987Jean-Pierre HeftiFall
12 July 1986Carlos RabagoIllness
11 July 1985Pierre BouyguesIllness
24 June 1985Toru NakanoFall
mid July 1982Norbert WolfCold
mid July 1982Gerhard GrunerDisappeared
2 July 1982Glenn BrindeiroAvalanche
1 June 1976Osamu MatsuuraExhaustion
27 May 1976Yoshinori HiramatsuFall
27 May 1976Taketoshi MiyamotoFall
late June 1975Bernard VillaretCold, exhaustion

Shishapangma

, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain.
Updated and complete through 2014.
DateNameNationalityCause of deathReferences
3 May 2018Boyan PetrovDisappearance
30 Sept 2016Pemba Sherpa Avalanche
24 April 2016Patrik MatiolliFall in crevasse
24 April 2016Jon JohnstonFall in crevasse
24 September 2014Sebastian HaagAvalanche
24 September 2014Andrea ZambaldiAvalanche
11 May 2013UnknownHAPE
15 October 2009Roby PiantoniFall
24 April 2007Marek HudákDisappearance
31 October 2006Bruno CarvalhoFall
3 October 2005Stanislav KrylovDisappearance
28 September 2005Martin OczkoAltitude sickness
5 October 1999Alex LoweAvalanche
5 October 1999David BridgesAvalanche
21 May 1998Andreino PasiniIllness
5 October 1996Viktor PastukhAvalanche
5 October 1996Gennadi VasilenkoAvalanche
19 May 1996 or May 1997Ming-Tse KuoFallDiscrepancy regarding the year of death between different sources
1 May 1996Stefan SlukaDisappeared on descent
1 October 1994Zdenek SlachtaAvalanche
18 September 1994Tod GassenFall in crevasse
29 September 1993Bueoung-tae ParkFall
20 September 1991Hidekazu GomiAvalanche
20 September 1991Tetsuichi MiyashitaAvalanche
22 May 1991Werner BraunDisappearance
22 May 1991Werner MeichsnerDisappearance
22 May 1991Günther SemmlerDisappearance
22 May 1991Karl-Heinz ThieleDisappearance
15 October 1990Joan MartinezExposure
4 October 1989Luca LeonardiAvalanche
28 April 1983Fritz LuchsingerAltitude sickness

Deaths per mountain