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.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | - |
Kojiro Watanabe | Fall during descent | |||
Serge Dessureault | Fall | |||
Miguel Ángel Pérez | Probably altitude sickness | |||
Marty Schmidt | / | Avalanche | ||
Denali Schmidt | / | Avalanche | ||
Vitaliy Gorelik | Frostbite, Cardiac Insufficiency | |||
Fredrik Ericsson | Fall from bottle neck | |||
Petar Georgiev Unzhiev | Altitude sickness | |||
Michele Fait | Fall with skis | |||
Hwang Dong-jin | Fourth serac fall | |||
Park Kyeong-hyo | Fourth serac fall | |||
Kim Hyo-gyung | Fourth serac fall | |||
Mehrban Karim | Second or third serac fall | |||
Hugues d'Aubarede | Fall during descent | |||
Ger McDonnell | Second or third serac fall | |||
Pasang Bhote | Fourth serac fall | |||
Jumic Bhote | Fourth serac fall | |||
Rolf Bae | First serac fall | |||
Jahan Baig | Fall | |||
Dren Mandić | Fall | |||
Stefano Zavka | Lost | |||
Nima Nurbu | Fall from bottle neck | |||
Arkadi Kuvakin | Avalanche | |||
Aleksandr Foigt | Avalanche | |||
Piotr Kuznetsov | Avalanche | |||
Yuri Uteshev | Avalanche | |||
Manel de la Mata | Pulmonary edema | |||
Dauoud Khadem Asl | Lost in storm | |||
Sergei Sokolov | Lost in storm | |||
Aleksandr Gubaev | Fall | |||
Pae Kyong-kyu | Avalanche | |||
Kim Jae-koung | Avalanche | |||
Lee Hwa-hyeung | Avalanche | |||
Klaus-Dieter Grohs | Fall | |||
Muhammad Iqbal | Fall | |||
Sher Ajman | Avalanche | |||
Park Young-do | Fall | |||
Mihai Cioroianu | Hit by rockfall | |||
Igor Benkin | Exhaustion | |||
Lorenzo Mazzoleni | Fall | |||
Jeff Lakes | Exhaustion | |||
Bruce Grant | Killed in a storm | |||
Rob Slater | Killed in a storm | |||
Alison Hargreaves | Killed in a storm | |||
Javier Escartin | Killed in a storm | |||
Javier Olivar | Killed in a storm | |||
Lorenzo Ortiz | Killed in a storm | |||
Jordi Anglès | Fall | |||
Juan Antonio Apellániz | HACE | |||
Steve Untch | Fall, broken rope | |||
Dmitri Ibragim-Zade | Killed in a storm | |||
Aleksandr Parkhomenko | Killed in a storm | |||
Aleksei Kharaldin | Killed in a storm | |||
Daniel Bidner | Altitude sickness, Fall | |||
Reinmar Joswig | Fall | |||
Peter Mezger | Fall | |||
Dan Culver | Fall | |||
Boštjan Kekec | Altitude sickness | |||
Adrián Benítez | Fall | |||
Hans Bärnthaler | Windslab Avalanche nearby peak | |||
Akira Suzuki | Fall | |||
Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf | Exhaustion | |||
Alfred Imitzer | Altitude sickness | |||
Hannes Wieser | Altitude sickness | |||
Alan Rouse | Altitude sickness | |||
Julie Tullis | Altitude sickness | |||
Mohammad Ali | Stonefall | |||
Fall | ||||
Renato Casarotto | Fall into crevasse | |||
Tadeusz Piotrowski | Fall | |||
Maurice Barrard | Lost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1 | |||
Liliane Barrard | Lost, Body 1998 found near Camp 1 | |||
John Smolich | Avalanche | |||
Alan Pennington | Avalanche | |||
Daniel Lacroix | Unknown | |||
Yukihiro Yanagisawa | Fall | |||
Halina Krüger-Syrokomska | Stroke | |||
Laskhar Khan | Stroke | |||
Ali, Son of Kazim | Fall into crevasse | |||
Nick Estcourt | Avalanche | |||
Mario Puchoz | Pneumonia | |||
Art Gilkey | Avalanche | |||
Pasang Kikuli | Disappearance | |||
Pasang Kitar | Disappearance | |||
Pintso | Disappearance | |||
Dudley Wolfe | Altitude sickness and severe dehydration |
Kangchenjunga
is the third highest mountain in the world.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
2019, 15 May | Biplab Baidya | Hypothermia | ||
2019, 15 May | Kuntal Kanrar | Hypothermia | ||
2019, 15 May | Rodrigo Vivanco | Missing | ||
2014, 20 May | Chhanda Gayen | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | ||
2014, 20 May | Migma Temba | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | ||
2014, 20 May | Dewa Wangchu | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | ||
2013, 21 May | Bibash Gurung Sherpa | Fall | ||
2013, 21 May | Pho Dorchi Sherpa | Fall | ||
2013, 21 May | Park-nam Su | Fall | ||
2013, 21 May | Péter Kiss | Fall on descent above Camp 4 | ||
2013, 21 May | Zsolt Erőss | Disappeared on descent above Camp 4 | ||
2007, 25 May | Iñigo de Pineda | Fall | ||
2002, 24 May | Christopher Grasswick | Fall | ||
2000, 23 April | Ang Dawa Tamang | Hit by ice block | ||
1999,14 September | Myeong-kun Hyun | Avalanche | ||
1999,14 September | Do-kyu Han | Avalanche | ||
1998, 16 May | Atsushi Shiina | Probably HACE | ||
1998, 16 May | Kenzo Akasaka | Exhaustion | ||
1995, 6 October | Benoît Chamoux | Disappeared | ||
1995, 5 October | Pierre Royer | Disappeared | ||
1995, 5 October | Sherpa Riku | Fall | ||
1994, 23 October | Yordanka Dimitrova | Unknown | ||
1994, 10 October | Sergei Zhvirblya | Avalanche | ||
1994, 10 October | Yekaterina Ivanova | Avalanche | ||
1992, 13 May | Wanda Rutkiewicz | Unknown | ||
1992, 25 April | Ang Dorje | Suffocation | ||
1992, 25 April | Lhakpa Nuru | Suffocation | ||
1991, 16 May | Pasang II | Fall | ||
1991, 3 May | Jože Rozman | Yugoslavia | Fall | |
1991, 3 May | Marija Frantar | Yugoslavia | Fall | |
1989, 20 December | Tchiring Chumbi Lama | Fall | ||
1989, 20 December | Ang Dawa | Fall | ||
1989, 20 December | Kyo-sup Jin | Fall | ||
1988, 17 May | Sanjay Borole | Hypothermia | ||
1987, 31 May | Chander Singh | Fall | ||
1987, 25 May | Chorten Tshering | Disappearance | ||
1987, 25 May | Phu Pu Bhutia | Disappearance | ||
1987, 25 May | Phu Dorje II | Disappearance | ||
1986 January 11 | Andrzej Czok | Pulmonary edema | ||
22 April 1985 | Borut Bergant | Yugoslavia | Fall | |
1985 January 14 | Chris Chandler | HACE | ||
1981 October 15 | Jean-Jacques Ricouard | Fall | ||
4 May 1980 | Alfonso Medina | Disappeared | ||
4 May 1980 | Hugo Saldaña | Disappeared | ||
1977 April 12 | Sukhvinder Singh | Fall | ||
1973 May 15 | Takeo Matsuda | Hit by rock | ||
26 May 1955 | Pemi Dorje | Fall | ||
9 August 1931 | Hermann Schaller | Fall | ||
9 August 1931 | Pasang 1 | Fall | ||
August 1931 | Babu Lall | Illness | ||
July 1931 | Lobsang | Illness | ||
9 May 1930 | Chettan | Avalanche | ||
27 May 1929 | Edgar Farmer | Disappeared | ||
1905 September 1 | three unnamed others | Fall | ||
1905 September 1 | Alexis Pache | Fall | ||
28 August 1905 | unnamed porter | Fall |
Lhotse
is the fourth highest mountain in the world.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
17 May 2019 | Ivan Tomov | Cerebral edema | ||
17 May 2018 | Rustem Amirov | Altitude sickness | ||
19 May 2016 | Ang Furba Sherpa | Fall | ||
27 April 2015 | Hiroshi Yamagata | Avalanche | ||
25 April 2015 | Zhen-Fang Ge | Avalanche | ||
18 April 2014 | Asman Tamang | Avalanche | ||
20 May 2013 | Hsiao-Shih Lee | Altitude sickness | ||
16 October 2012 | Temba Sherpa | Fall | ||
21 May 2012 | Milan Sedláček | Exhaustion | ||
7 May 2010 | Sergey Duganov | Altitude sickness | ||
25 May 2009 | Sergey Samoilov | Fall | ||
21 May 2007 | Pemba Doma | Fall | ||
9 May 2006 | Pavel Kalný | Fall | ||
5 October 2003 | Sun-dug Hwang | Avalanche | ||
5 October 2003 | Joo-hoon Park | Avalanche | ||
17 September 2000 | Vladimir Bondarev | Avalanche | ||
27 May 1997 | Vladimir Bashkirov | Illness | ||
24 October 1989 | Jerzy Kukuczka | Fall | ||
27 September 1987 | Antoni Sors | Avalanche | ||
27 September 1987 | Sergio Escalera | Avalanche | ||
27 September 1987 | Francesc Porras | Avalanche | ||
27 September 1987 | Antonio Quiñones | Avalanche | ||
14 September 1987 | Czesław Jakiel | Avalanche | ||
30 October 1986 | Pedro Alonso | Fall | ||
25 October 1985 | Rafał Chołda | Fall | ||
16 October 1981 | Philippe Petten | Disappearance | ||
16 October 1981 | Pierre Favez | Disappearance | ||
17 May 1980 | Pasang Nima | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1980 | Nicolas Jaeger | Disappearance | ||
12 May 1977 | Max Lutz | Fall | ||
17 December 1974 | Stanislaw Latałło | Exhaustion |
Makalu
is the world's fifth highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References | |
24 May 2019 | Nima Tshering Sherpa | ||||
16 May 2019 | Dipankar Ghos | Disappearance | |||
16 May 2019 | Narayan Singh | Altitude sickness | |||
8 May 2019 | Richard Hidalgo | ||||
14 May 2018 | Ang Dawa Sherpa | Altitude sickness | |||
11 May 2016 | Lakpa Sherpa | Death possibly due to lack of oxygen | |||
11 May 2016 | Dawa Tenji Sherpa | Death possibly due to lack of oxygen | |||
2 May 2014 | Yannick Gagneret | HACE | |||
24 April 2013 | Liu Xiang-Yang | Fall on the descent from the summit | |||
22 May 2011 | Joëlle Brupbacher | Altitude sickness | |||
30 May 2010 | Zaharias Kiriakakis | Disappearance | |||
24 May 2009 | Sangat Ram Thakur | Illness | |||
20 May 2008 | Nil Prasad Gurung | Altitude sickness | |||
24 April 2008 | Drabey Bahadur Rajan Mongar | Fall | |||
27 January 2006 | Jean-Christophe Lafaille | Disappearance | |||
15 May 2005 | Sumba Sherpa | Altitude sickness | |||
18 May 2004 | Jay Sieger | Fall | |||
17 May 2004 | Vladislav Terzyul | Fall | |||
25 April 2002 | Raymond Caughron | Probably exhaustion | |||
14 May 2001 | Eric Resch | Disappearance | |||
16 May 2000 | Bernd Mehnert | Probably pulmonary embolism | |||
11 October 1999 | Sange Sherpa | Avalanche | |||
30 April 1999 | Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen | Fall | |||
13 October 1997 | Per Lyhne | Illness | |||
24 May 1997 | Igor Bugachevski | Rockfall | |||
21 May 1997 | Salavat Khabibullin | Exhaustion | |||
14 May 1996 | Anatoli Chlekht | Fall | |||
8 May 1995 | David Hume | Fall | |||
8 October 1991 | Takumi Ishizaka | Exhaustion, Exposure | |||
2 October 1991 | Manuel Badiola | Fall | |||
14 October 1988 | Ryszard Kołakowski | Disappearance | |||
25 September 1986 | Marcel Rüedi | Exhaustion | |||
13 September 1984 | Ram Bahadur Shresta | Pulmonary edema at base camp | |||
15 October 1983 | Mark Moorhead | Fall | |||
3 October 1983 | William Denz | Avalanche | |||
26 September 1982 | Tadeusz Szulc | Illness | |||
6 October 1978 | Andrzej Młynarczyk | Avalanche | |||
25 May 1976 | Karel Schubert | Cold, exhaustion | |||
26 May 1973 | Jan Kounický | Fall | |||
26 September 1954 | Dilli Bahadur Verma | Pneumonia |
Cho Oyu
is the world's sixth highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
1 May 2019 | Phujung Bhote | Crevasse | ||
16 May 2018 | Park Shin-yong | Exhaustion or altitude sickness | ||
26 September 2011 | Joerg Henning | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2011 | Rostislav Krpec | Unknown | ||
22 May 2011 | Ronald Naar | Arrhythmia | ||
3 October 2010 | Walter Nones | Fall | ||
3 May 2010 | Serguey Nikitin | Unknown | ||
25 September 2009 | Clifton Maloney | Illness | ||
2 June 2009 | Dennis Verhoeve | Fall | ||
5 October 2008 | Miha Valič | Altitude sickness | ||
4 October 2008 | Guy Leveille | Fall | ||
9 May 2006 | Raymund Spang | Fall | ||
11 May 2005 | Lubos Stacho | Illness | ||
13 October 2004 | Xabier Ormazabal | Hypothermia | ||
6 October 2003 | Christos Barouchas | Exhaustion | ||
16 May 2003 | Guenter Welkisch | Altitude sickness | ||
14 May 2003 | Paul Carr | Illness | ||
14 May 2002 | Adam Cinnamond | Crevasse | ||
30 April 2002 | Chhong Ringee | Unknown | ||
9 September 2001 | Su-ya Kim | Altitude sickness | ||
11 October 2000 | Pavle Milošević | Illness | ||
20 September 2000 | Pemba Gyalzen | Avalanche | ||
20 September 2000 | Pasang Nuru | Avalanche | ||
20 September 2000 | Pasang Nima | Avalanche | ||
4 May 2000 | Pavel Bonadysenko | Fall | ||
4 May 2000 | Noora Toivonen | Fall | ||
Winter 1999 | Joan Carrillo Junca | Fall | ||
26 September 1998 | Alexander Jaggi | Illness | ||
13 May 1998 | Gerald Roesner | Fall | ||
30 April 1998 | Viktor Stepanov | Illness | ||
10 October 1996 | Lubos Becak | Altitude sickness | ||
6 October 1996 | Hiroshi Oya | Altitude sickness | ||
20 April 1996 | Friedrich Zintl | Illness | ||
8 October 1994 | Lhakpa Gyalu | Illness | ||
24 January 1994 | Juan Carlos Piedra | Fall | ||
24 January 1994 | Jean-Luc Beausire | Fall | ||
20 May 1992 | Philippe Monnerat | Fall | ||
21 October 1991 | Yuri Grebeniuk | Falling rock/ice | ||
11 May 1991 | Horst Wasmann | Fall | ||
Summer 1990 | Chandra Gurung | Illness | ||
25 December 1989 | Ang Lhakpa Nuru | Fall | ||
29 September 1988 | Daniel Bovero | Altitude sickness | ||
12 May 1988 | Stefan Wörner | Altitude sickness | ||
23 October 1986 | Pierre-Alain Steiner | Fall | ||
19 May 1982 | Reinhard Karl | Avalanche | ||
7 May 1964 | Alois Thurmayr | Altitude sickness | ||
4 May 1964 | Georg Huber | Altitude sickness | ||
2 October 1959 | Chhowang | Avalanche | ||
2 October 1959 | Ang Norbu | Avalanche | ||
2 October 1959 | Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz | Avalanche | ||
2 October 1959 | Claude Kogan | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1958 | Narendra Dhar Jayal | Altitude sickness |
Dhaulagiri I
is the world's seventh highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
27 September 2018 | Dawa Gyaljen Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
30 April 2018 | Simone La Terra | Storm | ||
20 May 2017 | Ang Ngima Sherpa | Fall/Exposure | ||
19 May 2016 | Rajib Bhattacharya | Altitude sickness | ||
16 May 2016 | Christiaan Johan Wilson | Disappeared | ||
15 October 2014 | Ján Matlák | Avalanche | ||
15 October 2014 | Vladimír Švancár | Avalanche | ||
15 October 2014 | Bhoj Kumar Rai | Avalanche | ||
15 October 2014 | Gopal Rai | Avalanche | ||
15 October 2014 | Dorje Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
26 May 2013 | Juanjo Garra | Fall and exposure | ||
23 May 2013 | Chizuko Kono | Exhaustion | ||
23 May 2013 | Dawa Sherpa | Disappeared | ||
28 September 2010 | Daisuke Honda | Avalanche | ||
28 September 2010 | Osamu Tanabe | Avalanche | ||
28 September 2010 | Pasang Gyelu | Avalanche | ||
28 September 2010 | Toshio Yamamoto | Avalanche | ||
13 May 2010 | Zhao Liang | Fall | ||
13 May 2010 | Li Bin | Cold/ Exhaustion | ||
13 May 2010 | Han Xin | Fall | ||
1 May 2009 | Mehdi Etemad Far | Fall | ||
8 April 2009 | Piotr Morawski | Fall into crevasse | ||
5 May 2008 | Rafael Guillén | Fall | ||
5 May 2008 | Darío Bracali | Disappeared | ||
12 May 2007 | Santiago Sagaste | Avalanche | ||
12 May 2007 | Ricardo Valencia | Avalanche | ||
30 April 2007 | Sergio Dalla Longa | Fall | ||
14 October 2001 | Yukihiko Shinagawa | Disappeared | ||
14 October 2001 | Ryushi Hoshino | Disappeared | ||
14 October 2001 | Masashi Fukumoto | Disappeared | ||
11 October 2001 | Jose Antonio Garces | Fall | ||
7 October 2000 | Gyalzen Chuldim | Avalanche | ||
29 September 2000 | Soo-ho Lee | Avalanche | ||
24 October 1999 | Ginette Harrison | Avalanche | ||
24 October 1999 | Dawa Dorje | Avalanche | ||
2 October 1998 | Charalampos Tsoupras | Fall | ||
11 May 1998 | Chantal Mauduit | Avalanche | ||
11 May 1998 | Ang Tshering | Avalanche | ||
1 May 1998 | Nikos Papandreou | Fall | ||
6 October 1995 | Isayoshi Tawaraya | Disappeared | ||
15 May 1995 | Albrecht Hammann | Exposure | ||
18 October 1994 | Galina Chekanova | Fall | ||
26 September 1994 | Robert Bähler | Fall | ||
6 October 1993 | Gary Ball | Altitude Sickness | ||
11 May 1992 | Sanda Dumitrescu-Isaila | Disappeared | ||
11 May 1992 | Taina Coliban | Disappeared | ||
2 May 1992 | Hubert Weinzierl | Heart Failure | ||
31 October 1990 | Dainius Makauskas | Disappeared | ||
29 April 1990 | Wangel | Avalanche | ||
25 December 1989 | Scot McGrath | Avalanche | ||
25 December 1989 | Gregory Barber | Avalanche | ||
25 December 1989 | Wangchuk Nuru | Avalanche | ||
10 October 1989 | Francesc Dalmases | Disappeared | ||
25 September 1989 | Sarki Kami | Avalanche | ||
25 September 1989 | Ajiwa | Avalanche | ||
21 September 1986 | Franz Mülleder | Edema | ||
23 October 1984 | Jan Simon | Fall | ||
23 May 1981 | Mario Serrano | Cold/Exhaustion | ||
7 October 1980 | Lynette R. Griffith | Avalanche | ||
14 May 1979 | Sherpa Pemba | Disappeared | ||
13 May 1979 | Jean-Louis Sabarly | Avalanche | ||
13 May 1979 | Eric Poumailloux | Avalanche | ||
20 October 1978 | Katsuyoshi Kogure | Fall/Exposure | ||
23 September 1978 | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Avalanche | ||
23 September 1978 | Yujiro Fukasawa | Avalanche | ||
23 September 1978 | Hiroshi Akuzawa | Avalanche | ||
21 April 1978 | Katsumi Naganuma | Exhaustion | ||
26 March 1975 | Yoshitada Numao | Avalanche | ||
26 March 1975 | Tetsu Imura | Avalanche | ||
26 March 1975 | Pasang Kami | Avalanche | ||
26 March 1975 | Dorje | Avalanche | ||
26 March 1975 | Dakiya | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | David Seidman | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Ross William | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Vincent Hoeman | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Paul Gerhard | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Boyd Everett | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Pemba Phutar | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1969 | Tenzing | Avalanche | ||
29 April 1959 | Heinrich Roiss | Cold/Exhaustion | ||
26 May 1956 | Bal Bahadur | Avalanche | ||
30 June 1954 | Francisco Ibanez | Exposure |
Manaslu
is the world's eighth highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
28 September 2019 | Rita Bladyko | Altitude sickness | ||
29 September 2018 | Roman Hlávko | Probably fall | ||
8 September 2018 | Hiromi Komatsu | Rescue helicopter crash | ||
25 September 2017 | Philip Harvey | Altitude Sickness | ||
26 October 2016 | Hirotaka Onodera | Fall | ||
1 October 2015 | Zoltan Benedek | Probably altitude sickness | ||
26 September 2014 | Yoshimasa Sasaki | Fall | ||
4 October 2012 | Victor Correa | Unknown | ||
23 September 2012 | Dominique Ouimet | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Gregory Ugo Costa | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Alberto Magliano | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Catherine Ricard | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Christian Mittermeyer | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Dawa Dorji Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Fabrice Priez | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Ludovic Challeat | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Marti Roig Gasull | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Phillippe Lucien Bos | Avalanche | ||
23 September 2012 | Rémy Lécluse | Avalanche | ||
11 May 2012 | Jafar Naseri | Unknown | ||
12 May 2011 | Tashi Chhiring | Unknown | ||
12 May 2011 | Bernard Jean Francois Milian | Unknown | ||
12 May 2011 | Alain Peirre Marie Laurens | Unknown | ||
29 April 2011 | Eisa Mir-Shekari | Altitude sickness | ||
24 September 2010 | Nobuaki Kuwabara | Illness | ||
24 April 2010 | Chi-won Yun | Unknown | ||
24 April 2010 | Haeng-su Park | Exhaustion | ||
3 October 2009 | Franc Oderlap | Hit by falling seracs, died in hospital | ||
19 May 2009 | Levente Szabó | Fall | ||
28 April 2009 | Giuseppe Antonelli | Illness | ||
5 October 2008 | Daniel Goulevitch | Altitude sickness | ||
13 May 2008 | Hasta Bahadur Gurung | Illness | ||
28 May 2006 | Susan Erica Fear | Fall in crevasse | ||
13 October 2001 | Isao Kuribara | Altitude sickness, Exhaustion | ||
30 October 1998 | Hristo Stantchev | Fall | ||
26 October 1998 | Lenin Granados | Avalanche | ||
9 October 1997 | Miroslav Rybansky | Collapsed | ||
8 October 1997 | Juraj Kardhordo | Unknown | ||
1 October 1996 | Masatsugu Konishi | Unknown | ||
7 May 1995 | Michael Zunk | Fall | ||
6 May 1995 | Jörg Starke | Fall | ||
22 October 1993 | Sergei Jadrychnikov | Avalanche | ||
21 October 1993 | Igor Khmiliar | Fall | ||
3 October 1992 | Sven Vermeiren | Fall | ||
2 October 1992 | Sylwia Dmowska | Fall | ||
10 May 1991 | Karl Großrubatscher | Fall | ||
10 May 1991 | Gottfried Mutschlechner | Lightning | ||
7 September 1990 | Murat Galiev | Fall | ||
7 September 1990 | Zinur Halitov | Fall | ||
7 September 1990 | Grigory Lunjakov | Fall | ||
27 March 1990 | Nima Wangchuk Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
27 March 1990 | Charles Schertz | Avalanche | ||
27 March 1990 | Nancy Jackson | Avalanche | ||
7 May 1989 | Santiago Suarez | Fall | ||
28 October 1987 | Ichigi Kudo | Fall | ||
4 May 1986 | Dieter Oberbichler | Fall | ||
3 May 1986 | Wilhelm Klaiber | Unknown | ||
25 October 1985 | Nima Norbu Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
4 May 1985 | Thomas Juen | Avalanche | ||
11 December 1983 | Stanisław Jaworski | Fall | ||
24 April 1983 | Ante Bućan | Yugoslavia | Avalanche | |
24 April 1983 | Nejc Zaplotnik | Yugoslavia | Avalanche | |
18 December 1982 | Takashi Sakuma | Cold, Exhaustion | ||
10 May 1982 | Pere Aymerich | Avalanche | ||
10 May 1982 | Enric Font | Avalanche | ||
8 October 1979 | Edgardo Jose Porsellana | Avalanche | ||
5 May 1974 | Teiko Suzuki | Unknown | ||
26 April 1972 | Andi Schlick | Unknown | ||
25 April 1972 | Franz Jäger | Unknown | ||
10 April 1972 | Wangel | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Rinsing Ongyal | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Phurba Tenzing | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Pemba Rinji | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Pasang Nima | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Gyalze | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Ang Tendi | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Ang Rita | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Ang Mingma | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Ang Mingma | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Kazunari Yasuhisha | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Chang-hee Park | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Sae-keon Oh | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Joon-haeng Song | Avalanche | ||
10 April 1972 | Ho-sup Kim | Avalanche | ||
4 May 1971 | Ki-sup Kim | Fall |
Nanga Parbat
is the world's ninth highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
24 February 2019 | Daniele Nardi | Unknown | ||
24 February 2019 | Tom Ballard | Unknown | ||
27/28 January 2018 | Tomasz Mackiewicz | Altitude Sickness | ||
24 June 2017 | Alberto Zerain | Avalanche | ||
24 June 2017 | Mariano Galvan | Avalanche | ||
22 June 2013 | Igor Svergun | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Badawi Kashaev | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Dmitry Konyaev | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Rao Jianfeng | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Yang Chunfeng | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Honglu Chen | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Sona Sherpa | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Ernestas Markšaitis | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Ali Hussain | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Anton Dobes | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
22 June 2013 | Peter Sperka | Killed by Taliban at Diamir Base Camp | ||
6 February 2013 | Joel Wischnewski | Avalanche | ||
11 July 2009 | Mi-young Go | Fall | ||
10 July 2009 | Wolfgang Kölblinger | Fall | ||
17 July 2008 | Saman Nemati | Unknown | ||
15 July 2008 | Karl Unterkircher | Fell into crevasse | ||
28 July 2006 | Naohiro Ozawa | Unknown | ||
22 July 2006 | José Antonio Delgado | Exposure | ||
1 July 2004 | Günter Jung | Fall | ||
26 July 1998 | Hideki Ohmiya | Fall | ||
30 July 1997 | Joan Colet | Fell during descent | ||
20 June 1996 | Răzvan Petcu | Avalanche | ||
20 June 1996 | Gabriel Stana | Avalanche | ||
24 June 1994 | Antonio Lopez | Fall | ||
7 July 1993 | Chun-moon Ahn | Unknown | ||
18 August 1990 | Osami Nakajima | Fall | ||
3 July 1990 | Chang-gi Park | Fall into a crevasse | ||
18 July 1989 | Tetsuya Baba | Lightning strike | ||
23 June 1989 | Kwang-ho Kim | Fall | ||
10 July 1985 | Piotr Kalmus | Avalanche | ||
8 December 1984 | Hiromi Kameda | Fall | ||
7 July 1984 | Fuji Tsunoda | Avalanche | ||
7 July 1984 | Shigeoh Hida | Avalanche | ||
7 July 1984 | Nobuyuki Imakyurei | Avalanche | ||
7 July 1984 | Takashi Kogure | Avalanche | ||
12 July 1983 | Nobuyoshi Yamada | Avalanche | ||
12 July 1983 | Yuichiro Takamori | Avalanche | ||
12 July 1983 | Satoshi Iida | Avalanche | ||
17 June 1983 | Kazuo Shimura | Fall | ||
8 June 1982 | Peter Hiltbrand | Altitude sickness | ||
12 June 1982 | Ali Sheikh | Fall | ||
4 June 1982 | Peter Forrer | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1982 | Matloob Hassan Nuri | Fall into crevasse | ||
31 July 1977 | Robert Broughton | Avalanche | ||
31 July 1977 | George Bogel | Avalanche | ||
26 September 1976 | Sebastian Arnold | Fall | ||
8 July 1971 | Näbi Mantas Hunza | Fall | ||
29 June 1970 | Günther Messner | Avalanche | ||
23 June 1962 | Siegfried Löw | Fall | ||
4 December 1950 | John W. Thornley | Unknown | ||
4 December 1950 | William H. Crace | Unknown | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Karl Wien | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Martin Pfeffer | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Peter Müllritter | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Günther Hepp | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Hans Hartmann | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Adolf Göttner | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Pert Fankhauser | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Tigmay | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Pasang Norbu | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Nima Tsering I | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Nima Tsering II | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Mingma Tsering | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Karmi | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Gyalgen Monjo | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Chong Karma | Avalanche | ||
14 / 15 June 1937 | Ang Tshering II | Avalanche | ||
17 July 1934 | Willy Merkl | Unknown | ||
17 July 1934 | Sherpa Gyali | Unknown | ||
12 July 1934 | Wilhelm Welzenbach | Exposure | ||
10 July 1934 | Sherpa Dakshi | Unknown | ||
10 July 1934 | Dorje Nima | Exposure | ||
10 July 1934 | Nima Tashi | Exposure | ||
10 July 1934 | Pinju Norbu | Exposure | ||
9 July 1934 | Nima Nurbu | Unknown | ||
9 July 1934 | Ulrich Wieland | Unknown | ||
8 June 1934 | Alfred Drexel | Pneumonia | ||
24 August 1895 | Albert F. Mummery | Avalanche | ||
24 August 1895 | Ragobir Thapa Ghurka | Avalanche | ||
24 August 1895 | Goman Singh Ghurka | Avalanche |
Annapurna I
is the world's 10th highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
3 May 2019 | Wui Kin Chin | Hypothermia/Frostbite | ||
24 March 2015 | Samuli Mansikka | Fall | ||
24 March 2015 | Pemba Sherpa | Fall | ||
7 October 2012 | Ivan Lobanov | Avalanche | ||
7 October 2012 | Iljas Tukhvatullin | Avalanche | ||
5 May 2012 | Tibor Horváth | Avalanche | ||
18 October 2011 | Young-seok Park | Unknown | ||
18 October 2011 | Dong-min Shin | Unknown | ||
18 October 2011 | Ki-seok Kang | Unknown | ||
29 April 2010 | Tolo Calafat | Unknown | ||
April 2009 | Martin Minařík | Fell into Crevasse | ||
23 May 2008 | Iñaki Ochoa de Olza | HACE | ||
22 April 2007 | Udhav Prasad Khanal | Unknown | ||
22 October 2006 | Lhakpa Rita II | Avalanche | ||
18 May 2005 | Christian Kuntner | Avalanche | ||
10 October 2004 | Hideji Nazuka | Avalanche | ||
10 October 2004 | Michio Sato | Avalanche | ||
29 April 1999 | Hyun-ok Ji | Unknown | ||
29 April 1999 | Dorje Kami | Unknown | ||
26 April 1998 | Ang Tshering | Avalanche | ||
25 December 1997 | Anatoli Boukreev | Avalanche | ||
25 December 1997 | Dmitri Sobolev | Avalanche | ||
23 March 1997 | Ngati | Fall | ||
11 October 1992 | Pierre Béghin | Fall | ||
20 October 1991 | Gabriel Denamur | Unknown | ||
19 September 1991 | Seog-jee Lee | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1991 | Song-gu Lee | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1991 | Sange Dawa | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1991 | Tendi Lhakpa | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1991 | Jangbu Nurbu | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1991 | Tenzing | Avalanche | ||
28 October 1989 | Milan Metkov | Unknown | ||
28 October 1989 | Ognian Stoykov | Unknown | ||
18 October 1988 | Ramiro Navarrete | Fall | ||
1 October 1988 | Jiri Pelikan | Fall on descent | ||
29 September 1988 | Akihiro Mori | Avalanche | ||
29 September 1988 | Ang Dawa | Avalanche | ||
20 December 1987 | Toshiyuki Kobayashi | Fall | ||
20 December 1987 | Yasuhira Saito | Fall | ||
24 May 1987 | Andres Ferrer | Fall | ||
23 September 1986 | Benoit Grison | Fall | ||
7 December 1984 | Pasang Norbu | Unknown | ||
7 December 1984 | Keepa | Unknown | ||
21 April 1984 | Philippe Dumas | Avalanche | ||
21 April 1984 | Patrick Taglianut | Avalanche | ||
24 September 1983 | Yang-kun Chung | Avalanche | ||
24 September 1983 | Magar Maila | Avalanche | ||
24 September 1983 | Rama Magar Tika | Avalanche | ||
18 October 1982 | Susumu Akimatsu | Avalanche | ||
18 October 1982 | Miko Ono | Avalanche | ||
17 October 1982 | Alex MacIntyre | Rock fall | ||
12 May 1982 | Rai Shanti | Fall | ||
4 May 1982 | Werner Bürkli | Heart attack | ||
31 October 1981 | Yasuji Kato | Fall | ||
28 September 1981 | Andre Durieux | Avalanche | ||
28 September 1981 | Yves Favre | Avalanche | ||
27 September 1981 | Ang Nima | Avalanche | ||
27 September 1981 | Pemba Tshering | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1979 | Eric Roberts | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1979 | Maynard Cohick | Avalanche | ||
19 September 1979 | Gil Harder | Avalanche | ||
1 May 1979 | Yves Morin | Exhaustion | ||
17 October 1978 | Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz | Fall | ||
17 October 1978 | Vera Watson | Fall | ||
16 April 1975 | Franz Tegischer | Avalanche | ||
26 September 1973 | Leo Cerruti | Avalanche | ||
26 September 1973 | Miller Rava | Avalanche | ||
18 May 1973 | Tadashi Ushigoe | Avalanche | ||
18 May 1973 | Sadatoshi Takahashi | Avalanche | ||
18 May 1973 | Masanori Hama | Avalanche | ||
18 May 1973 | Kazumi Katagiri | Avalanche | ||
18 May 1973 | Rinje | Avalanche | ||
30 May 1970 | Ian Clough | Serac fall |
Gasherbrum I
, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
9 August 2013 | Zdenek Hruby | Fall | ||
22 July 2013 | Xevi Gómez | Disappeared | ||
22 July 2013 | Álvaro Paredes | Disappeared | ||
22 July 2013 | Abel Alonso | Disappeared | ||
7 July 2013 | Artur Hajzer | Fall | ||
9 March 2012 | Gerfried Göschl | Disappeared | ||
9 March 2012 | Cedric Hählen | Disappeared | ||
9 March 2012 | Nissar Hussain | Disappeared | ||
18 June 2008 | Jean-Noel Urban | Fall into crevasse | ||
29 July 2007 | Jiri Danek | Fall | ||
5 August 2005 | Dawa Nurbu II | Fall | ||
25 July 2004 | Jose Antonio Anton | Fall | ||
7 September 2003 | Mohammad Oraz | Avalanche caused injuries, died in hospital | ||
15 July 2003 | Vladimir Pestrikov | Stone fall | ||
5 July 2003 | Jose Manuel Buenaga | Disappeared | ||
5 July 2003 | Disappeared | |||
9 July 2001 | Claudio Gálvez Santibañez | Fall, after successfully summiting | ||
1 August 1998 | Yoshiumi Hayoshida | Avalanche | ||
1 August 1998 | Kasunori Kutama | Avalanche | ||
1 August 1998 | Kasutoshi Naito | Avalanche | ||
1 August 1998 | Takashi Watanabe | Avalanche | ||
17 July 1996 | Manuel Alvarez | Fall | ||
30 May 1993 | Paolo Bernascone | Slab avalanche | ||
19 August 1990 | Josep Granyo | Disappeared | ||
19 August 1990 | Albert Ibanez | Disappeared | ||
12 July 1989 | Dorje Tsindi | Fall | ||
25 June 1988 | Jorge Luis Brito | Pulmonary edema | ||
29 July 1987 | Mohsin Ali | Avalanche | ||
29 July 1987 | Fakhar-ul-Islam | Avalanche | ||
29 July 1987 | Fayyaz Hussain | Avalanche | ||
29 July 1987 | Khalid Khan | Avalanche | ||
18 August 1986 | Andreas Bührer | Fall | ||
31 May 1986 | Muhammad Ali Ghulam | Pneumonia | ||
9–10 June 1977 | Drago Bregar | Yugoslavia | Disappeared |
Broad Peak
is the world's 12th highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
July 2015 | Qamber Ali Jangjupa | Avalanche | ||
23 July 2013 | Aidin Bozorgi | Disappeared | ||
23 July 2013 | Disappeared | |||
23 July 2013 | Disappeared | |||
8 July 2013 | Dana Heide | Slipped into a glacial stream near base camp | ||
6 March 2013 | Maciej Berbeka | Disappeared | ||
6 March 2013 | Tomasz Kowalski | Presumably exhaustion | ||
31 July 2012 | Muhammad Baqir | Fall | ||
31 July 2012 | Zuzana Hofmannová | Disappeared | ||
25 July 2011 | Jeffrey Wai Hung Chung | Fall in crevasse | ||
18 July 2009 | Cristina Castagna | Fall | ||
30 June 2008 | Vlado Plulik | Disappeared | ||
8 July 2006 | Markus Kronthaler | Exhaustion | ||
11 July 1999 | Seung-Kwon Hur | Disappeared | ||
29 July 1998 | Pascale Bessieres | Disappeared | ||
29 July 1998 | Eric Escoffier | Disappeared | ||
16 July 1997 | Jeffrey Ian Bubb | Avalanche | ||
16 July 1997 | Fukuzo Yokotagawa | Avalanche | ||
20 July 1996 | Dong-keun Han | Died on descent due to bad weather | ||
20 July 1996 | Jae-mo Yang | Died on descent due to bad weather | ||
20 July 1996 | Sun-taek Lim | Died on descent due to bad weather | ||
12 July 1995 | Hyun-jae Park | Fall | ||
22 June 1994 | Alexej Himer | Fall | ||
11 June 1994 | Bohuslav Bilek | Pulmonary edema | ||
24 July 1990 | Kurt Lyncke-Krüger | Fall | ||
20 August 1988 | Yong-il Jang | Avalanche | ||
22 August 1986 | Liam Scott Elliott | Fell | ||
18 August 1985 | Barbara Kozłowska | Drowned in a glacier stream above BC | ||
16 May 1985 | Hans Frick | Avalanche | ||
29 June 1983 | Peter Thexton | Pulmonary edema | ||
5 August 1981 | Enric Pujol | Fall | ||
29 July 1975 | Andrzej Sikorski | Fall | ||
29 July 1975 | Marek Kęsicki | Fall | ||
28 July 1975 | Bohdan Nowaczyk | Fall |
Gasherbrum II
, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain.Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
25 July 2015 | Aleksander Ostrowski | Avalanche | ||
22 July 2011 | Leila Esfandyari | Fall While Return | ||
21 July 2009 | Luis María Barbero | Disappeared | ||
18 July 2007 | Ernst-Robert Zauner | Avalanche | ||
18 July 2007 | Arne Heckele | Avalanche | ||
3 July 2007 | Possibly Heart Failure | |||
20 July 2001 | Jean-François Bassine | Fall | ||
28 July 2000 | Felix Iñurrategui | Fall | ||
13 July 1989 | Antton Ibarguren | Fall | ||
9 July 1988 | Gary Silver | Illness | ||
6 July 1988 | Michel Basson | Pulmonary Edema | ||
25 June 1988 | Henri Albet | Fall on snowboard | ||
29 June 1987 | Jean-Pierre Hefti | Fall | ||
12 July 1986 | Carlos Rabago | Illness | ||
11 July 1985 | Pierre Bouygues | Illness | ||
24 June 1985 | Toru Nakano | Fall | ||
mid July 1982 | Norbert Wolf | Cold | ||
mid July 1982 | Gerhard Gruner | Disappeared | ||
2 July 1982 | Glenn Brindeiro | Avalanche | ||
1 June 1976 | Osamu Matsuura | Exhaustion | ||
27 May 1976 | Yoshinori Hiramatsu | Fall | ||
27 May 1976 | Taketoshi Miyamoto | Fall | ||
late June 1975 | Bernard Villaret | Cold, exhaustion |
Shishapangma
, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain.Updated and complete through 2014.
Date | Name | Nationality | Cause of death | References |
3 May 2018 | Boyan Petrov | Disappearance | ||
30 Sept 2016 | Pemba Sherpa | Avalanche | ||
24 April 2016 | Patrik Matiolli | Fall in crevasse | ||
24 April 2016 | Jon Johnston | Fall in crevasse | ||
24 September 2014 | Sebastian Haag | Avalanche | ||
24 September 2014 | Andrea Zambaldi | Avalanche | ||
11 May 2013 | Unknown | HAPE | ||
15 October 2009 | Roby Piantoni | Fall | ||
24 April 2007 | Marek Hudák | Disappearance | ||
31 October 2006 | Bruno Carvalho | Fall | ||
3 October 2005 | Stanislav Krylov | Disappearance | ||
28 September 2005 | Martin Oczko | Altitude sickness | ||
5 October 1999 | Alex Lowe | Avalanche | ||
5 October 1999 | David Bridges | Avalanche | ||
21 May 1998 | Andreino Pasini | Illness | ||
5 October 1996 | Viktor Pastukh | Avalanche | ||
5 October 1996 | Gennadi Vasilenko | Avalanche | ||
19 May 1996 or May 1997 | Ming-Tse Kuo | Fall | Discrepancy regarding the year of death between different sources | |
1 May 1996 | Stefan Sluka | Disappeared on descent | ||
1 October 1994 | Zdenek Slachta | Avalanche | ||
18 September 1994 | Tod Gassen | Fall in crevasse | ||
29 September 1993 | Bueoung-tae Park | Fall | ||
20 September 1991 | Hidekazu Gomi | Avalanche | ||
20 September 1991 | Tetsuichi Miyashita | Avalanche | ||
22 May 1991 | Werner Braun | Disappearance | ||
22 May 1991 | Werner Meichsner | Disappearance | ||
22 May 1991 | Günther Semmler | Disappearance | ||
22 May 1991 | Karl-Heinz Thiele | Disappearance | ||
15 October 1990 | Joan Martinez | Exposure | ||
4 October 1989 | Luca Leonardi | Avalanche | ||
28 April 1983 | Fritz Luchsinger | Altitude sickness |