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Mountaineering disasters
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The list Mountaineering disasters includes
1986 Mount Hood Disaster, 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest, 2015 Mount Everest avalanches, Cairngorm Plateau Disaster and 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster.
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2008 K2 disaster
Mountaineering expedition disaster on K2 in Pakistan
Overview: The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. Three others were seriously injured. The series of ...
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Mount Everest
Earth's highest mountain, part of the Himalaya between Nepal and Tibet
Overview: Mount Everest, known locally as Sagarmatha or Qomolangma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its ... 0
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2021 K2 disaster
fatal mountaineering expedition on K2Overview: On 5 February 2021, three mountaineers went missing while attempting to summit K2 without supplementary oxygen, braving extreme winter conditions. After extensive search and rescue efforts, they were ... 0
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1967 Mount McKinley disaster
mountaineering disaster
Overview: The 1967 Mount Denali disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (also known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the ... 0
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1970 Mount Everest disaster
Avalanche on Mount Everest
Overview: The 1970 Mt. Everest disaster is the term for the avalanche death of six Nepalese Sherpa porters on 5 April 1970, who were killed on the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest while assisting the Japanese Everest ... 0
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Hakkōda Mountains incident
1902 mountaineering disaster in Japan
Overview: The Hakkōda Mountains disaster (八甲田雪中行軍遭難事件, Hakkōda Settchū Kōgun Sōnan Jiken) occurred on 23 January 1902, when a group of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers became lost in a blizzard in the Hakkōda Mo ... 0
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1996 Mount Everest disaster
death of eight climbers on Mount Everest
Overview: The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people ... 0
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Khamar-Daban incident
1993 incident that took place in the Khamar-Daban mountain range
Overview: On 5 August 1993, six Kazakhstani hikers died in the Khamar-Daban mountain range under uncertain circumstances. The event has been likened to the Dyatlov Pass incident, earning it the name "Buryatia's ... 0
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2022 Marmolada serac collapse
serac collapse in Italy
Overview: On 3 July 2022, a serac collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, in the Dolomites at the regional border between Trentino and Veneto, Italy. Eleven people were killed and eight were wounded. The large-scale ... 0
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Avalanche
large amount of snow sliding down a steep slope
Overview: An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external ... 0
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2015 Mount Everest avalanches
2015 mountaineering disaster
Overview: In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a MW 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least twenty-two ... 0
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2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster
Fatal natural disaster
Overview: The 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster occurred in central Nepal on 14 October 2014 and resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people of various nationalities, including at least 21 trekkers. Injuries and f ... 0
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2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche
Avalanche on Mount Everest
Overview: On 18 April 2014, seracs on the western spur of Mount Everest failed, resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall. This was the same icefall where the 1970 ... 0
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14.Overview: On 9 September 1974, the West Ridge Direct on Mount Everest was attempted by a French expedition. It resulted in the deaths of six climbers in an avalanche on the way to the summit. These deaths took the ... 0
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Dyatlov Pass incident
Unsolved deaths of ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in 1959
Overview: The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова, Gibel turgruppy Dyatlova, 'Death of the Dyatlov Hiking Group') was an event in which nine Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains ... 0
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Buachaille Etive Mòr
Mountain in the Scottish Highlands
Overview: Buachaille Etive Mòr, Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Mòr, 'great herdsman of Etive'), also known simply in English as 'The Buachaille', is a mountain at the head of Glen Etive in the Highlands of Sc ... 0
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Ben Nevis
Highest mountain in Britain
Overview: Ben Nevis (NEV-iss; Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the ... 0
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Ren Zhong Feng
mountain in Sichuan, China
Overview: Ren Zhong Feng (Chinese: 仁宗雪山; pinyin: Rénzōng xuěshān) is a mountain in the Daxue Shan mountain range in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. The mountain lies in the southern ... 0
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Zuzana Hofmannová
Czech mountain climber
Overview: Zuzana Hofmannová, née Charvátová (June 15, 1959 – July 31, 2012, Broad Peak, Pakistan) was a Czech mountaineer, alpinist, and rock climber. She summitted four eight-thousanders: Shishapangma, Cho Oyu ... 0
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Zdeněk Hrubý
Czech mountaineer
Overview: Zdeněk Hrubý (8 August 1956 – 8 August 2013) was a Czech mountaineer, economist and public administrator. Hrubý climbed eight eight-thousanders and was one of the most successful Czech mountaineers of ... 0
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