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summer season as very few climbers are willing to attempt expeditions during <strong>the</strong><br />

heavy monsoon rains and snows.<br />

Tables and Charts D-24 and D-25 show avalanche death rates for members and hired<br />

personnel for selected peaks and peaks ranges for <strong>the</strong> spring, autumn, and winter<br />

climbing seasons. For <strong>the</strong>se charts, <strong>the</strong> winter season is excluded due to <strong>the</strong> low<br />

number of expeditions during that period.<br />

4.5<br />

4.0<br />

3.5<br />

3.0<br />

2.5<br />

2.0<br />

1.5<br />

1.0<br />

0.5<br />

0.0<br />

Members Spring Autumn Winter<br />

Above Death Death Above Death Death Above Death Death<br />

BC Cnt Rate BC Cnt Rate BC Cnt Rate<br />

All Peaks 15865 54 0.34 17264 110 0.64 1475 5 0.34<br />

6000ers 1637 2 0.12 4114 16 0.39 485 0 0.00<br />

7000ers 2651 16 0.60 5290 46 0.87 247 1 0.41<br />

8000ers 11577 36 0.31 7860 48 0.61 743 4 0.54<br />

KANG 648 0 0.00 131 5 3.82 26 0 0.00<br />

MAKA 684 0 0.00 538 2 0.37 51 0 0.00<br />

LHOT 605 0 0.00 303 2 0.66 37 0 0.00<br />

EVER 5526 7 0.13 1978 8 0.40 274 0 0.00<br />

CHOY 2040 1 0.05 2794 2 0.07 56 0 0.00<br />

MANA 590 12 2.03 590 3 0.51 79 0 0.00<br />

ANN1 403 8 1.99 490 14 2.86 139 2 1.44<br />

DHA1 650 8 1.23 823 6 0.73 65 2 3.08<br />

AMAD 559 0 0.00 2361 4 0.17 355 0 0.00<br />

BARU 237 0 0.00 675 0 0.00 10 0 0.00<br />

PUMO 374 3 0.80 827 10 1.21 53 0 0.00<br />

104 Death <strong>Analysis</strong><br />

Table D-24: Member avalanche deaths <strong>by</strong> season from 1950-2006<br />

Member Avalanche Death Rates for Peaks <strong>by</strong> Season (1950-2006)<br />

All Peaks 6000ers 7000ers 8000ers KANG MAKA LHOT EVER CHOY MANA ANN1 DHA1 AMAD BARU PUMO<br />

Spring Autumn<br />

Chart D-24: Member avalanche death rates for peaks <strong>by</strong> season from 1950-2006

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