The Himalaya by the Numbers: A Statistical Analysis - Himalayan ...

4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
3.45
2.76
0.62
2.09
0.73
Member Death Rates by Age Groups (1950-2006)
2.17
0.55
1.99
1.13
1.47
0.69
Chart D-33: Member death rates by age groups from 1950-2006 for all peaks
w/o Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, and Everest commercial routes from 1990-2006 (in blue)
and for Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, and Everest commercial routes from 1990-2006 (in red)
Two deaths on Everest occurred in 2004 when 68-year old Nils Antezana died of
exhaustion below the South Summit of Everest at 8500m while descending from the
summit and 63-year old Shoka Ota died at 8600m while descending from the summit
on the north side. The other deaths occurred on the north side of Everest in 1993 when
66-year old Karl Henize (a former NASA astronaut) died of pulmonary edema during
the night at 6000m after being carried down from advanced base camp at 6400m, and
on the south side of Everest when 63-year old Sean Egan collapsed at Dugla while
descending for treatment after suffering cardiac problems when returning to base camp
from Camp 1 two days earlier.
On Cho Oyu, 63-year old Fritz Zintl died at base camp from illness (an infection
contracted in Tibet), and on Ama Dablam, 60-year old Jean Corniglion died from AMS
while being evacuated from base camp after spending one night at Camp 1 at 5800m.
The youngest member death was 18-year-old Brahim Saidi who perished in an
avalanche at 6600m on Pumori in 1991 on a commercial expedition.
1.78
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79
Trend (All Peaks w/o ACE Commercial Rtes) Trend (AMAD-CHOY-EVER Commercial Rtes)
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Since the ages of most hired personnel are generally unknown, their death rates by
age groups cannot be accurately calculated. There have been no recorded deaths of
hired personnel under the age of 20; the oldest hired death recorded was Tsering Tarke
Sherpa (age 50), who died in the Khumbu Icefall during the 1970 Japanese Everest
skiing expedition.
0.86
All Peaks w/o ACE Commercial Rtes (1990-2006) AMAD-CHOY-EVER Commercial Rtes (1990-2006)
1.26
0.84
1.16
0.69
2.05
1.84
3.18
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