How many people have died on Mount Everest?

Mount Everest, at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. Over 375 people have died trying to climb it. The last year without known fatalities on the mountain was 1977, a year in which only two people reached the summit. read more

282 people (169 westerners and 113 Sherpas) have died on Everest from 1924 to August 2015. The Nepalese side has seen 4,421 summits with 176 deaths through August 2015 or 3.98%. The Tibet side has seen 2,580 summits with 106 deaths through August 2015. or 4.1%. read more

Ang Dorjee Chhuldim Sherpa, a mountaineering guide at Adventure Consultants who has summited Everest 17 times, was good friends with Scott Fischer, a mountain guide who died in the 1996 disaster on Everest’s south side. read more