List of deaths on eight-thousanders

Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level, has been host to numerous tragedies.

[1] Since 2019 the Nepali government has initiated periodic "clean-up" campaigns on the mountain, including bodies of climbers.

Its summit sits at 8,586 meters (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called the Kangchenjunga Himal.

Because of its remote location in Nepal and the difficulty of accessing it from India, the Kangchenjunga region is not much explored by trekkers.

Despite modern improvements to climbing gear, the fatality rate of summit attempts on Kanchenjunga is high.

[1] Standing at 8,516 meters (27,940 ft) above sea level, Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain in the world.

[1] Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain at 8,188 meters (26,864 ft) above sea level.

1 border, the mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 kilometers west of Mount Everest.

During the next five years Japanese expeditions were exploring the area and in 1956 Toshio Imanishi and Gyaltsen Norbu successfully climbed the mountain.

It's known for being extremely hard to climb; named the "Killer Mountain" by the 1953 German expedition, first to successfully reach the peak.

Six of the fourteen summits of the Eight-Thousanders (Manaslu, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Mt. Everest and Makalu).
North face of Mount Everest.
Northern vantage of K2.
The summit of Kangchenjunga in the background.
The south face of Lhotse, as seen from Chukhung Ri.
South-western vantage of the Makalu summit.
The summit of Cho Oyu, as seen from Gokyo.
The summit of Dhaulagiri I.
The summit of Manaslu at dawn.
The summit of Nanga Parbat, as seen from the air.
Western vantage of the Gasherbrum group of mountains
Broad Peak summit.
The three peaks of Gasherbrum.
The summit of Shishapangma (far left).