June 29Don Mann: I’m a retired Navy SEAL and almost died on Everest – Here’s why it happenedClose to 5,000 people have summited Mount Everest since 1953. Over 300 people have died on the mountain.
June 15Iowa runner, 26, dies near finish line of 12 mile race, two weeks after coming back from Mt. EverestAn Iowa man died during a 20K race just two weeks after traveling to Nepal to Mt. Everest, but medical examiners say the cause of his death wasn’t the medications he had taken to prepare for the journey.
June 7Everest cleanup crews remove over 24,000 pounds of garbage, recover four bodies, officials sayA cleaning campaign on Mount Everest that concluded Wednesday turned up the remains of four climbers and the removal of over 24,000 pounds of garbage, officials said.
May 31Alan Arnette: I climbed Mount Everest at 54 – Here’s what's really happening on the world’s highest peakIf you read the recent headlines, anyone who climbs Everest barely makes it up, leaves trash and is a rich, selfish narcissist who comes home to brag about how easy it was and how they did it better than anyone else.
May 31California woman who broke Everest climbing record saw four bodies during expedition, says rules must change to stop deathsA California climber who managed to climb Mount Everest in just two weeks is calling on Nepal to change the rules amid a series of deaths on the mountain, admitting she saw herself four bodies during her journey.
May 30Mount Everest climbers seen crushed together in new video as Nepal debates limiting permitsA crush of climbers waiting to ascend the world's tallest summit can be seen in a newly released video amid the ongoing debate whether Nepal should limit permits to prevent dangerous overcrowding on the world's highest peak.
May 29Mount Everest death spike prompting review of 'all the old laws,' Nepal official saysA climbing season that's be married by the highest death toll in on Mount Everest in four years has prompted officials in Nepal to review rules about who is allowed up the mountain, after complaints of overcrowding and inexperienced climbers.
May 29Expert climber says overcrowding, inexperience caused increase in Mount Everest deathsThis year has been especially deadly for hikers on Mount Everest - with 11 people dying on the dangerous summit thus far this hiking season. Noted mountaineer and speaker Alan Arnette, who has climbed Everest four times, said that a number of factors have led to overcrowding which has caused a surge in deaths in 2019.
May 28Mount Everest death spike: Inexperienced climbers, competitive tour groups, bad weather window to blame, experts believeAn American climber became the latest to perish after reaching the world's tallest summit on Monday amid concerns that overcrowding on Mount Everest is leading the highest number of deaths on the mountain since 2015.
May 27Colorado lawyer dies while descending Mount Everest, officials sayA Colorado patent lawyer died Monday while descending from the summit of Mount Everest, the second American in as many weeks to die during the peak climbing season on the world's highest mountain.
