The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. [1] Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until 2016.
The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. [1] Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until 2016.
| Year | Summiters | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 547 | [2] |
| 2013 | 658 | [3] |
| 2014 | 106 | [4] |
| 2015 | 0 | [5] |
| 2016 | 641 | [6] |
The 2013 Himalayan Database recorded 658 summits, which brought the total number to 6,871 by 4,042 different persons. [7] The year's total was greater than 2007's 633 summiters, the previous yearly record. [8]
In 2013, Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit, at age 80. [9]
A Eurocopter AS350 B3 flown by Maurizio Folini achieved a record breaking rescue at 7,800 m (25,590 ft) on the morning of 21 May, retrieving Sudarshan Gautam, who was descending the mountain after becoming the first person without arms to summit Everest without using prosthetics. [10] [11] Gautam was rescued after collapsing near Camp 3. [12] On 21 May 2013 a team from Lawrence School Sanawar climbed Mt. Everest. The first school to do this globally.
On 21 May, Arunima Sinha became the first female amputee to summit Everest. [13]
Phurba Tashi completed his 21st summit in May, a total equal to the record held by Apa Sherpa. [14]
On 27 April, three climbers were allegedly attacked by a group of 100 Sherpas at 21,000 feet (6,400 m) elevation. [15] However the claim of the number of Sherpa's attacking the climbers has been greatly exaggerated. [16] The event was seen as an aberration in the otherwise decades-long spirit of teamwork and friendship on the mountain. [15]
Earlier in the day, the three European climbers [17] on the Lhotse Face had crossed over lines being laid by the Sherpas, contrary to the etiquette that climbers should avoid Sherpas working on the mountain. [15] Words were exchanged and the situation escalated. An ice pick was brandished and ice and stones were thrown. The Sherpas then left the Lhotse Face, but later visited the camp site with about 100 others and threatened to kill one of the three climbers. The climber was upset because he considered himself a friend of the Sherpa community, had built a school for nearly 400 Sherpa children, and also had funded free evacuations via helicopters for Sherpas. [18] [19] Again, Sherpas deny that there were any threats to life made and that the initial assault was made by Marty Schmidt, a guide for Kiwi Peak Freaks, who at the time was claiming that he was Simone Moro, one of the climbers involved in the dispute, despite Schmidt not having been involved. [16]
The Nepalese government said if climbers were attacked, action would be taken against the aggressors. [20] An official from the Nepal tourism ministry described the attack as a misunderstanding that had been sorted out and pledged to ensure the safety of climbers. The three ringleaders of the attack were removed from the mountain. Sherpas are renowned for the most part for their climbing skill and demeanour, with one Everest climber noting, "To a man everyone seems to be absolutely impressed with the Sherpas. Not just their strength on the mountain, which is legendary, but their personalities and their friendliness. They become your friends." [21] The fight led to improved communication between the people on the mountain, which helped to overcome the cultural and language barriers that complicated an already difficult environment. [19]
There were 8 fatalities attributed to mountaineering. [22] One of the losses was the well-known and respected Russian climber, Alexi Bolotov, who died in the Khumbu Icefall when the rope he was rappelling down broke. [23]
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation of 8,848.86 m was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres (27,940 ft), after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu region of Nepal.
Apa, nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, until 2017, jointly with Phurba Tashi held the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other climber. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest summit in May 2011 then retired after a promise to his wife to stop climbing after 21 ascents. He first summited Everest in 1990 and his last time to the summit was in 2011.
David Sharp was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mount Everest. His death caused controversy and debate because he was passed by a number of other climbers heading to and returning from the summit as he was dying, although a number of others tried to help him.
Simone Moro is an Italian mountaineer and alpinist known for having made first winter ascents of four of the fourteen eight-thousanders: Shishapangma in 2005, Makalu in 2009, Gasherbrum II in 2011, and Nanga Parbat in 2016. No other climber has made more first winter ascents of an eight-thousander in history. He has summited Everest four times, in 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2010.
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Garrett Madison is an American mountaineer, guide and expedition leader. Madison began guiding professionally in 1999 on Mount Rainier and has reached the summit of Mount Everest 13 times. His company, Madison Mountaineering, specializes in climbs on Mount Everest and other high altitude peaks, operates on the highest peaks on all seven continents, and also provides training programs and summit climbs in Washington State.
On 18 April 2014, seracs on the western spur of Mount Everest failed, resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall. This was the same icefall where the 1970 Mount Everest disaster had taken place. Thirteen bodies were recovered within two days, while the remaining three were never recovered due to the great danger of performing such an expedition. Many Sherpas were angered by what they saw as the Nepalese government's meager offer of compensation to victims' families, and threatened a protest or strike. On 22 April, the Sherpas announced they would not work on Everest for the remainder of 2014 as a mark of respect for the victims.
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