![]() ![]() Now that some time for reflection has passed, we can view the The 1996 Everest climbing season was the deadliest ever in the mountain’s history. The key events of the May 1996 tragedies have been analyzed thoroughly, both from a sensationalist perspective for the general public, and from a more analytical perspective by the climbing community. The 1996 Everest climbing season was the deadliest ever in the mountain’s history. Others would suffer severe frostbite and disability from their Everest summit attempts. Eight climbers would die over the next day and a half. Some people became incapacitated near the summit others managed to get to within a few hundred yards of their tents at Camp Four (26,100 feet) before becoming lost in the whiteout conditions. ![]() A combination of crowded conditions, a perilous environment, and incomplete communications had already put some climbers in peril that day a late-afternoon blizzard that sent temperatures plummeting sealed their fate.ĭescending climbers were scattered along the upper reaches of the mountain when a powerful storm hit. ![]() At 29,028 feet, the peak juts up into the jet stream, higher than some commercial airlines fly. On May 10, 1996, 26 climbers from several expeditions reached the summit of Mt. ![]()
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