2015 Mount Everest avalanches

2015 mountaineering disaster March 2025 Mount-Everest.jpg The North Face of Everest as seen from Tibet 25 April 2015 24 61 Avalanche Base Camp, Mount Everest In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a 7.8 moment magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least 24 people were killed, surpassing the toll of an avalanche that occurred in 2014 as the deadliest disaster on the mountain.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/world/asia/katmandu-nepal-fear-loss-and-devastation.html Earthquake Aftershocks Jolt Nepal as Death Toll Rises Above 3,400 Thomas Fuller Chris Buckley The New York Times 26 April 2015 NYTimes.com Avalanches thumb|200px|The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak)http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=everest-names-of-avalanche-victims_1430306452 Everest K2 News ExplorersWeb – Everest: List of Avalanche Victims 26 December 2015 Khumbutse to the right|left Mount Everest was approximately 220 km mile east of the epicentre, and between 700 and 1,000 people were on or near the mountain when the earthquake struck,https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-katmandu.html/ Earthquake Devastates Nepal, Killing More Than 1,900 NY Times 26 April 2015 28 April 2015 Page not found including 359 climbers at Base Camp, many of whom had returned after the aborted 2014 season. The earthquake triggered several large avalanches on and around the mountain. One avalanche, originating on the nearby peak of Pumori, swept into Base Camp and blew many tents across the Khumbu Glacier towards the lower Icefall.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150425-everest-earthquake-basecamp-nepal-himalaya-climbing-sherpa/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150428061313/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150425-everest-earthquake-basecamp-nepal-himalaya-climbing-sherpa/ dead April 28, 2015 Everest Base Camp a 'War Zone' After Earthquake Triggers Avalanches National Geographic 28 April 2015Gopal Sharma Seventeen bodies found at Everest base camp: Official Reuters The Toronto Sun http://www.torontosun.com/2015/04/25/seventeen-bodies-found-at-everest-base-camp-official April 25, 2015 No longer availablehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2015/04/25/cfa47ee6-eb95-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html?hpid=z2 10 confirmed dead in Mount Everest avalanche, but toll expected to rise 25 April 2015 The Washington Post 26 April 2015 This report cites the Associated Press and Misidentifies Pumori and KomoriBeaumont Peter Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/deadly-everest-avalanche-triggered-by-nepal-earthquake 25 April 2015 The Guardian 25 April 2015https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/25/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-maps.html Extent of the Damage From the Nepal Earthquake NY Times 26 April 2015 28 April 2015 An Indian Army mountaineering team recovered the bodies of 19 mountaineers from the South Base Camp and rescued at least 61 stranded climbers from the mountain.https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/nepal-earthquake-everest 'Huge disaster': Hikers around Everest run for lives, treat injured CNN 25 April 2015 http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-04-25/indian-army-18-bodies-found-on-everest-after-quake Nepal earthquake: Over 1,900 dead as search for survivors continues iTV.comhttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-indian-army-s-expedition-team-rescues-61-climbers-from-mount-everest-2080899 Indian Army's expedition team rescues 61 climbers from Mount Everest DNA India At least 61 people were injured, with dozens initially reported missing, and many more stranded at camps at higher elevations, having lost secure descent routes.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/26/mountaineers-guides-everest-avalanche/26410705 Mount Everest avalanche survivor: 'I had to survive' 26 April 2015 28 April 2015 Gregory Korte and Aamer Madhani USA Today Rescue operations thumb|200px|Nepal side Everest Base camp Helicopters reached Mount Everest on the morning of 26 April to commence rescue operations,http://www.firstpost.com/india/live-first-rescue-plane-lands-at-kathmandu-airport-with-15-injured-from-mt-everest-avalanche-2212618.html rescue plane lands at Kathmandu airport with 15 injured from Mt. Everest avalanche firstpost.com 5 May 2015 managing to transport 22 of the badly injured to Pheriche village, before the operation was halted by bad weather.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/world/asia/everest-climbers-killed-as-nepal-quake-sets-off-avalanche.html 25 April 2015 28 April 2015 Gardiner Harris The New York Times At Least 10 Everest Climbers Killed as Nepal Quake Sets Off Avalanche Pheriche is an important stopover for climbers, and has a rudimentary hospital staffed by volunteer doctors from the Himalayan Rescue Association. Later that day, a helicopter reportedly evacuated several climbers from Camp I, the first camp above Base Camp, with some 100 mountaineers still unable to safely descend from Camps I and II.Sanjeev Miglani 26 April 2015 28 April 2015 https://news.yahoo.com/seventeen-bodies-recovered-worst-everest-disaster-030022373.html Injured flown from Everest, aftershock triggers new avalanches Reuters Expedition leaders decided to try to evacuate climbers from Camp I by repairing the route through the Khumbu Icefall. On 26 April, a helicopter dropped additional technical gear at Camp I, and a team of Sherpas and foreign guides attempted to re-establish the route from the top back down to Base Camp. Simultaneously, another team dispatched from Base Camp tried to re-establish the route from the bottom up. But this attempt was unsuccessful as a subsequent avalanche took out most of the ladders and reportedly killed three Sherpas at Khumbu Icefall, pushing the death toll on the mountain to at least 24.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150427-everest-earthquake-base-camp-nepal-himalaya-climbing-sherpa/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150429025824/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150427-everest-earthquake-base-camp-nepal-himalaya-climbing-sherpa/ dead April 29, 2015 Helicopters Rescue Climbers Trapped on Everest After Quake Freddie Wilkinson 2015-04-27 National Geographic 2015-04-28 Further climbers were rescued via helicopter on 27 April.Zoroya Gregg High-altitude helicopter rescues begin on Mt. Everest https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/27/earthquake-everest-climbers-avalanche-trapped/26445519 USA Today 28 April 2015 Climbers at Base Camp posted on Twitter in the days after the disaster, writing of "great desolation" and "high uncertainty" among those who were left, and stating that the area looked as if it had been hit by a nuclear bomb; one mountaineer, commenting on Facebook, said that people stuck higher up on the mountain were "getting desperate".https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/climbers-trapped-on-mount-everest-are-getting-desperate/2015/04/26/68ec0765-9303-4aec-b7ec-f031cdae42fc_story.html?tid=pm_pop Climbers trapped on Mount Everest 'are getting desperate' Washington Post 27 April 2015 On 27 April, 60 people were rescued from Camp I and 170 were rescued from Camp II.Update News about avalanche at Everest https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080736/http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/newspage-223-Update%20News%20about%20avalanche%20at%20Everest 2015-05-18 , Nepal Mountaineering Association, 28 April 2015 Seventeen bodies were found on 25 April, and one was found on 27 April. On 26 April, one of the 61 badly injured died at KMC hospital. Deaths thumb|200px|Khumbtse overlooks base camp A Nepal Mountaineering Association report on 28 April listed 19 deaths, of which 10 were identified as Nepalese Sherpas and five were foreign climbers. Four were not identified by name.28 April 2015 Name List of 15 identified dead body among 19 dead body found at Mt. Everest http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/newspage-225-Name%20List%20of%2015%20identified%20dead%20body%20among%2019%20dead%20body%20found%20at%20Mt.%20Everest https://web.archive.org/web/20150505100836/http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/newspage-225-Name%20List%20of%2015%20identified%20dead%20body%20among%2019%20dead%20body%20found%20at%20Mt.%20Everest 5 May 2015 Nepal Mountaineering Association The five climbers were listed as two Americans, one Chinese, one Australian and one Japanese.The Latest on Nepal: In Ravaged Hamlets, Lives Were Spared, U.S. News & World Report, April 29, 2015 On 27 April, National Geographic reported 24 deaths. Google executive Dan Fredinburg, who was climbing Everest with three company employees while mapping the area for a future Google Earth-type project,https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/business/google-adventurer-dies-on-mt-everest.html 25 April 2015 28 April 2015 'Google Adventurer' Dies on Mt. Everest The New York Times Conor Dougherty and three other Americans, were confirmed dead.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/28/four-americans-killed-in-everest-avalanche-were-exactly-where-they-wanted-to-be/ Before the Everest avalanche, four Americans were exactly where they wanted to be The Washington Post Peter Holley April 28, 2015 April 29, 2015 Effect on 2015 climbing season Although the ladders at the Khumbu Icefall were damaged by the avalanches, a handful of mountaineers, undeterred by the disaster, immediately sought permission to continue with their attempt on the mountainhttp://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/undeterred-by-quake-assam-mountaineers-wait-in-base-camp-for-nepal-govt-decision/ Assam mountaineers undetterred after avalanche await Nepal govt's permission to climb Everest The Indian Express April 28, 2015 April 29, 2015 Samudra Gupta Kashyap and the Nepalese government gave them permission to do so four days after the earthquake on 29 April 2015.https://news.yahoo.com/climbing-resume-mount-everest-next-week-official-052906487.html Climbing to resume on Mount Everest by next week: official April 29, 2015 April 30, 2015 Agence France-Presse (Yahoo News) "The ladders will be repaired in the next two to three days and climbing will continue, there is no reason for anyone to quit their expedition," said Tulsi Gautam, chief of the Nepal Department of Tourism. "There is no scientific reason to expect another quake... and we feel the ground is stable enough for climbing despite aftershocks." The closure of routes over the icefall for the remainder of the season was later announced, the second consecutive year that the mountain had been closed due to avalanches.POKHREL RAJAN Govt shuts Everest for this season http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+shuts+Everest+for+this+season+&NewsID=453627 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505074751/http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+shuts+Everest+for+this+season+&NewsID=453627 dead 5 May 2015 The Himalayan Times 4 May 2015 After the second earthquake on 12 May 2015, Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators' Association of Nepal, said there were no climbers or Nepali sherpa guides remaining at Everest Base Camp.Krista Mahr, Ross Adkin Fresh earthquake kills scores in Nepal and India Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-nepal-idUSKBN0NX0JO20150512 May 12, 2015 As a result, no one climbed Mount Everest in the spring of 2015, the first time in 41 years that this had happened.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150513-everest-climbing-nepal-earthquake-avalanche-sherpas/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150515114548/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150513-everest-climbing-nepal-earthquake-avalanche-sherpas/ dead May 15, 2015 Will Everest's Climbing Circus Slow Down After Disasters? Parker Laura 2015-05-13 news.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic 2015-07-06 In August one climbing permit was issued, to Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki. He turned around 700 m below the summit in October (in the autumn post-monsoon season). He had tried four times previously, losing all his fingers to frostbite. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/nepal/articles/Mount-Everest-suffers-highest-death-toll-ever-as-unconquered-for-first-time-since-1974/ Mount Everest unconquered for first time since 1974 The Telegraph (UK) 5 January 2016 He died three years later on his eighth summit attempt.Climber Nobukazu Kuriki dies on Mt. Everest https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180521_32/ 21 May 2018 NHK World - Japan https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042102/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180521_32/ 22 May 2018 deadhttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/05/21/national/top-alpinist-kuriki-dies-eighth-attempt-conquer-everest/ Top alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki dies in eighth attempt to conquer Everest The Japan Times 21 May 2018 21 May 2018 List of fatalities NameNationalityLocation of deathCause of deathDate of deathDan FredinburgGroth Aimee 2016-09-08 The remarkable story of the Google engineer who died on Everest in pursuit of the Silicon Valley ideal https://qz.com/768289/the-remarkable-story-of-the-google-engineer-who-died-on-everest-in-pursuit-of-the-silicon-valley-ideal/ 2021-05-15 Quartz enUnited StatesBase CampAvalanche25 April 2015Marisa Eve GirawongMakin Cheryl 2015-04-26 Rutgers graduate dies on Mount Everest https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2015/04/26/marisa-eve-girawong-dies-everest/26410659/ 2021-05-15 MyCentralJersey.com en-USUnited StatesTom TaplinChawkins Steve 2015-04-29 Tom Taplin dies at 61; mountaineer was victim of Mt. Everest avalanche https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-tom-taplin-20150430-story.html 2021-05-15 Los Angeles Times en-USUnited StatesPemba SherpaNepalDawa Tsering SherpaNepalMaila (Milan) RaiNepalChhimi Dawa SherpaNepalPema Yishi (Hissi) SherpaNepalPasang Temba SherpaNepalKrishna Kumar RaiNepalTenzing (Tengien) BhoteNepalRenu FotedarNepal earthquake: Melbourne mother Renu Fotedar killed in Mount Everest avalanche http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-27/melbourne-mother-renu-fotedar-killed-everest-avalanche-nepal/6425840 26 December 2015 ABC News 27 April 2015 AustraliaIndiaLhakpa Chhiring SherpaNepalVinh TruongMai-Duc Christine 2015-04-28 Former U. of C. student killed in Everest avalanche was on dream trip, friend says https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-la-me-vinh-truong-everest-avalanche-20150427-story.html 2021-05-15 chicagotribune.comUnited StatesVietnamShiva Kumar ShresthaNepalJangbu SherpaGregory Justin 2016-09-30 Avalanche at Everest Base Camp https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/eyewitness/audio/201818220/avalanche-at-everest-base-camp 2021-05-15 RNZ en-nzNepalKathmanduSuccumbed to injuries that occurred during the avalanche on 25 April1 May 2015 See also List of deaths on eight-thousanders List of Mount Everest death statistics List of people who died climbing Mount Everest List of mountaineering disasters by death toll Mount Everest in 2017 References 3 External links Name List of 15 identified dead body among 19 dead body found at Mt. Everest https://web.archive.org/web/20150505100836/http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/newspage-225-Name%20List%20of%2015%20identified%20dead%20body%20among%2019%20dead%20body%20found%20at%20Mt.%20Everest 2015-05-05 // Nepal Mountaineering Association https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-52427320/nepal-earthquake-surviving-a-deadly-everest-ukulele Surviving the 2015 avalanche (BBC Video of the Indian Army team) BBC News 25 April 2020 28 13 52 N 84 43 52 E title Mount Everest avalanches 2015 Mount Everest avalanches Mount Everest avalanches Category:2010s avalanches Category:Avalanches in Nepal Mount Everest avalanches Category:Mountaineering in Nepal Category:2015 disasters in Nepal