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  2. The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 1011 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit.

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      Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was...

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  3. Dec 31, 2016 · On May 10, 1996, four groups of climbers set out to summit Mount Everest - one group led by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants, another led by Scott Fischer of Mountain Madness, an expedition organized by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and a Taiwanese expedition.

  4. Eight climbers die on Mount Everest during a storm on May 10, 1996. It was the worst loss of life ever on the mountain on a single day. Author Jon Krakauer, who himself attempted to climb the...

    • Yasuko Namba. A businesswoman from Japan, Namba summited Everest in 1996 to become the second Japanese woman to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
    • Rob Hall. The owner of Adventure Consultants, Hall had made a name for himself in mountaineering when, in 1990, he and Gary Ball summited the seven highest mountains in the world in seven months.
    • Andy Harris. A guide for Adventure Consultants and helicopter skiing guide in the winter, Harris was making his first Everest summit attempt with the 1996 expedition.
    • Doug Hansen. A postal worker from Washington state who had been climbing for 12 years, Hansen turned back just short of Everest's summit in 1995. Lou Kasischke: Doug was a very likeable, easygoing person.
  5. The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster resulted in the deaths of 12 climbers, making it one of the deadliest single seasons in Everest's history. The disaster was caused by a massive blizzard...

  6. Apr 2, 2021 · May 11th 1996, a fast moving storm trapped three climbing teams high atop Mt Everest. The exhausted climbers were soon lost in a fierce blizzard and far from...

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  7. Apr 29, 2020 · Known as one of the most lethal years in Everest’s history, 1996 saw the deaths of 15 climbers, eight of whom died on 10 May. On this day 33 climbers from three groups (Mountain Madness, a government-funded Taiwanese group and Adventure Consultants) were attempting to reach the summit.

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