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Four members of the Adventure Consultants expedition died, including Hall, while Fischer was the sole casualty of the Mountain Madness expedition. Three officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police also died. Following the disaster, several survivors wrote memoirs.
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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...
Dec 31, 2016 · The 1996 Everest Disaster occurred on May 10, 1996, when four groups of climbers set out to summit Mount Everest. One group was led by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants, another was led by Scott Fischer of Mountain Madness, an expedition was organized by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and there was a Taiwanese expedition.
- 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.
Sep 18, 2015 · Survivors of the 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster are members of a special fraternity. These climbers and guides — who are all portrayed in the new fictionalized account of the ill-fated ...
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Jul 5, 2023 · The 1996 Mount Everest disaster, occurring on May 10-11, resulted in eight deaths due to a blizzard during their descent from the summit. The tragedy contributed to a total of 12 fatalities during the 1996 climbing season, marking it as the deadliest on Everest until then.
Aug 26, 2015 · Eight people died during the Mount Everest disaster that unfolded May 10-11, 1996. The fatalities included Scott Fischer, Rob Hall, Andy Harris, Doug Hansen, Yasuko Namba, Tsewang Samanla, Dorje Morup, and Tsewang Paljor.
