Everest 2023: Season Summary – Deadliest in History
In this 2023 Everest season summary, I look at the good and the bad during the deadliest season ever on Everest and the much-needed changes. Plus a narrative on the last Icefall passage and co ing home #everest2023
Nepal issued a record 478 climbing permits to foreigners. Add in one and a half Sherpa supporting each foreigner; over 1,200 people pursued the summit this spring. Fears were rampant of a 2019 repeat with long lines and deaths. The lines never developed, thanks in part to colder weather that sent a higher number of climbers home in mid-season, many with a persistent virus. However, the deaths did, but not due to the record permits or climate change. #everest2023
Everest 2023: An End to a Tough Season
It’s always tough to characterize an Everest season, so I’ll give it a few more days to let everything settle before posting my season summary. But one thing is clear, 2023 is the deadliest season ever, and some routine mountaineering practices are broken. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Yet Another Death, Missing Not Found – Update Szilard Found
As the Everest spring season nears the end, we see more Everest summits and peak bagging. With at least fifty more summits on Wednesday, May 24, the season is approaching 600 total summits by members and Sherpas. Another climber, this one not using supplemental oxygen, is now considered missing.. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Last Few Summits and Another Missing
As the Everest spring season nears the end, we see more Everest summits and peak bagging. With at least fifty more summits on Wednesday, May 24, the season is approaching 600 total summits by members and Sherpas. Another climber, this one not using supplemental oxygen, is now considered missing.. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Final Summits? and Another death, now 11
As the Everest spring season nears the end, we see more Everest summits and peak bagging. With fifty more summits on Tuesday, May 23, the season is approaching 550 total summits by members and Sherpas. More theft was reported at the South Col. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Summits “Records”
Monday, May 22nd, was a windy but good day for summits and records. An estimated fifty more people summited, advancing the season total to close to 500. The season could end this week as winds will become too dangerous. #everest2022
Everest 2023: Weekend Update May 21: Now 11 Deaths, Several Missing
The death toll climbed to ten, perhaps eleven, for the spring 2023 season, with multiple climbers missing. Wednesday, May 24th, may be the last summit day this season. #everest2022
Everest 2023: High Winds Stall Most Summits
While summits dwindle as the winds move in for a few days, the dead and missing totals continue to skyrocket. 2023 has the ninth most Everest death total. Season may end next week.
Everest 2023: Another Everest Death, More Summits and Frostbite
Another death on Everest brings the climbing death toll to eight, nine if you count the person who died in Lukla but intended to climb. Close to another 100 summited Friday, May 19th taking the total close to 300, with hundreds more to go as the weather window begins to close. #everest2023
Everest 2023: More Everest Summits, Seventh Death, Soria Rescued
Another death on Everest brings the climbing death toll to seven. A collapse in the Icefall has stalled climbers going up and down until the Icefall Docs can fix the route. More than thirty-four summited on Thursday, May 18th, bringing the season total to over 200. #everest2023