Mt Everest records 456 south summits, five deaths
Kathmandu, June 15
With the closure of the climbing season, at least 456 climbers, including 199 foreigners, stood atop Mt Everest from Nepal side while the world’s highest mountain also recorded five deaths this spring.
Data compiled by the Department of Tourism states that 199 foreigners from 29 countries and 257 Nepali climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest after nine rope-fixing Sherpas first stood atop the mountain on May 11.
DoT had issued climbing permits to 289 expedition members, along with 457 high-altitude workers representing 34 teams in the season.
Two Indian climbers - Balkar Singh, 19, and Stanzin Laskit, 18, were the youngest male and female summiteers this season, respectively, the DoT data shows. Youngho Heo, 62, from South Korea and New Zealander Lydia Margarate Bradey, 55, became the season’s oldest summiteers in male and female categories, respectively.
There were 45 female climbers who made it to the summit while Maya Sherpa became the only woman summiteer of the season from Nepal.
“The season also saw the longest summit window (May 11-16 and May 19-23) while all expeditions except a team of two Slovakians have their members on top of the summit,” DoT’s official Gyanendra Shrestha said.
On May 19, as many as 209 climbers scaled the mountain on a single day, he added. According to him, DoT collected Rs 177 million as Everest royalty after 129 expedition members used their extended permits of 2014/15.
In figures
Age
Summiters
10-19
20
20-29
129
30-39
157
40-49
103
50-59
44
60-69
3
TOTAL
456
Country
Climbers
Summiters
Nepal
449
258
India
64
52
US
58
39
China
20
18
UK
29
15
Australia
15
11
Others
111
63
TOTAL
746
456
It was a successful season for the mountaineering fraternity with over 60 per cent success, as back-to-back disasters in the last two years had no impact on climber count, Damber Parajuli, President of Expedition Operators Association of Nepal said, adding that the success rate on Mt Everest was also quite impressive.
Saying that there was an unvoiced pressure on operators to have a successful season, owner of the Himalayan Experience Russell Brice understood that Everest expeditions were still the flagship of Nepal tourist industry as this was what the international media focus on.
So to have a successful season on Everest also gives confidence to trekkers to also return to Nepal in the future, he told this daily.
“It is a pity that the latter part of the season saw so many fatalities as this unfortunately detracted from the early success. If we had a season with no deaths then the season would have had more positive impact,” Brice, who has also been leading expeditions since 1974 in Nepal, added.
The season witnessed the death of five climbers including three from India above higher camps.
The Everest/ER which runs an aid-post at Everest base camp stated that it saw nearly 300 patients including 65 per cent Nepalis followed by patients from US, India and UK, while 15 per cent of them requiring evacuation after stabilisation.
“The vast majority of visits were related to cough (27%) with gastrointestinal complaints coming in a close second.”
SPRING 2016 EVEREST SUMMIT DETAILS
Name of Expedition
Team Leader
Handling Agency
Members
High Altitude Workers
Total
1.
2016 IMG Everest Expedition I
Mr. Justin Reese Merle
Beyul Adventure Pvt.Ltd
11
12
23
2.
2016 IMG Everest Expedition II
Mr. Jonathan Flyod Schrock
Beyul Adventure Pvt.Ltd
4
5
9
3.
2016 IMG Everest Expedition III
Mr. Joshua Tyler Mc Dowell
Beyul Adventure Pvt.Ltd
5
10
15
4.
Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. David William Hamilton
Summit Nepal Trekking Pvt. Ltd.
4
5
9
5.
H.G. Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Timothy John Mosedale
Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks and Expedition Pvt. Ltd.
7
7
14
6.
Himalayan Experience Everest-2016
Mr. Richard Grant Hunter
Mountain Experience Pvt. Ltd.
7
7
14
7.
AH Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Lars Daniel Sebastian Aakerman
Ascent Himalayas Treks & Expedition Pvt. Ltd.
6
10
16
8.
HAD International Everest Expedition Spring- 2016
Mr. Paul Frank Giorgio
High Altitude Dreams Pvt. Ltd.
4
3
7
9.
Altitude Junkies Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Philip James Crampton
Expedition Himalaya. com Pvt. Ltd.
9
19
28
10.
Armed Force Everest Expedition UAE
Mr. John Doyle
Himalayan Holidays Trekking P. Ltd.
8
8
16
11.
Desert Troop : Operation Everest
Mr. David Mark Rasmussen
Himalayan Holidays Trekking P. Ltd.
1
2
3
12.
Adventure Globe Mt. Everest Expedition - 2016
Mr. Ronald Kevin Muhl
Dream Himalaya Adventures Pvt. Ltd.
7
8
15
13.
AAI-Everest Expedition-2016
Mr. Benjamin Mason Jones
Shangri-la Nepal Trek Pvt. Ltd.
3
2
5
14.
KKC Everest 2016
Mr. Kevin John Farebrother
Senge Adventures Pvt.Ltd.
2
1
3
15.
SNT- Everest Expedition - 2016
Mr. James Winfield Lumberg
Shangri-la Nepal Trek Pvt. Ltd.
2
02
16.
Indian Army Everest MASSIF Expedition 2016
Mr. Ranveer Singh Jamwal
Arun Treks and Expedition P. Ltd
14
14
28
17.
Furtenbach Adventure Mount Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Lukas Furtenbach
Iceland Trekking and Expedition Pvt. Ltd
6
13
19
18.
Adventure Consultants Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Michael John Roberts
Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks and Expedition Pvt. Ltd.
8
16
24
19.
NCC Girls (India) Everest Expedition - 2016 A
Mr. Gaurav Karki
Himalayan Expeditions P. Ltd
12
6
18
20.
NCC Girls (India) Everest Expedition - 2016 B
Mr. Vishal Ahlawat
Himalayan Expeditions P. Ltd
4
6
10
21.
Madison Mountaineering Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Garrett Christian Madison
Alpine Everest Guides Nepal Treks and Expedition Pvt. Ltd.
10
18
28
22.
SST Int'l Everest Expedition 2016 Spring
Mr. Eduardo Carlos Santalena
Seven Summits Treks Pvt. Ltd.
13
26
39
23.
ECO-EVEREST EXPEDITION 2016 SPRING
Mr. David Liano Gonzalez
Asian Trekking P. Ltd
6
12
18
24.
Satori Everest Expedition South - Spring 2016
Mr. Jitesh Popatlal Mody
Satori Adventure P.Ltd.
6
8
14
25.
Assam Mt. Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Manash Barooah
Arun Treks and Expedition P. Ltd
3
3
6
26.
2016 Kyungil University Alpine Club Everest Expedition
Mr. Jinchol Cha
Trekking Camp Nepal Pvt. Ltd.
3
4
7
27.
SummitClimb Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Daniel Lee Mazur
Everest Parivar Expedition Pvt Ltd.
4
3
7
28.
Adventure Guide Mt. Everest 2016
Mr. Kenji Kondo
Cosmo Trek Pvt. Ltd.
4
4
8
29.
Everest Hard Way Utmost Expedition
Mr. Vladimir Strba
Utmost Adventure Trekking Pvt. Ltd.
00
30.
SST Everest Expedition 2016 Spring
Mr. Naba kumar Phukon
Seven Summits Treks Pvt. Ltd.
11
11
22
31.
SST Chinese Everest Expedition 2016 Spring
Mr. Yujiang Song
Seven Summits Treks Pvt. Ltd.
12
11
23
32.
High Adventure Expedition Spring 2016
Mr. Hugo David Searle
Happy Feet Mountaineers Pvt. Ltd
1
1
33.
Anish Messenger of Peace to Mt. Everest
Mr. Anish Luitel
Asian Trekking P. Ltd
1
01
34.
Makalu Adventure Everest Expedition 2016
Mr. Dinesh Chandrakant Rathod
Makalu Adventure Pvt. Ltd.
2
2
4
TOTAL
199
257
456