List of deaths on eight-thousanders

By Mountain

Mount Everest

K2

Date	Name	Nationality	Cause of death	References
12 August 2025	Jing Guan	China Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit sits at 8,586 meters in a section of the Himalayas called the Kangchenjunga Himal. Because of its remote location in Nepal and the difficulty of accessing it from India, the Kangchenjunga region is not much explored by trekkers. Despite modern improvements to climbing gear, the fatality rate of summit attempts on Kanchenjunga is high. While there had been 532 successful summits as of May 2022, 52 climbers had lost their lives on the mountain. 10 more climbers had died on Yalung Kang, one of several satellite peaks in the massif, which features routes to the summit of Kangchenjunga. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 10 May 2025 Margareta Morin FranceGERINDINDINDCHIINDNEPNEPNEPNEPKORInterlanguage link|Péter Kiss |lt=Péter Kiss|de|Péter KissHUNHUNESPCANNEP Lhotse Standing at 8,516 meters above sea level, Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain in the world. It is part of the Everest massif, and its standard climbing route follows the same path as Everest's South Col route up to the Yellow Band beyond Camp 3. After the Yellow Band, the routes diverge with climbers bound for Everest taking a left over the Geneva Spur up to the South Col, while Lhotse climbers take a right further up the Lhotse face. As of May 2022, there had been 1,089 successful summits and 22 deaths on Lhotse. A further 10 deaths had occurred on Lhotse Shar, a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse that offers a more difficult climb to Lhotse's peak than the standard route. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 18 May 2025 Barna Zsolt Vago Romania Makalu Makalu is the world's fifth-highest mountain at 8,481 meters above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 kilometers southeast of Mount Everest on the China–Nepal border. As of December 2024, there had been 800 successful summits of Makalu and 50 deaths on the mountain. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 5 May 2025 Alex Pancoe United States Cho Oyu Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain at 8,188 meters above sea level. Standing on the China Tibet–Nepal Province No. 1 border, the mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 kilometers west of Mount Everest. Its standard northwest ridge route features generally moderate slopes, and it is close to Nangpa La, a glaciated pass that serves as the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Khumbu's Sherpas. For these reasons, Cho Oyu is considered the easiest 8,000-meter peak to climb. As of December 2024, there had been 4,027 successful summits and 52 deaths on the mountain. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 29 April 2019 Phujung Bhote Fall into crevasse 16 May 2018 Park Shin-yong Exhaustion, altitude sickness 26 September 2011 Joerg Henry Manuel Henning Avalanche 23 September 2011 Rostislav Krpec Unknown illness 22 May 2011 Ronald Naar Altitude sickness 3 October 2010 Walter Nones Fall 3 May 2010 Serguey Nikitin HACE 26 September 2009 Clifton Harlan Wells "Cliff" Maloney Unknown illness 2 June 2009 Dennis Verhoeve Fall 4 October 2008 Miha Valič Altitude sickness 3 October 2008 Guy Leveille Fall 9 May 2006 Raymund M. Spang Fall 11 May 2005 Lubos Stacho Unknown illness 13 October 2004 Exhaustion, fall 6 October 2003 Christos Barouchas Exhaustion 16 May 2003 Guenter Welkisch Altitude sickness 14 May 2003 Paul Bernard Carr Heart attack 14 May 2002 Adam Joseph Cinnamond Fall into crevasse 30 April 2002 Chhong Ringee Sherpa Unknown 9 September 2001 Kim Su-ya South Korea|1997 Dhaulagiri I Dhaulagiri I is the world's seventh highest mountain. There had been 691 successful ascents since the first one, by a team led by Kurt Diemberger in 1960. 87 people are known to have lost their lives on the slopes of Dhaulagiri I. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 6–8 October 2024 Alexandr Dusheyko Fall 6–8 October 2024 Oleg Kruglov Fall 6–8 October 2024 Vladimir Chistikov Fall 6–8 October 2024 Mihail Nosenko Fall 6–8 October 2024 Dmitriy Shpilevoy Fall 14 October 2023 Nadezhda Oleneva Fall 6 October 2022 Ram Bahadur Tamang Nepal Manaslu Manaslu is the world's eighth highest mountain. While the peak was known to the local population, foreign visitors became aware of its existence in 1950. During the next five years Japanese expeditions were exploring the area and in 1956 and Gyalzen Norbu successfully climbed the mountain. Due to tensions between climbers and inhabitants, for the next two decades visits to Manaslu were sporadic, lasting until the 1970s. As of December 2024 there is a total of 3,317 successful summits, with 90 people dying on mountain. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 2 October 2022 Dawa Chhiring Sherpa Avalanche 26 September 2022 Hilaree Nelson Fall 26 September 2022 Anup Rai Avalanche 29 September 2021 Brent Seal Stroke 28 September 2019 Rita Donata Bladyko Altitude sickness 29 September 2018 Roman Hlávko Probably fall 8 September 2018 Hiromi Komatsu Rescue helicopter crash 25 September 2017 Philip Harvey Altitude Sickness 26 October 2016 Hirotaka Onodera Fall 1 October 2015 Zoltan Benedek Probably altitude sickness 26 September 2014 Yoshimasa Sasaki Fall 4 October 2012 Victor Correa Unknown 23 September 2012 Dominique Ouimet Avalanche 23 September 2012 Gregory Ugo Costa France|1974ITA Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain. It's known for being extremely hard to climb; named the "Killer Mountain" by the 1953 German expedition, first to successfully reach the peak. In addition to the large number of climbing deaths, 11 mountaineers were killed in 2013 by Taliban. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 3 July 2025 Klára Kolouchová Czech Republic Annapurna I Annapurna I is the world's 10th highest mountain. It is known for being an extremely difficult climb, with 75 deaths on its slopes as of April 2025. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 8 April 2025 Rima Rinje Sherpa Nepal Gasherbrum I Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the world's 11th highest mountain. As of November 2025, Gashbrum I has 34 deaths. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References Zdeněk Hrubý Czech RepublicDate table sorting|22 July 2013ESPDate table sorting|22 July 2013ESPDate table sorting|22 July 2013ESPDate table sorting|7 July 2013POLDate table sorting|9 March 2012AUTDate table sorting|9 March 2012 Broad Peak Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain. As of November 2025, Broad Peak has 39 deaths. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References Murad Sadpara PakistanDate table sorting|19 July 2022 Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II, also known as K4, is the world's 13th highest mountain. As of November 2025, It is one of the safest 8000ers with only 25 deaths. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 5 July 2022 Iram Karim Pakistan Shishapangma Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the world's 14th highest mountain. As of November 2025, Shishapangma has 36 deaths. Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 7 October 2023 Tenjen Sherpa Avalanche 7 October 2023 Gina Marie Rzucidlo Avalanche 7 October 2023 Anna Gutu Avalanche 7 October 2023 Mingmar Sherpa Avalanche 3 May 2018 Boyan Petrov Disappearance 30 Sept 2016 Pemba Sherpa Avalanche 24 April 2016 Patrik Matiolli Fall in crevasse 24 April 2016 Jon David Johnston Fall in crevasse 24 September 2014 Sebastian Haag Avalanche 24 September 2014 Andrea Zambaldi Avalanche 11 May 2013 Unknown HACE 15 October 2009 Fall 24 April 2007 Marek Hudák SlovakiaPORRUSCZEUSAUSAITAInterlanguage link|Viktor Pastukh|uk|Пастух Віктор Іванович