Renowned Mountaineers, Feeling Peaky?

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A U.S. climber has died on his way to scale Mount Everest on Monday, according to an expedition organizer.

Jonathan Sugarman died at Camp 2 after he began to feel unwell.  His death was confirmed by the U.S. embassy.

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[Gisooo 3,304]

Tom Hornbein (Wiki), American mountaineer dead at 93

[Sir Creep 7,070]

An Australian climber has died on Mount Everest, according to his expedition organiser and local media.

The Himalayan Times reports that Jason Bernard Kennison died while returning from the summit on Friday.

The 40-year-old mechanic was part of an expedition run by Asian Trekking, whose managing director, Dawa Steven Sherpa, told the paper that Kennison had started showing abnormal behaviour from the south summit.

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[Ulitzer95 12,583]

On 24/02/2023 at 10:16, Ulitzer95 said:

American mountaineer and rock climber Allen Steck (wiki) dead at 96/97 according to this Facebook post.


(photo from his 90th birthday)

Gurdial Singh (wiki), 99, and Gwen Moffat (wiki), 98, still at peak positions as the oldest mountaineers.

Gurdial Singh (wiki) reportedly died this morning aged 99:
 

 

[diego 1,980]

Luis Stritzinger died aged 54, the German mountaineer born in Füssen died in Kangchendzönga, he disappeared on May 25, 2023, after wanting to ski as far as possible from Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas without being accompanied. On May 30, 2023, his body was found at an altitude of 8,400 meters.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/luis-stitzinger-ist-tot-deutscher-bergsteiger-im-himalaja-umgekommen-18928226.html

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A 26-year-old Boulder, Colorado, woman died after falling 500 feet while climbing a ridge at the Rocky Mountain National Park, park officials said Monday.

The woman was doing a free-solo climb at the site on Ypsilon Mountain when she fell.

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[diego 1,980]

Tenjen Sherpa was born in Makalu, Sankhuwasbha Nepal died in an avalanche in Shishapangma on October 6, 2023, who climbed all 14 eight-thousanders together with Kristin Harila in 92 days

https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/sherpaen-som-tok-verdensrekord-med-kristin-harila-er-omkommet-1.16587798

[arghton 6,701]

Subject of The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975), major Japanese mountaineer and skier Yūichirō Miura (91) is an impressive guy. He has had kidney disease and diabetes for decades, had four heart operations (and cardiac arrest) and a long pelvis surgery following a severe fall in his 70s. After all this, he became the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest in 2013, at 80.

 

In June 2020 he had a spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma and was hospitalised for eight months...but, that didn't stop him from summiting Mt. Fuji half-paralyzed in a wheelchair in August. Will he "climb" again?

[chel 376]

Boris Stepanovich Korshunov, the world's only 9-time holder of the title "Snow Leopard", which was awarded to climbers who had conquered five seven-thousand-meter mountains on the Tien Shan and Pamir, passed away at the age of 88.

 

He fulfilled the standard of "Conqueror of the Highest Mountains" for the 9th time at the age of 69, and at the age of almost 80 he climbed Elbrus for the 83rd time.

 

alpfederation.ru ru.wiki
 

[diego 1,980]

Lev Sarkisov died at the age of 85, he was an Armenian climber known for being the oldest Armenian and the first Armenian to climb Mount Everest, the title “Snow Leopard”. This is the name given to climbers who climbed the five highest peaks of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7,495 m), Victory Peak (7,439 m), Lenin Peak (7,134 m), Korzhenevskaya Peak (7,105 m), Khan Tengri (7010m). He climbed Mount Ushba several times along ice-covered routes.

https://newsarmenia.am/news/armenia/skonchalsya-legendarnyy-alpinist-lev-sarkisov-pervyy-armyanin-podnyavshiysya-na-everest-emu-bylo-85-/?ysclid=ls4yrbxf8v626992634

[chel 376]

Evgeny Glazunov (1987-2024, 36), a Russian mountaineer from Irkutsk, sportsman and coach, master of sports, champion of Russia in 2013 and 2016, holder of the badge "Rescue in the Mountains" , died while climbing Mount Aksu (5355 m) in Kyrgyzstan. According to rescuers, the probable cause of death was a rockfall.

ircity.ru tass.ru ru.wiki fontanka.ru

His younger brother Sergey Glazunov (1992-2018, 26) master of sports, champion of Russia in 2016, mountaineering instructor, holder of the badge "Rescue in the mountains", photographer, died while climbing the mountain peak "Latok-1" (7145 m) in Pakistan. The body was left in the mountains.

ircity.ru tass.ru rgo.ru fontanka.ru

 

Spoiler

Vladimir Vysotsky song "Top" from the film "Vertical" (1967)

 

Здесь вам не равнина, здесь климат иной,

Идут лавины одна за одной,

И здесь за камнепадом ревет камнепад.

И можно свернуть, обрыв обогнуть,

Но мы выбираем трудный путь,

Опасный, как военная тропа.

И можно свернуть, обрыв обогнуть,

Но мы выбираем трудный путь,

Опасный, как военная тропа.

 

Кто здесь не бывал, кто не рисковал,

Тот сам себя не испытал,

Пусть даже внизу он звезды хватал с небес.

Внизу не встретишь, как не тянись,

За всю свою счастливую жизнь,

Десятой доли таких красот и чудес.

Внизу не встретишь, как не тянись,

За всю свою счастливую жизнь,

Десятой доли таких красот и чудес.

 

Нет алых роз и траурных лент,

И не похож на монумент,

Тот камень, что покой тебе подарил.

Как Вечным огнем, сверкает днем

Вершина изумрудным льдом,

Которую ты так и не покорил.

Как Вечным огнем, сверкает днем

Вершина изумрудным льдом,

Которую ты так и не покорил.

 

 

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jon Clarke, a retired Australian on a 'trip of a lifetime', has died 100 metres from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13157201/Jon-Clarke-Aussie-retiree-dies-100-metres-summit-trip-lifetime-mount-kilimanjaro.html

[alt obits guy 3,371]

David Breashears, a noted mountaineer and filmmaker who helped millions around the world learn about Mount Everest and the Himalayas, has died. He was 68.

 

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/david-breashears-dies/

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,033]

Report of the death of Major Michael Lane aka Bronco Lane: 

A former SAS officer, he summitted Everest in 1976 and a couple of mountaineering books to his name. The story of the loss of his digits is not for the time you are eating.

[Ulitzer95 12,583]

19 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Major Michael Lane aka Bronco Lane: 

A former SAS officer, he summitted Everest in 1976 and a couple of mountaineering books to his name. The story of the loss of his digits is not for the time you are eating.

A hero of mine.
 

So much so that I’d like everyone on here to enjoy a picture I recently took of Lane’s amputed toes which he lost to frostbite on Everest (along with a thumb and a few fingers!)…  

 

[YoungWillz 21,033]

On 23/03/2024 at 19:44, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Major Michael Lane aka Bronco Lane: 

A former SAS officer, he summitted Everest in 1976 and a couple of mountaineering books to his name. The story of the loss of his digits is not for the time you are eating.

Bronco Lane news report @Ulitzer95: https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24210908.bronco-lane-former-sas-soldier-mountaineer-died/

[Summer in Transylvania 2,173]

Lou Whittaker, leader of the first American ascent of Everest, dead at 95.

 

A former DDP pick, most recently in 2020.

 

He is survived by his fellow mountaineer twin brother, Jim, who also hasn't put in a DDP appearance since 2020.

[Ulitzer95 12,583]

On 26/03/2024 at 10:23, YoungWillz said:

Bronco Lane news report @Ulitzer95: https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24210908.bronco-lane-former-sas-soldier-mountaineer-died/

And now gets a Times obit. Died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,687]

Several deaths on Everest this week. It’s almost like a really cold Dignitas. 

[time 8,595]

3 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

Several deaths on Everest this week. It’s almost like a really cold Dignitas. 

But busier...

https://x.com/theiaincameron/status/1793609189207814346

 

[diego 1,980]

John Middendorf was born in New York City, New York and died in Little Compton, Rhode Island at age 65. In the 1980s he climbed Yosemite's hardest walls, including El Capitan and Half Dome, and in 1992 he climbed the highest rock wall of the world, the Great Trango Tower. Also in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he pioneered numerous difficult great wall routes in Zion National Park

https://gripped.com/profiles/big-wall-climber-john-middendorf-has-died/

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

Not seen any updates in the media but there might be form-studying coverage regarding the current health of the incredibly healthy Chris Bonnington, because he's 90 on Tuesday

 

Just a thought, mind, if he carries on like this then when there's a final reckoning the average age of death amongst the big names attempting Everest in the 1970s won't look so tragic!

[chel 376]

Three news stories in one day (although, the dates of death are different).

[baffled]

 

Five missing Russian climbers found dead on Mt. Dhaulagiri

thehimalayantimes.com

 

Two climbers, Russian citizens, died on Kazbek

rustavi2.ge

 

Russian ice climbing champion died of a tick bite

info24.ru

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

Sandy Irvine - last seen alive on Everest just over 100 years ago, offers up a foot by way of revealing his last resting place

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0g2p47xd5o

[Comped 526]

3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

Sandy Irvine - last seen alive on Everest just over 100 years ago, offers up a foot by way of revealing his last resting place

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0g2p47xd5o

Here in the US, at least on ABC which happens to also be owned by the same company that owns National Geographic (who seem to be producing a documentary on this), they led with the idea that the two climbers in question were the first up Everest, which is almost impossible to prove. I have no idea why they would. The BBC meanwhile is taking the responsible route and not focusing on that at all.