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The following British climbers have sadly died while climbing on Mount Everest.
Name and Age
Date
Where
Reason
George Mallory 37
8th June 1924
North East Ridge
Fall
Andrew Irvine 22
8th June 1934
North East Ridge
Unknown
Maurice Wilson 36
? June 1934
East Rongbuk Glacier
Exhaustion
Mick Burke 34
26th September 1975
Neat Summit
Disappeared
Terry Thompson 39
10th April 1976
Western Cwm
Fall into Crevasse
Peter Boardman 31
17th May 1982
North East Ridge
Exhaustion
Joe Tasker 34
17th May 1982
North East Ridge
Disappeared
Tony Swierzy 27
3rd April 1984
North Face
Avalanche
Bruce Herrod 37
25th May 1996
Hillary Step
Fall
Malcolm Duff 43
23rd April 1997
Base Camp
Heart Attack
Mark Jennings 49
25th May 1998
North East Ridge
Exhaustion
Michael Matthews 22
13th May 1999
South East Ridge
Disappeared
Peter Legate 38
30th April 2002
South East Ridge
Fall
Robert Milner 48
5th June 2005
South East Ridge
Heart Attack
David Sharp 34
15th May 2006
North East Ridge
Exhaustion
John Delaney 42
20th May 2011
3rd Step
Collapsed
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