Mount Everest The British Story

Deceased List

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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