Timeline of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster

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Timeline of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster details the sequence of events leading up to the deaths of five climbers on the South Col route to the summit of Mount Everest on 10–11 May 1996. The climbers all died during a blizzard while descending from the summit. Three more climbers died on the North Face route in the blizzard. Mount Everest, elevation 8,849 m (29,032 ft), is the highest mountain in the world. First summited in 1953, by 1996 attempts to summit Everest had become increasingly common both by experienced mountain climbers and amateurs with enough money to pay for guides and Sherpas to support them in their quest. Climbing Everest is dangerous. The lack of oxygen in the sparse air at the elevations on its slopes can cause high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), both life-threatening. Frostbite, hypothermia, avalanches, and accidents are common dangers. Oxygen deprivation at high altitudes can cause mental confusion as well as extreme exhaustion...

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