Mount Everest Death Toll: A Look at Fatalities and Risks

As of 2022, there have been at least 311 people from all over the world have lost their lives attempting to scale Mount Everest. The first recorded climber death on Everest occurred in 1922. Avalanches, falls, weather-related causes, lack of oxygen to brain among factors contribute to this grim death toll which keeps rising every year as more and more try summit its deadly peaks.