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Mountain guide · Peak · 2026

Mount Everest

A complete guide to the peak, from an adjudicated evidence sheet. Sourced or not recorded — never estimated.

This is a guide to the peak, not a trail record. Passes, lakes, forts, and base-camp walks stay on trail pages.

Quick Facts

Origin & Geology

Not recorded

Climbing History

  • First winter ascent

    1980 (Krzysztof Wielicki, Leszek Cichy)

    en.wikipedia.org · 2026-09-21

  • First ascent without supplemental oxygen

    1978 (Reinhold Messner, Peter Habeler)

    en.wikipedia.org · 2026-09-21

Success & Statistics

Fatality rate ≈ 1.4% (as of 2025). Alan Arnette's route analysis records 12,567 summits against 169 deaths over 2000–2025 (deaths ÷ summits). Source: Alan Arnette, alanarnette.com (accessed 2026-09-21) — "From 2000 to 2025, climbers achieved 12,567 summits with 169 deaths, dropping the rate to 1.4%." Comprehensive expedition/summit/fatality records are maintained in the Himalayan Database (https://www.himalayandatabase.com/); we do not estimate beyond the cited source.

Pros / Cons

Generic editorial notes. No peak-specific crowding, cost, or hazard claim is invented here.

For

  • A named summit is a distinct objective from any related walking approach.
  • Elevation, range, location, and first-ascent facts appear here only when the evidence sheet cites them.

Against

  • Altitude, weather, and terrain can turn a day. Hazards belong on the trail record where we hold them — not as invented peak-specific warnings here.
  • Permits, fees, and route grades stay Unverified on this page until an official source is cited. This is not a route plan.

Logistics

  • Best season

    Unverified

  • Routes and grades

    Unverified

  • Permit

    Unverified

  • Fitness

    Unverified

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