Mountain Madness 1996 Mount Everest disaster

1 mountain madness

1.1 guides
1.2 clients
1.3 sherpas

mountain madness

scott fischer lead climbing guide mountain madness expedition. team included 8 clients.

guides

scott fischer – lead climbing guide (died on southeast ridge balcony 350m below south summit)
neal beidleman - professional outdoorsman
anatoli boukreev – professional mountaineer, later in 1997 awarded david a. sowles memorial award american alpine club.

clients

martin adams (47) – had climbed aconcagua, denali, , kilimanjaro
charlotte fox (38) – had climbed 53 of 14,000 ft (4,267 m) peaks in colorado , 2 8,000 m peaks, gasherbrum ii, , cho oyu
lene gammelgaard (35) – accomplished mountaineer
dale kruse (45) – long-term personal friend of fischer s; first sign up
tim madsen (33) – climbed extensively in colorado , canadian rockies; no 8,000 m experience
sandy hill pittman (41) – had climbed 6 of 7 summits
pete schoening (68) – 1 of first climb gasherbrum , mount vinson; known single-handedly saving lives of 6 team members during mass fall in american expedition on k2, 1953
klev schoening (38) – pete s nephew; former national downhill ski racer; no 8,000 m experience.

sherpas

sardar lopsang jangbu sherpa (23)
big pemba
ngawang dorje
ngawang sya kya
ngawang tendi
ngawang topche (died few months later hape contracted during hauling duties camp ii)
tashi tshering
tendi


c.^ sherpas listed here climbing sherpas hired scott fischer s mountain madness expedition. ngawang topche hospitalized in april; had developed high altitude pulmonary edema (hape) while ferrying supplies above base camp. not on mountain during summit attempt of 10 may. topche died illness june.

schoening had decided, while still @ base camp (5,380 m/17,700 ft), not make final push summit. team began assault on summit on 6 may, bypassing camp (5,944 m/19,500 ft) , stopping @ camp ii (6,500 m/21,300 ft) 2 nights. however, kruse suffered altitude sickness , possible high altitude cerebral edema (hace), , stopped @ camp i. fischer descended camp ii , escorted kruse base camp treatment.