Adventure Consultants 1996 Mount Everest disaster

1 adventure consultants

1.1 guides
1.2 clients
1.3 sherpas

adventure consultants

the adventure consultants 1996 everest expedition, led rob hall, consisted of these individuals.

guides

rob hall – expedition leader (died near south summit)
mike groom
andy harris (disappeared near south summit while assisting hall)

clients

frank fischbeck (53) – attempted everest 3 times, reached south summit in 94
doug hansen (46) – attempted everest hall s team in 95 (disappeared near south summit while descending hall)
stuart hutchison (34) – youngest client on hall s team, previous 8,000 m experiences included k2 winter expedition 1988, broad peak west ridge 1992, , everest north side 1994
lou kasischke (53) – had climbed 6 of 7 summits
jon krakauer (41) – journalist on assignment outside magazine; accomplished technical climber no experience in climbing peaks on 8,000 m
yasuko namba (47) – had climbed 7 summits; becoming oldest woman summit everest @ time (died on south col)
john taske (56) – oldest climber on adventure consultants team; no 8,000 m experience
beck weathers (49) – had been climbing 10 years; making bid 7 summits, no 8,000 m experience

sherpas

sardar ang dorje (29)
arita
chuldum
kami
lhakpa chhiri
ngawang norbu
tenzing
lopsang

the sherpas listed here climbing sherpas hired rob hall s adventure consultants. there many other sherpas working @ lower elevations, performed duties vital adventure consultants , mountain madness expeditions. climbing sherpas duties require them ascend @ least high camp iii or iv, not of them summit. expedition leaders intend select few of climbing sherpas summit. legendary sardar apa sherpa scheduled accompany adventure consultants group withdrew due family commitments.

none of clients on hall s team had ever reached summit of 8,000 m peak, , fischbeck, hansen , hutchison had previous high-altitude himalayan experience.

hall had brokered deal outside magazine advertising space in exchange story growing popularity of commercial expeditions everest. krakauer slated climb scott fischer s mountain madness team, hall landed him, @ least in part, agreeing reduce outside s fee krakauer s spot on expedition less cost. result, hall paying out-of-pocket have krakauer on team.