1970 Mount Everest disaster
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The 1970 Mount Everest disaster refers to deaths of six Nepalese Sherpas in an ice-fall avalanche on Mount Everest on 5 April 1970 in the Khumbu Icefall.[1] The icefall lays between the usual sites of Base Camp and Camp I and is the same icefall that was the site of the later 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche. [2] The Sherpas were killed by an ice avalanche, and were assisting the Japanese Skiing Expedition (Yuichiro Miura ski Everest expedition).[3][4] Their names were Mima Norbu, Nima Dorje, Tshering Tarkey, Pasang, Kunga Norbu, and Kami Tshering.[5]
Another death that season was with another Japanese expedition;Kyak Tsering was also killed by falling ice (from a serac).[6]
See also
- The Man Who Skied Down Everest
- List of deaths on the Eight Thousanders
- 1974 Everest Disaster (French West ridge expedition)
- List of Mount Everest expeditions
- 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche
References
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