List of Fatalities
Name | Nationality | Location of death | Cause of death |
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Dren Mandić | Serbia | Below the Bottleneck | Fell during the ascent |
Jehan Baig | Pakistan | Fell while trying to recover Dren Mandić's corpse | |
Rolf Bae | Norway | Bottleneck | The first serac fall |
Hugues D’Aubarede | France | Above the Bottleneck | Fell in descent during the night |
Karim Meherban | Pakistan | Either the second serac fall or the third serac fall. | |
Gerard McDonnell† | Ireland | After helping the injured Koreans, he was hit by either the second or third serac fall. | |
Kyeong-Hyo Park | South Korea | Above the Bottleneck | The fourth serac fall |
Hyo-Gyeong Kim | South Korea | ||
Dong-Jin Hwang | South Korea | ||
Jumik Bhote | Nepal | ||
Pasang Bhote | Nepal | ||
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One of the three Korean casualties either perished during the incident that caused their original fall and tangling in the ropes, or the morning after before the others were freed. Some sources claim there were three Koreans tangled in the ropes whilst McDonell and Confortola were trying to rescue them. Others have the number at two Koreans and Jumik Bhote. What is certain, is that only two Korean were alive to encounter Pasang Bhote before the last serac fall.
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