Mount Everest in 2013
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The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until 2016.
Everest from the South Col, 2013
Another view from around the South Col area up toward the higher elevations of Everest, on 20 May 2013
Everest kalapatthar crop
In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a 7.8 moment magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest.
Mount Everest in 2013
…The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until 2016. The 2013 Himalayan Database recorded 658 summits, which brought the total number to 6,871 by 4,042…
The North Face of Everest as seen from Tibet
The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) Khumbutse to the right
Nepal side Everest Base camp
Khumbtse overlooks base camp