sobo Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 88+ people have died on the slopes of rainier since its recorded history 91 since 1887, when records started being kept. Source: Seattle Times, June 7, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Everyone here seems to forget the alps... My guess is Mt Blanc has by far the highest in pure #s, I saw somewhere that over 100 die every year. 100 per year, and that has probably been going on for a while, so potentially thousands have died on mt blanc. I think maybe for ratio, some peak in the soviet union? All those russian hardmen climbing up with crappy gear on beastly mountains probably leads to pretty high attempt/death ratios. I would bet on pobeda...that peak has a 3 mi ridge at 7k which is buffeted by winds, so given a ill-prepared party it could be pretty easy to die up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 I was thinking that the Alps might have a large amount of fatalities as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 (edited) "100 people every year dying on Mont Blanc." A little math for you: 100 years x 100 per year = 10,000 dead on Mont Blanc. Damn, we better chop that menace down before it kills us all! More likely the mountain kills 5-10 per year, probably even less than that on average. Edited June 10, 2004 by klenke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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