{"id":142043,"date":"2023-05-31T08:48:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=142043"},"modified":"2023-05-31T22:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T02:16:25","slug":"record-deaths-on-everest-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=142043","title":{"rendered":"Record Deaths on Everest- Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142044 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yeti-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yeti-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yeti-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yeti.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Unavailable for comment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nepal\u2019s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on record<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Experts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being blamed as one of the main reasons for the deaths of up to 17 people.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 12 people have now been confirmed dead during Everest expeditions this season and another five are missing, presumed dead, as no contact has been made for at least five days in all cases, according to the Himalayan Database, which tracks mountain fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>The figure was confirmed by Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the director of Nepal\u2019s tourism department. \u201cAltogether this year we lost 17 people on the mountain this season,\u201d he said. \u201cThe main cause is the changing in the weather. This season the weather conditions were not favourable, it was very variable. Climate change is having a big impact in the mountains.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/30\/climate-change-to-blame-for-up-to-17-deaths-on-mount-everest-experts-say\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People started climbing Everest in 1922, and as of 2019 some 300 have perished in the attempt. Annual losses range from none to 22 recorded in 2015. The major causes of death are avalanches and falls, with exposure and altitude sickness heavily contributing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/everest-line-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/everest-line-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/everest-line.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No mention of Everest being so crowded, climbers are halted in the so-called &#8220;death zone&#8221; above 26,000 feet for hours waiting to ascend to the summit. There is also a post-Covid surge in the number of climbers so an increase in fatalities is unsurprising. Everest is a cash cow for Tibet and Nepal with fees and permits bringing in thousands per climber so don&#8217;t expect change anytime soon. Overcrowding and mismanagement? Naw, Climate Change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unavailable for comment Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts &hellip; <a title=\"Record Deaths on Everest- Climate Change\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=142043\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Record Deaths on Everest- Climate Change<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":142045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,680,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blue-skies","category-caveat-emptor","category-global-warming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}