Mount Everest in 2017

Mount Everest, mostly the south-east face

The Mount Everest climbing season of 2017 began in spring with the first climbers reaching the top on May 11, from the north side.[1] The first team on the south side reached the top on May 15.[2] By early June, reports from Nepal indicated that 445 people had made it to the summit from the Nepali side.[3] Reports indicate 160–200 summits on the north side, with 600–660 summiters overall for early 2017.[4] This year had a roughly 50% success rate on that side for visiting climbers, which was down from other years.[4] By 2018, the figure for the number of summiters of Everest was refined to 648.[5] This includes 449 which summited via Nepal (from the South) and 120 from Chinese Tibet (North side).[6]

Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck died in a fall during a warm-up climb on Nuptse, which he was conducting in preparation for his Everest-Lhotse summit bid.[7] By May 22, 2017, five climbers had died,[8] and one trekker to base camp died earlier in the year.[9]

Several climbers summited twice this season, including Kilian Jornet and Anshu Jamsenpa.[10][11]

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  10. ^ "Spanish climber tops Everest twice in a week". News24. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  11. ^ "An Indian woman climbed Mount Everest. Days later, reports say, she did it again". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 May 2017.