On Mount Everest, three climbers were killed, another one was missing. According to The Washington Post referring to local authorities, it was possible to confirm the death of the athletes only after the weather in the district was established, which allowed the rescue teams to arrive at the site of emergency. It is noted that the deceased were citizens of the United States, Slovakia and Australia. An American, Dr. Roland Yearwood of Alabama, already conquered the highest mountain of the planet in 2015, then he managed to survive the avalanche. It also became known that one of Everest's sections named "The Hillary Step" collapsed as a result of the earthquake of 2015.

On May 6, while trying to climb Mount Everest again and become the oldest conqueror of the mountain, the world's oldest mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan from Nepal died.. He died at the age of 85 from heart failure. On April 30, a famous Swiss mountaineer, 40-year-old Ueli Steck, died on Mount Everest,. He was on top of Nuptse for acclimatization, after which he planned to climb to the highest peak in the world in May, using a completely new route. Over the history of conquest of Mount Everest on its slopes killed more than 250 people.

Three climbers died on the Mount Everest.