1970 Mount Everest disaster

1970 Mount Everest disaster

The Khumbu Icefall in 2005
Date	5 April 1970 (1970-04-05)
Location	Khumbu Icefall, Mount Everest
Coordinates	27°59′32″N 86°52′38″E / 27.99222°N 86.87722°E / 27.99222; 86.87722
Cause	Avalanche
Deaths	6

The 1970 Mt. Everest disaster is the term for the avalanche death of six Nepalese Sherpa porters on 5 April 1970, who were killed on the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest while assisting the Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition 1970 climbing expedition.^[1] Four days later Sherpa Kyak Tsering, a porter on a different Japanese Mt. Everest expedition,^[a] was killed by ice falling from a serac.^[2] Later, Yūichirō Miura, the focus of the film expedition, became the first person to attempt to successfully ski down Everest.^[2]

The icefall, which lies between Base Camp and Camp I, has been the site of numerous fatalities, including those in the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche.^[3] The six 1970 victims were Mima Norbu, Nima Dorje, Tshering Tarkey, Pasang, Kunga Norbu, and Kami Tshering.^[4]

• List of deaths on the Eight Thousanders
• 1974 French Mount Everest expedition (French West ridge expedition)
• List of Mount Everest expeditions