No he didnt, Edmund Hillary died of heart failure at the Auckland City Hospital at the age of 88 on the 11th January 2008.
There have been just over 200 people die while climbing on Mount Everest.
1 in 4 die
If a naked person tried climbing Mount Everest in Winter he would probably die from the cold very quickly.
The first person to die on Mount Everest was 'Dorje' on the 7th June 1922. He died in an avalanche that also killed six others. He was employed with the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition.
In 1922 seven Sherpa climbers die in an avalanche. These are the first reported deaths on Everest.
There are many reason why a climber can die on Mount Everest. The article in the link talks about some of the main reasons.
The youngest person to die while on Mount Everest was Pemba Sherpa. He was 19 years old and died on 25th April 2015.
The first person to die on Mount Everest was 'Dorje' on the 7th June 1922. He died in an avalanche that also killed six others. He was employed with the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition.
Anyone can die while on Mount Everest. You could have years of experience in climbing but still get caught out in an avalance, illness, fall, bad weather and die.
Alexei Bolotov died on May 15, 2013, in Mount Everest, Nepal of fall while climbing.
Yes you should but only if you have high altitude climbing experience. You have more chance of getting hit by a car in your town than dieing on Mount Everest.
As of May 2017, 292 people are known to have died in attempts to climb Mt. Everest. More than 100 (almost 1/3) of those were Nepalese Sherpas. The most famous two are probably George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.