How many people have died on the Aconcagua?

Answer 1

Aconcagua, nicknamed The Mountain Of Death because of it's high Death Rate. It also holds the highest failure rate of achieving the summit. This despite it being classed as one of the easiest mountains to climb, with its north route being classed as a scramble, with no technical climbing.

All this is put down to it being an easy climb, with inexperienced climbers being caught out by altitude sickness and extreme changes of weather.

There is an average of nine deaths per climbing season each year from high altitude pulmonary edema and/or exposure, I cannot find a total number of deaths anywhere.