A total of 282 people (168 westerners and 114 Sherpas) died on Everest between 1921 and 2016, 176 on the Nepal side and 106 on the Tibet side.
A total of 282 people (168 westerners and 114 Sherpas) died on Everest between 1921 and 2016, 176 on the Nepal side and 106 on the Tibet side. Few of the bodies are brought down, so there are well over 200 corpses on the mountain, some of which serve as grizzly landmarks for other climbers. The unidentified corpse of a climber on the north side of Everest became known as Green Boots, and was used as a landmark until 2014, when the corpse disappeared, presumably removed or buried.