All the climbers then at Camp IV were exhausted and unable to reach Namba and Weathers from the Adventure Consultants expedition.On 11 May, at 04:43, Hall radioed Base Camp and said he was on the South Summit (8,749 m or 28,704 ft). He reported that Harris had reached the two men, but Hansen, who had been with him since the previous afternoon, was now "gone", and Harris was missing. Sarah Arnold-Hall and Jan still live in New Zealand. He found both alive, but barely responsive and severely frostbitten, and in no condition to move. Hall was not breathing bottled oxygen, because his regulator was too choked with ice. The Sherpas listed here were the climbing Sherpas hired by Rob Hall's Adventure Consultants.None of the clients on Hall's team had ever reached the summit of an Pete Schoening had decided, while still at Base Camp (5,380 m or 17,650 ft), not to make the final push to the summit. Krakauer discovered he was still conscious when the survivors in Camp IV prepared to evacuate. Boukreev located the climbers and brought Pittman, Fox, and Madsen to safety. Over the next two days, Weathers was ushered down to Camp II with the assistance of eight healthy climbers from various expeditions, and was evacuated by a daring, high-altitude helicopter rescue.

En 1996, les expéditions commerciales sur l’Everest en sont à leurs balbutiements.
Despite receiving oxygen and attempts to rewarm him, Weathers was practically abandoned again the next morning, 12 May, after a storm had collapsed his tent overnight, and the other survivors once again thought he had died. Hall met his future wife, physician Jan Arnold, during his Everest summit attempt in 1990.Hall grew up in New Zealand where he climbed extensively in the Adventure Consultants' 1996 Everest expedition consisted of eight clients and three guides (Hall, Mike Groom and Andy Harris). When fact-checking Everest, we learned that two more recent disasters on the mountain have taken more lives. Sarah Arnold-Hall. At 17:30 Adventure Consultants guide Andy Harris, carrying supplementary oxygen and water, began climbing alone from the South Summit (8,749 m or 28,704 ft) toward Hansen and Hall at the top of Hillary Step.Krakauer's account notes that by this time, the weather had deteriorated into a full-scale blizzard. He survived and eventually recovered, but lost his nose, right hand, half his right forearm, and all the fingers on his left hand to frostbite.The climbing sherpas located Fischer and Gau on 11 May, but Fischer's condition had deteriorated so much that they were only able to give The disaster was caused by a combination of events including: Yes. His body was found on 23 May by mountaineers from the Rob Hall, in full Robert Edwin Hall, (born January 14, 1961, Christchurch, New Zealand—died May 11, 1996, Mount Everest, Nepal), New Zealand mountaineering guide and entrepreneur who made five ascents of Earth’s highest peak, Mount Everest.He and other members of an expedition he was leading died in a blizzard near the summit of the mountain in 1996. Fischer, helped by Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa, was unable to descend below the Balcony (8,350 m or 27,400 ft) in the storm. He was exhausted from the ascent and becoming increasingly ill, possibly suffering from Boukreev recorded that he reached Camp IV by 17:00. Both men gave detailed written explanations as to why they preferred not to use oxygen but both carried a bottle on the summit day that could be used if it was needed in an emergency or extraordinary situation. Boukreev had prioritized Pittman, Fox, and Madsen (all of whom were from his Mountain Madness expedition) over Namba (from the Adventure Consultants expedition), who seemed close to death; he did not see Weathers (also from the Adventure Consultants expedition). Have there been worse Everest disasters in the years since 1996? Hall had brokered a deal with Outside for advertising space in exchange for a story about the growing popularity of commercial expeditions to Everest. A rescue team mobilized, hopeful of getting Weathers down the mountain alive. Adventure Consultants' 1996 Everest expedition consisted of eight clients and three guides (Hall, Mike Groom and Andy Harris). All ages are as of 1996. However, Kruse suffered from The previous day (9 May), Taiwanese team member Chen Yu-Nan had died following a fall on the Shortly after midnight on 10 May 1996, the Adventure Consultants expedition began a summit attempt from Camp IV, atop the The expeditions quickly encountered delays. "Snow pellets borne on 70 mph [110 km/h] winds stung my face. Later in the afternoon, he radioed to Base Camp, asking them to call his wife, Jan Arnold, on the satellite phone. Madsen and Fox remained on the mountain with the group, to shout for the rescuers. On 11 May, at 4:43 am, close to twelve hours after the blizzard had started, Hall radioed down and said that he was on the South Summit. During this last communication, he reassured her that he was reasonably comfortable and told her, "Sleep well my sweetheart. These deaths were not directly related to the storm or the events of the 10–11 May 1996 Everest disaster. Rob Hall’s body still lies along the South Summit.

",Several climbers became lost on the South Col. Mountain Madness members Beidleman (Guide), Klev Schoening, Fox, Madsen, Pittman, and Gammelgaard, along with Adventure Consultant members Mike Groom, Beck Weathers and Yasuko Namba wandered in the blizzard until midnight. The following is a list of climbers en route to the summit on 10 May 1996 via the South Col and Southeast Ridge, organized by expedition and role.