Talk:Mount Everest
Latest comment: 5 May by Rome in topic Lead claims '340 deaths as of May 2024' but the cited source's quote is 310 as of Nov 2022
Lead claims '340 deaths as of May 2024' but the cited source's quote is 310 as of Nov 2022
The lead's second paragraph asserts: "As of May 2024, 340 people have died on Everest." The cited source (climbernews.com, dated November 7, 2022) is included with an embedded quote in the Template:Tag tag itself, and that quote reads:
- "As of November 2022, 310 people have died while attempting to climb Mount Everest."
So the source the article points to does not — and cannot — support a "May 2024, 340" figure. It supports "November 2022, 310." Either the 340/May 2024 claim needs a newer source (the List of people who died climbing Mount Everest table itself, perhaps), or the lead should be rolled back to "as of November 2022, 310" until a fresher tally is cited. As it stands, the article asserts a 2024 figure that's only backed by a 2022 source whose own quoted figure is 30 lower. Rome (talk) 01:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)