What is the mortality rate of Mt St. Elias?
Mt St. Elias is a mountain on the border of Canada and Alaska. I believe it has the fastest relief from sea level of any mountain in the world.
I've read somewhere that it has a higher mortality rate than Everest. That makes sense to me since Everest is so well traveled and there is the help of sherpa teams whilst climbing. Elias is very remote and if you fall or run out of food, there aren't people that can find you. I don't have a source for my very specific mortality rate of 'higher than everest' and I was wondering if anyone else did. :P
Thanks!
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Mt Elias isn't even in the top ten for number of deaths. It comes in in 24th place according to https://www.shughal.com/25-of-the-deadliest-mountains-in-the-world/ with Everest at number 1. This site takes into account the ratio of deaths to number of attempts, as well as total deaths.
For the top ten we have:
10 - The Eiger
09 - Annapurna
08 - Cerro Torre
07 - Mount Fitz Roy
06 - Mont Blanc
05 - Naga Parbat
04 - The Matterhorn
03 - Denali
02 - K2
01 - Everest
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