Editing Mount Everest (section)

===2017 season===
{{main|Mount Everest in 2017}}
2017 was the biggest season yet, permit-wise, yielding hundreds of summiters and a handful of deaths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/05/25/everest-2017-south-col-dead-body-report-wrong/ |title=Everest 2017: South Col Dead Body Report was Wrong |date=25 May 2017 |website=Alanarnette |access-date=23 October 2017 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927165359/https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/05/25/everest-2017-south-col-dead-body-report-wrong/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 27 May 2017, [[Kami Rita]] made his 21st climb to the summit with the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition, one of three people in the World along with [[Apa Sherpa]] and [[Phurba Tashi|Phurba Tashi Sherpa]] to make it to the summit of Mount Everest 21 times.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/kami-rita-sherpa-scales-mt-everest-21-times/ |title=Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mt Everest 21 times |newspaper=[[The Himalayan Times]] |access-date=27 May 2017 |date=27 May 2017 |first=Rajan |last=Pokhrel |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508131331/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/kami-rita-sherpa-scales-mt-everest-21-times/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepalese-sherpa-scales-everest-for-record-21-times/article18589634.ece |title=Nepalese Sherpa scales Everest for record 21 times |last=PTI |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 May 2017 |date=27 May 2017 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002729/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepalese-sherpa-scales-everest-for-record-21-times/article18589634.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The season had a tragic start with the death of [[Ueli Steck]] of Switzerland, who died from a fall during a warm-up climb.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/01/ueli-steck-famed-swiss-mountain-climber-dead-after-plunging-3280-feet-near-mt-everest/ |title=Ueli Steck, famed Swiss mountain climber, dead after plunging 3,280 feet near Mount Everest |first=Katie |last=Mettler |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=23 October 2017 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |archive-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026105041/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/01/ueli-steck-famed-swiss-mountain-climber-dead-after-plunging-3280-feet-near-mt-everest/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There was a continued discussion about the nature of possible changes to the [[Hillary Step]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-22/mount-everest-hillary-step-collapses/8546086 |title=Mount Everest's famed Hillary Step collapses |date=22 May 2017 |website=[[ABC Online]] |access-date=23 October 2017 |publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806161456/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-22/mount-everest-hillary-step-collapses/8546086 |url-status=live }}</ref> Total summiters for 2017 was tallied up to be 648.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk1"/> 449 summited via Nepal (from the South) and 120 from Chinese Tibet (North side).<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/first-climbers-of-2018-reach-mount-everest-summit/articleshow/64148121.cms |title=First climbers of 2018 reach Mount Everest summit |newspaper=[[Times of India]] |publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]] |author=AFP |author-link=American Free Press |date=13 May 2018 |access-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514185642/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//world/south-asia/first-climbers-of-2018-reach-mount-everest-summit/articleshow/64148121.cms |archive-date=14 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>