Editing Mount Everest (section)

===Thefts and crime===
Some climbers have reported life-threatening thefts from supply caches. In May 2006, [[Vitor Negrete]], the first Brazilian to climb Everest without oxygen and part of David Sharp's party, died during his descent, and theft of gear and food from his high-altitude camp may have contributed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everest fatality silence mystery solved: British David Sharp left to die by 40 climbers|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=2092|website=Explorersweb.com|access-date=18 April 2014|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216235000/https://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=2092|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brazilian Vitor Negrete lost on Everest after a no O2 summit|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=2069|website=Explorersweb.com|access-date=18 April 2014|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128083956/https://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=2069|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to theft, Michael Kodas describes in his book, ''High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed'' (2008):<ref>{{cite book|author=Kodas, Michael|title=High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed |date=2008|publisher=Hyperion|isbn= 978-1-4013-0273-3}}</ref> unethical guides and Sherpas, [[Prostitution in Tibet|prostitution]] and gambling at the Tibet Base Camp, fraud related to the sale of oxygen bottles, and climbers collecting donations under the pretense of removing trash from the mountain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/2008/02/go-sell-it-on-the-mountain.html|title=Go Sell It on the Mountain|website=Mother Jones|date=1 February 2008|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-date=14 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114072152/http://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/2008/02/go-sell-it-on-the-mountain.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bristow|first=Michael|title=Everest base camp a 'wild-west town'|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6897591.stm|date=13 July 2007|access-date=31 March 2010|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513154218/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6897591.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Chinese side of Everest in Tibet was described as "out of control" in 2007 after one Canadian had all his gear stolen and was abandoned by his Sherpa.<ref name=stolen>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=15994|title=Manny Pizarro robbed and abandoned by Sherpa after summiting Everest – being helped down by DCXP's sirdar|website=Explorersweb.com|author=Chessell, Duncan|access-date=15 July 2015|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211200628/https://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=15994|url-status=live}}</ref> Another Sherpa helped the victim get off the mountain safely and gave him some spare gear. Other climbers have also reported missing oxygen bottles, which can be worth hundreds of dollars each. Hundreds of climbers pass by people's tents, making it hard to safeguard against theft.<ref name=stolen/> In the late 2010s, the reports of theft of oxygen bottles from camps became more common.<ref name="nationalgeographic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/everest/cory-richards-adrian-ballinger-climbers-mount-everest-unfiltered-expedition-2017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515222514/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/everest/cory-richards-adrian-ballinger-climbers-mount-everest-unfiltered-expedition-2017/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 May 2017|title=Two Climbers Return to Everest to Snapchat the Summit|date=14 April 2017|website=nationalgeographic.com|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>