Tops and Death statistics above 8 000 metres

The death statistics of climbing the Top-10 highest mountains in the world make you wonder how some can take the risk. In fact, in the last two years more climbers than ever have died on Mount Everest with and over 200 bodies it is like a cemetery above the level ground. 2012 stats below come from The Economist and Wikipedia. 5 656 tops Mount Everest - 223 dead 306 K2 - 81 dead 283 Kangchenjunga - 40 dead 461 Lhotse - 13 dead 361 Makalu - 31 dead 3 138 Cho Oyu - 44 dead 448 Dhaulagiri - 69 dead 661 Manaslu - 65 dead 335 Nanga Parbat - 68 dead 191 Annapurna - 61 dead