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Much safer now days. Better oxygen equipment and weather forecasting being main reasons.
"The Nepal Ministry of Tourism reported on 16 August 2018 that a total of 563 people summited during the spring of 2018 made up of 302 High Altitude Workers (aka Sherpas) and 261 foreigners (aka members) using the standard Southeast Ridge route in Nepal."
The official death count for 2018 was 6.
Edit; for some reason, the BBC report 807 people summiting in 2018. Wonder why the discrepancy?
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Is there still a 1 in 4 chance of dying when attempting to climb Everest, or has that statistic improved?