I discovered the Himalayan Database a few weeks ago and decided to create a few “whimsical” visualizations based on this dataset. In two previous articles I created a simple elevation plot for Everest expeditions and a plot showing the relative number of deaths for 5 Himalayan peaks. This time I wanted to explore expedition accident reports.
The dataset I’ll be using is a small CSV file with information on Himalayan expeditions, where each record/row represents one expedition in the Himalayas. Here are 5 sample records for expeditions in Annapurna II:
expid peakid year season host route1 route2 route3 route4 nation leaders sponsor success1 success2 success3 success4 ascent1 ascent2 ascent3 ascent4 claimed disputed countries approach bcdate smtdate smttime smtdays totdays termdate termreason termnote highpoint traverse ski parapente camps rope totmembers smtmembers mdeaths tothired smthired hdeaths nohired o2used o2none o2climb o2descent o2sleep o2medical o2taken o2unkwn othersmts campsites accidents achievment agency comrte stdrte primrte primmem primref primid chksum
0 ANN260101 ANN2 1960 1 1 NW Ridge-W Ridge NaN NaN NaN UK J. O. M. Roberts NaN True False False False 1st NaN NaN NaN False False India, Nepal Marshyangdi->Hongde->Sabje Khola 3/15/60 5/17/60 1530.0 63 0 - - 1 NaN 7937 False False False 6 0 10 2 0 9 1 0 False True False True False True False False False Climbed Annapurna IV (ANN4-601-01)…
