numerous climbers were high in altitude on everest during the storm, including the adventure consultants team led by rob hall and the mountain madness team led by scott fischer. while climbers died on both the north face and south col approaches, the events on the south face were more widely reported. four members of the adventure consultants expedition perished in the disaster, including hall, while fischer was the one casualty of the mountain madness expedition. three officers in the indo-tibetan border police also died in the storm.