Member summit count differs from the member records

The expedition's number of members who summited (SMTMEMBERS) differs from the number of its non-hired member records marked as summiting. Per the database guide, both exclude claimed (unrecognised) ascents and include disputed ones. Expeditions marked as claimed, and expeditions with no member records, are not checked.

An inconsistency between fields, not necessarily an error — the Himalayan Database is the authority.

In the 2026-07-10 release (Himal 2.75) (10)

Record Values
CHOY17301 (2017) — NW side SMTMEMBERS 29; member records summiting: 14
EVER18183 (2018) — N Col-NE Ridge SMTMEMBERS 11; member records summiting: 9
EVER22142 (2022) — N Col-NE Ridge SMTMEMBERS 13; member records summiting: 1
KABN94101 (1994) — SE Ridge from E SMTMEMBERS 16; member records summiting: 4
KABR94101 (1994) — S Ridge SMTMEMBERS 7; member records summiting: 4
KABS94101 (1994) — N Ridge from E SMTMEMBERS 27; member records summiting: 6
KWSR81101 (1981) — NE Face-E Smt SMTMEMBERS 3; member records summiting: 0
LOBE79101 (1979) — SE Ridge SMTMEMBERS 5; member records summiting: 1
MANA19326 (2019) — NE Face SMTMEMBERS 5; member records summiting: 4 new in this release
NREK03301 (2003) — W Ridge? SMTMEMBERS 10; member records summiting: 8

Over time