Milan Sedláček

{{Short description|Czech mountain climber (1961–2012)}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|10|01|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2012|05|20|1961|10|01}}

| death_place = Lhotse, Nepal

| nationality = Czech

}}

Milan Sedláček (1 October 1961 – 20 May 2012) was a Czech mountaineer. In 2002, he climbed his first eight-thousander, Shishapangma.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-22 |title=Horolezec Sedláček zemřel poté, co vystoupil na čtvrtou nejvyšší horu |url=https://www.idnes.cz/sport/ostatni/horolezec-sedlacek-zahynul-na-himalajske-osmitisicovce-lhoce.A120522_140806_sporty_par |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}} In 2005 and 2007 respectively he unsuccessfully tried to climb K2. In 2010, he tried to climb Lhotse but reached only {{convert|7,800|m|ft}}.{{Cite web |publisher=Česká televize|title=Zahynul člen expedice Lhotse 2012 Milan Sedláček |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/svet/1169709-zahynul-clen-expedice-lhotse-2012-milan-sedlacek |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=ČT24|language=cs}}{{Cite web |date=2012-05-22 |title=Horolezec Sedláček zahynul po výstupu na Lhotse|url=https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/zahranici/horolezec-sedlacek-zahynul-po-vystupu-na-lhotse/r~i:article:745894/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=Aktuálně.cz|language=cs}} Sedláček died on the descent of Lhotse in 2012,{{Cite web |title=Smrt v Himálajích: Horolezec Sedláček zahynul na osmitisícovce Lhoce|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/ostatni-ostatni-smrt-v-himalajich-horolezec-sedlacek-zahynul-na-osmitisicovce-lhoce-426881 |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=Sport.cz |date=22 May 2012 |language=cs}} and his body lay just a few meters below the summit for more than a decade. In 2024, Sedláček's body was recovered by a team of Sherpas cleaning Lhotse's peak.{{cite news |last1=Parajuli |first1=Rama |title=Everest: Bodies of fallen climbers finally recovered from 'death zone' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9r31g50xqdo |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=www.bbc.com |publisher=BBC |date=20 July 2024}}