Death toll grows on world’s highest summit as climbers face challenging conditions
An experienced mountaineer has described the “death, carnage and chaos” at the top of Mount Everest as climbers pushed past bodies to reach the world’s highest summit.
The death toll on the mountain grew to 11 in the past day after an American doctor was killed while descending from the peak. It emerged also that an Australian climber was discovered unconscious but had survived after being transported downhill on the back of a yak.
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Written by Michael Safi in Delhi and Arun Budhathoki in Kathmandu
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/walking-over-bodies-mountaineers-describe-the-carnage-at-the-top-of-mount-everest under the title “‘Walking over bodies’: mountaineers describe carnage on Everest”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
