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Mount Everest suffers traffic jams as climbers battle harsh weather - with beginners not helping
- In 2023, climbers faced severe traffic jams on Mount Everest as they battled harsh weather and challenging conditions on the highest peak in the Himalayas.
- The overcrowding resulted from Nepal issuing 478 permits in 2023, leading to 700 to 1,000 summit attempts despite the mountain's known risks and fatalities.
- Reporter Mike Tobin, who climbed Everest with a team, observed many climbers showed frostbite damage and struggled particularly in the death zone above 26,247 feet.
- Tobin highlighted that most accidents—around 90%—happen during the descent, stressing that the key to surviving the death zone is to move through it as quickly as possible.
- This season’s crowded and hazardous conditions suggest increasing risks for climbers, especially novices, potentially leading to more accidents and fatalities on Everest.
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Fox News’ Mike Tobin completes risky Everest climb and shares details of high-stakes summit
Fox News correspondent Mike Tobin completes his Mount Everest climb, sharing insights on summit conditions, death-zone challenges, and veteran suicide awareness efforts.
·New York, United States
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Mount Everest suffers traffic jams as climbers battle harsh weather - with beginners not helping
Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides have scaled the famous Nepalese mountain this month, struggling against harsh weather, ahead of the end of the climbing season.
·United Kingdom
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AP PHOTOS: Hundreds scale Mount Everest in a weather-hit climbing season
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world's highest mountain before the climbing season finishes at the end of May.
·United States
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