Everest Traffic Jam Turned Deadly

On May 22, 2019, around 200 climbers crowded Mount Everest's summit route in the Himalayas after favorable weather drew numerous expeditions upward at once. Climbers waited for hours in freezing conditions above 8,000 meters (26,200 feet), a region known as the Death Zone. Local media linked the delays to at least three deaths.

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