Until the end of may is the peak tourism season on the highest mountain in the world. The increasing mountaineering tourism has led this year to long queues, which can be life-threatening.
A recording of the Nepalese Nirmal Purja shows the queue of people on the rise
Within the past seven days, the ascent of Mount Everest ended for now ten climbers fatal. The Nepalese authorities confirmed on Saturday the death of a British who had previously scaled the 8848 metre-high summit. Shortly before that, another Briton and an Irishman were already on the highest mountain in the world died. More deaths have come from Nepal, India, Austria and the USA. In the past year there had been during the approximately month-long season, only five deaths.
Due to the difficult weather conditions, the top of the mountain can be climbed only during a few weeks in the spring. About ten days ago, the weather conditions were particularly favorable, in order to make the climb to the Summit. Apparently, the authorities of Nepal little to regulate the Numbers. Because they issue very many permits for the ascent, it came out, especially on Wednesday, a veritable traffic jam.
The range from 8000 meters up as so-called “death zone”. Photos of a long queue of people is waiting to the last meters. This week alone, eight climbers died on Mount Everest. Physicians see a correlation of deaths with the onslaught and the associated waiting times on the highest mountain peaks. Many of those Waiting to undergo severe frostbite and suffer from extreme exhaustion. Some mountaineers no longer have the strength or enough oxygen for the descent. For you the adventure of Mount Everest usually ends with death.
djo/rb (afp, dpa)