Everest traffic jam: 11 die after poor weather cuts the climbing window

Eleven people have died in little more than two weeks after poor weather cut the climbing window, leaving mountaineers waiting in long queues to the summit, risking exhaustion and running out of oxygen.
This year's Everest toll is the highest since 2014-15 when huge earthquakes triggered devastating avalanches.
The crowding was laid bare in a photo taken last week by Nirmal Purja, a former Gurkha soldier, of a long queue of climbers snaking up to the summit.