Surge in number of mountaineers causes traffic jam at World's highest peak - Mount Everest, endangering trekkers' lives

Long winding queues of people awaiting ir turn to share a cab or rickshaw under hot, blistering sun, to reach offices is a common sight in India's many metropolitan cities. But it is rare to see people bundled in bright, fluffy sweaters, len with heavy backpacks, under welcoming warmth of sun waiting ir turn to reach sw-cl peak of world's highest mountain - Mt. Everest.

While many Indians thronged outside ir various favoured parties' offices awaiting results of Lok Sabha elections, a record number of Indians stood patiently awaiting ir turn, on precariously narrow cliffs of Mount Everest to reach its summit on May 23.

picture shared by AFP Editor-in-Chief for Asia Pacific, Giles Hewitt titled- ' world's highest queue' shows a long winding line of mountaineers dressed in sturdy winter clos carrying backpacks, wearing mountaineering gear waiting to reach summit. line which extends from summit to a long way down show people standing on steep cliffs which are covered sparsely with a layer of powdery white sw, under bright summer sun.

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  route was clogged as 250-300 people marched in a single-file, reportedly taking up to three hours to summit. This unprecedented crowd on peak was because this season also saw 80 Indians climbers scaling Mount Everest which h 381 listed mountaineers permitted to climb world's highest peak, according to PTI.

But sly, traffic jam caused on summit has reported in death of three Indian hikers - Anjali Kulkarni, Kalpana Das, and Nihal Bagwan due to exhaustion waiting on peak for almost 12 hours and being unable to descend successfully, as reported by AFP. death toll in this season's Mount Everest summit has totalled to 10, as of May 23.

traffic jam on Mount Everest has triggered a debate amongst experts as to dangers of se traffic jams created for climbers, who are often alrey exhausted and carrying heavy los while battling altitude sickness making m dizzy and nauseated.