There was just one thought going through Parth Upadhyay’s mind before starting out on his ascent to the Mount Everest on May 22. AdvertisingWhy was Mount Everest over-crowded? Usually, there is a 7-8 day good weather window every year due to which the crowd gets divided. Delhi’s Aditya Gupta summited Mount Everest on May 22 and was one of the hundreds of climbers who got stuck in the “death zone” of Everest. I felt and experienced that it is a bigger problem than the lack of experience in some climbers,” Gupta added.

Source: Indian Express June 12, 2019 04:29 UTC