(CNN) Two mountaineers have died on Mount Everest after crowds of people became stuck in a queue leading to the summit of the world's highest mountain. Indian climber Anjali Kulkarni, 55, died on her way back from climbing to the summit of Mount Everest Wednesday, her son Shantanu Kulkarni told CNN. This handout photo taken on May 22, 2019 and released by climber Nirmal Purja's Project Possible expedition shows heavy traffic of mountain climbers lining up to stand at the summit of Mount Everest. The summit of Mount Everest has an elevation of 8,848 meters (29,029 feet). The human body is also rapidly deteriorating at that altitude, meaning most people can only spend a matter of minutes at the top,without extra oxygen supplies, before it becomes intolerable.

Source: CNN May 24, 2019 04:07 UTC