Fifteen deaths so far in current climbing season as 'traffic jams' develop near summitIt's been a busy week at the top of Everest with long queues of climbers trying to reach the summit. The deaths take to six the number of dead or missing climbers on Mount Everest in the past week. Nepal has issued permits to 379 climbers on Everest in the current season, which ends this month. Hiking officials say that between five and 10 climbers die on Mount Everest in an average climbing year. A total of 15 climbers have died or are missing on different Himalayan peaks in Nepal, seven of them Indians, since the start of the climbing season in March.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 08:48 UTC