Deadly congestion claimed at least four lives
(NEWSER) - Mount Everest climbers, "disoriented, frostbitten, sick, and totally exhausted," struggled against 80mph winds on congested trails last weekend , writes friend Chris Tomer on the blog of American adventurer Jon Kedrowski, who helped to rescue four climbers in the mountain's "death zone." "A two-hour wait at one of the choke-points near the summit left climbers caught in these 80mph winds," Tomer writes. "Jon was ascending while other climbers from the previous day who had summited were descending through the choke-point after 18 hours or more on the mountain. Cut-off times were ignored and oxygen had run out." More»
