Mount Everest Overcrowding <br />Causes Lethal Conditions Officials have confirmed that<br />four mountaineers died this week<br />while climbing Mount Everest. Anjali Kulkarni, Kalpana Dash and Don Cash died<br />while descending the mountain and Nihal Bagwan<br />died at the balcony area before the summit. All of the climbers had been subjected<br />to a queue of over 200 people attempting<br />to reach the mountain’s peak. The queue stretched from the final base camp,<br />which sits at an elevation of 8,000 meters,<br />to the final 8,848 meter summit. The area is known as the “death zone” because<br />the lack of oxygen available makes it extremely<br />dangerous to stay for a prolonged amount of time. Danduraj Ghimire, director general of<br />Nepal’s tourism department, said the human<br />traffic jam was due to bad weather conditions. Danduraj Ghimire,<br />via ‘CNN’
