Right now a couple hundred or so climbers are attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest during a brief window of decent weather. Last weekend many climbers either reached the summit or turned around because of traffic jams at crucial points and because the weather deteriorated. Ten climbers also died on both the South Col route as well as on the Northeast Ridge.
...Source: http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/05/25/over-200-climber-corpses-are-on-mt-everest.htm
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