Record number of climbers summit Mount Everest from Nepali side despite overcrowding concerns
A record 274 climbers summited Mount Everest in a single day this week, raising fresh concerns about dangerous overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.


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A record 274 climbers summited Mount Everest in a single day this week, raising fresh concerns about dangerous overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.

A record 274 climbers scaled the Nepal side of Mount Everest in a single day, officials said. They took advantage of clear weather.

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Local authorities are shutting down a hiking destination on Mount Everest in China's Tibet region after heavy snowfall

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff stranded by a weekend blizzard in a valley on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media say.

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Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said.

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