Deaths of an Irish and a British climber on Mount Everest take number of people who died on mountain this week to eleven
Rizza Alee, an 18-year-old climber from India's Kashmir, said"massive traffic jams" up the mountain had made scaling the world's most sought after climb"a death race."
This file handout photo taken on May 22, 2019 and released by climber Nirmal Purja's Project Possible expedition shows heavy traffic of mountain climbers lining up to stand at the summit of Mount Everest. Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers and officials said on May 24, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world's highest peak to nine.
An Indian mountaineer who was forced to turn back before summiting Mount Everest said on Monday that the lack of trained guides and delays on the crowded route up the 8,850-metre summit were key factors in the spate of deaths on the mountain. Rizza Alee, an 18-year-old climber from India's Kashmir, said that the "massive traffic jams" up the mountain had made scaling the world's most sought after climb "a death race."Alee said he was distraught after he had to abort his climb to the summit from camp four, less than 1,000 metres from the top, because of a faulty oxygen regulator and that walking away from a life-long dream was the toughest decision of his life.
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