On average five climbers die each year on the icy, narrow, oxygen-starved paths to the 8,848-metre peak of Everest
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Everest ‘traffic jam’ survivor calls for tougher rules
Ten people have died in little more than two weeks after poor weather cut the climbing window, leaving mountaineers waiting in long queues to the summit, risking exhaustion and running out of oxygen