Since the 20th of this month, a large number of climbers have "scaled" Mount Qomolangma, and there are "congestion" scenes when they reach the "death zone" at an altitude of 8,000 meters. The death toll from this year's ascent has risen to 11. Why have so many people died? Climbers who have been to the summit of Mount Qomolangma say it is like a "race to the death".

Nepalese authorities confirmed on Tuesday that 62-year-old American Kouris died suddenly when he returned to the height of about 6,000 meters after successfully climbing Mount Qomolangma. He is the 11th climber to die on the mountain this year.

In the space of about a week, 11 climbers have died. According to Nepal, 381 climbers have been granted permission to climb Everest this year. One of the climbers said he abandoned the summit after suffering from a severe lack of oxygen due to the crowds and long wait.

Senior climbers who have reached the summit of Qomolangma said that in previous years, the window for climbing Qomolangma has about a week, but this year due to weather reasons, the best window for climbing is only two days. Therefore, all mountaineering teams hope to complete the "summit" within these two days. As a result, when the altitude is above 8,000 meters, there is a congestion situation, and the accumulated waiting time is more than three hours. At altitudes above 8,000 meters, the oxygen content is only 30% of that of flat land, which is called the "death zone".

Therefore, some climbers believe that limiting the number of climbers, checking the physical condition and qualification of climbers, etc., is essential.

However, the Nepalese side believes that the "excessive number of climbers" is not the cause of the death of the climbers, and it is likely that the altitude sickness caused the death of the disease, which is unpredictable.

Overwhelmed! Ten tons of garbage were cleared from the south slope of Mount Everest

Too many people climbed Mount Everest recently, the "death zone" at an altitude of eight kilometers was "crowded", and the top of the world was "full of garbage". Local time 27, the Nepalese government dispatched helicopters to deal with the garbage left by people on the south slope of Mount Qomolangma.

27, the Nepalese government dispatched military helicopters to clean up garbage at the base camp of Mount Qomolangma. The authorities said they were searching from base Camp, which is more than 5 kilometers above sea level, to Camp 4, which is nearly 8, 000 meters above sea level. They sent a team of 14 people and spent six weeks searching for empty cans, plastic and oxygen bottles, as well as climbing tools. Together, the trash weighed 10 tons. The Nepalese government says the waste has been taken to the town below the mountain and will be sent to the capital Kathmandu for recycling.

Nepal's long-term commitment to dealing with Everest's garbage

In fact, the Nepalese government and local organizations have long been working to deal with the garbage brought by climbers on Mount Everest. Since 2011, tons of trash have been regularly collected from the mountain. In 2014, the Nepalese government also set up a "garbage deposit" for climbers, which is refunded if they can carry 8kg of garbage off the mountain, or they will be fined if they fail to do so. Decades of mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into a "garbage dump", including useless tents, empty drink bottles and even excrement, AFP reported. In addition, more than 200 climbers have died on the mountain since records began in 1922, most of them buried under glaciers or snow. Due to global warming, the glaciers have retreated in recent years, revealing the bodies of those who were originally buried along with garbage.

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