‘Traffic Jam’ situation on Mount Everest

The world’s highest peak Mount Everest is in discussion these days. A new concern has arisen due to climbers who lost their lives in the quest to conquer this peak 8,848 meters high. So far this year, 10 people, including four Indians, have died. Mountaineers and experts believe that the number of people who have lost their lives due to an ever-growing crowd on Everest.

The rush of Everest is such that barely 15 to 20 mountaineers have place to stand in a place equivalent to two table tennis tables. People have to wait for their turn to move forward. Doctor Ed Doring, who returned from the Everest climb, is astonished. Doring, who lives in the US state of Arizona, said, “It was very scary. There were situations like zoo there. Every person was engaged in pushing each other for the sake of taking selfies. “He told that 15 to 20 people were on the small flat part of the peak. To reach there they had to be standing hours in line. All were adjacent to each other. Meanwhile, he had to cross the body of a female mountaineer, who had died some time before.”

Allegations against the government of Nepal

Alan Arnette, the famous climber of Everest, said, “You have to take the exam to become an Ironman. Conditions have to be completed to participate in the marathon. Then why should not there be any rule for climbing the highest peak in the world?” According to experts, even after several security related complaints, the Government of Nepal is increasing the number of climbers every year. A permit was issued to 381 people for the mountaineering season which started since March this year. He alleged that the Nepal Government is playing with the lives of people to earn money. Corruption is at the peak.

Government dismisses claims

The Nepal Government has refused to accept the crowd as the sole reason for climbers’ deaths. Director of the country’s tourism department, General Dandu Raj Ghimire said that many mountaineers have also lost their lives due to the lack of pressure, weather and high altitude. Sharing his condolences to the dead, Ghimire, director of the tourism department, said, “This time the mountaineering season was relatively small and 381 people had to climb. For this reason many times the situation of Jam on Everest was created. But death did not result from the increase of the crowd only.”