Impressive people jamming on the Everest | More than …

Of Público.es

Everest experienced Wednesday one of the most unusual episodes in its history. More than 200 mountaineers managed to climb to the summit (8,848 meters), a milestone that broke the record of promotions the same day, but which in turn caused a traffic jam that generated long lines of several hours on a slope narrow of the slope. near the summit.

The representative of the Ministry of Tourism of Nepal, Gyanendra Shrestha, confirmed at the base camp that about 250 mountaineers left the terrain IV (7,900 meters) on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, of which more than 200 have managed to complete the ascent.

On a photo taken by one of the mountaineers, we can see the cap of people who was provoked in front of the big mbad of people sharing the same goal: to reach the highest peak of the world. An overcrowding which, given its height, was a danger for mountaineers who, for their survival, depended on a bottle of oxygen.

An event reminiscent of the one experienced in 2012 when 260 mountaineers, taking advantage of the good weather conditions, tried to conquer the summit and were hampered by the famous Hillary walk, last step before reaching the long-awaited summit .