‘It was like a zoo:’ Death on an unruly, overcrowded Everest | India News, The Indian Express

‘It was like a zoo:’ Death on an unruly, overcrowded Everest | India News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |New Delhi |Updated: May 27, 2019 6:35:19 pm

‘It was like a zoo:’ Death on an unruly, overcrowded Everest

Climbers were pushing and shoving to take selfies. The flat part of the summit, which he estimated at about the size of two Ping-Pong tables, was packed with 15 or 20 people.

A photo provided by Tendi Sherpa of Ed Dohring on the top of Mount Everest on May 23, 2019. (New York Times)

Written by Kai Schultz, Jeffrey Gettleman, Mujib Mashal and Bhadra Sharma