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How the roof of the world got gridlocked
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How the roof of the world got gridlocked

As luxury camps and professionally managed expeditions draw record numbers to Everest, delays and fatalities are becoming an accepted part of the climb

Mount Everest’s most revealing modern image is no longer the solitary climber above the clouds. It is the queue: dozens, sometimes hundreds, of climbers in bright down suits clipped to the same rope, waiting near the top of the world for a few seconds of private triumph on a mountain that has become increasingly public.

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