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| Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit | Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit |
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| Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, taking the death toll to seven in a week - more than the total for the whole of last year. | Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, taking the death toll to seven in a week - more than the total for the whole of last year. |
| The three died of exhaustion while descending on Thursday. | The three died of exhaustion while descending on Thursday. |
| It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits. | It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits. |
| Nepal has issued 381 permits at $11,000 (£8,600) each for the spring climbing season at the world's highest peak. | |
| Two Indian climbers - Kalpana Das, 52, and Nihal Bagwan, 27 - died while scaling back down the mountain on Thursday. | Two Indian climbers - Kalpana Das, 52, and Nihal Bagwan, 27 - died while scaling back down the mountain on Thursday. |
| Local tour organiser Keshav Paudel told AFP news agency that Bagwan had been "stuck in the traffic for more than 12 hours and was exhausted". | Local tour organiser Keshav Paudel told AFP news agency that Bagwan had been "stuck in the traffic for more than 12 hours and was exhausted". |
| A 65-year-old Austrian climber died on the northern Tibet side of the mountain. | A 65-year-old Austrian climber died on the northern Tibet side of the mountain. |
| An Indian and an American lost their lives on the mountain on Wednesday, while an Irish professor, Séamus Lawless, is presumed dead after falling on 16 May. | An Indian and an American lost their lives on the mountain on Wednesday, while an Irish professor, Séamus Lawless, is presumed dead after falling on 16 May. |
| Five people are known to have died on Everest and one in Lhotse in the spring season last year. | Five people are known to have died on Everest and one in Lhotse in the spring season last year. |
| The number of people climbing Everest in 2019 could exceed last year's record of 807 people reaching the summit. | The number of people climbing Everest in 2019 could exceed last year's record of 807 people reaching the summit. |
| The rising numbers of people climbing - and dying - on Everest has led for calls for permits to be limited. | The rising numbers of people climbing - and dying - on Everest has led for calls for permits to be limited. |
| Ben Fogle, the adventurer and television presenter who climbed the mountain last year, called for "London Marathon style lottery for climbing permits" in a Twitter post. | Ben Fogle, the adventurer and television presenter who climbed the mountain last year, called for "London Marathon style lottery for climbing permits" in a Twitter post. |