The route to the summit of Mount Everest is jam packed with eager climbers frantically rushing to reach the world's highest point - even as several adventurers and their guides were killed or went missing this week. Shocking video shared to social media showed how a string of dozens of climbers snaked up the glacier in the high-altitude 'death zone' - so called because the air is so thin that most have to rely on supplementary oxygen to survive. The 'human traffic jam', captured on May 20, came as the mountain enjoyed a 'weather window' - a brief period of clear conditions in which successfully reaching the summit is a less perilous task.
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