In less than two weeks, there have been at least 10 climbers killed on Mount Everest this month. So much enthusiasm for tourists to try out the highest mountain in the world so that the hiking trail of Mount Everest is jammed. This traffic jam makes many climbers have to wait in long queues, risking fatigue, cold, and also running out of oxygen. This season, Nepal issued a record 381 permits to climb Mount Everest.
Hundreds of people who are 'poorly trained' take risks and put their own lives in danger only with Sherpa's guidance. Density in the hiking trail is thought to be the cause of at least four deaths on the highest mountain in the world. Many climbers wait for hours in the "death zone", where the cold is quite bitter, lacking oxygen and the terrain is very dangerous. This year's Everest toll was the highest from 2014 to 2015, when a large earthquake triggered a massive avalanche.
Congestion on the Everest hiking trail and all its horrors is also perpetuated by the climber who is also an adventure filmmaker and documentary, Elia Saikaly.
Elia Saikaly posted on Instagram on Sunday (05/26/2019) when she had reached the summit of Everest and said "don't believe what she saw there".
"Death. Chaos. Corpses in the lane and in the tent. The people I tried to help finally died." "People were dragged down. Many climbers walked on corpses," Saikaly wrote.
In English-language caption.
In the English-language caption, Elia Saikaly tells of the gripping conditions at the world's highest peak.
"At sub-zero degrees temperatures and low oxygen in the atmosphere have almost killed him."
The whole body feels numb from hypoxia, which only thinks of life or death.
That is the translation of the caption quote written by Elia Saikaly when she was at the closest point of the world's highest peak.
Lost his life
"Morning light opens the door to the summit gate of Everest and in parallel (one by one) people lose their lives." "Here we all pursue dreams, and beneath our feet is a lifeless soul." "What made Everest like this?"
When I documented this condition, my mind churned and empathized with
everyone who struggled to stay alive while without questioning their own humanity, ethics, and
integrity.
"Is this the dream of climbing Everest that we imagine?" "At an altitude of almost 9 thousand meters above sea level, there is no choice but to continue." "Who is responsible here? Individuals? Companies? Government?"
"Is it time to enforce the new rules? Will everything change? What's the solution here?"
Placeholder text by Climbing Ipsum. Photographs by Blog Reading on The Commons.