Tragedy in scramble to reach Everest’s peak

More than 50 climbers have scaled Mount Everest in a two day rush to the top of the world’s highest peak before the end of the climbing season.

Tragedy in scramble to reach Everest’s peak

More than 50 climbers have scaled Mount Everest in a two day rush to the top of the world’s highest peak before the end of the climbing season.

There was one reported fatality - a 56-year-old Austrian fell to his death when he was just 165 feet from the 29,035 summit.

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