A record 274 climbers summited Mount Everest in a single day this week, raising fresh concerns about dangerous overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.
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"This is the highest number of climbers in a single day so far," Bhandari said, adding that the final summit total could rise even further as some climbers had not yet officially reported their successful ascents. Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to the summit of Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, Nepal, on May 18, 2026.
Climbers this year are ascending only from the Nepal side of Everest because China reportedly did not issue permits for expeditions Mount Everest is shown in Nepal. On Monday, seven people died at the base camp on Mount Yalung Ri, also in Nepal.
Mountaineering experts have long criticized Nepal for allowing large numbers of climbers on Everest, warning that overcrowding can create life-threatening bottlenecks high on the mountain in Everest’s deadly"death zone," whereMountaineers line up as they climb a slope during their ascent to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal on May 31, 2021.
"If teams carry enough oxygen it is not a big problem," expedition organizer Lukas Furtenbach of the Austria-based Furtenbach Adventures told the outlet. "We have mountains in the Alps like the Zugspitze where we have 4,000 persons on top per day. So 274 is actually not a big number, considering this mountain is 10 times bigger. "
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