3 more died up there yesterday. That's 7 for the WEEK. Nepal has issued 400 permits (at $11k each) for this season. There's a big traffic jam at 26k feet and people have to wait for hours in what's called the Death Zone. One of yesterday's casualties was stuck up there for 12 hrs and was exhausted in the thin air. Apparently, they get exhausted climbing up and they can't take the long waits in the thin air to get back down.
