Viral Video: 'Traffic Jam' On Mt Everest As Hundreds Of Climbers Take Advantage Of Weather Window

Each year, hundreds of climbers strive to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. However, the limited windows of favourable weather and low winds create bottlenecks, resulting in long queues of climbers waiting their turn to ascend and descend the world's tallest peak. A video that recently went viral shows what these 'traffic jams' look like at 29,000 feet. Here's all you need to know.

How are these 'traffic jams' caused on Everest?

What traffic jams at 29,000 feet look like | Image: Instagram

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The newly viral video, although not the first of its kind, throws light on the harrowing conditions climbers face when scaling Mt Everest. The clip shared on May 20 shows mountaineer Rajan Dwivedi descending the world's tallest peak while capturing footage of other climbers making their way up.

Dwivedi explained: "Mt. Everest is not a joke and in fact, quite a serious climb esp. three sections 1) Khumbu Icefalls 2) C3 to C4 and 3) C4 to Summit during the entire night in the death zone in the frigid air! Approx 500 climbers, amateurs and inexperienced ones all over the world attempt it for its glory!"

"Probably 250-300 succeed. I believe so far ~7,000 have summited since 1st ascent in May 1953."

Who shared the video online?

Mountaineer Rajan Dwivedi shared the video online | Image: Instagram

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Dwivedi's warning included the types of injuries climbers end up with, and how everyone taking advantage of the weather conditions means there are other challenges that take its place. "Many end up with frost bites, snow blindness and various type of injuries that are not counted in any database. This video captured shows what we face on one rope line and negotiating interchanges during the traffic for upstream and downstream!" he explained.

"The main reason is weather window to avoid the fierce cruising jet streams that could be 100-240mph!! For me, coming down was a nightmare and exhausting while huge line of climbers were coming up to maximize on the weather window!!!"

Watch the video below

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