Unnerving videos have circulated, showing a snarl of climbers on the summit ridge even as fewer permits were issued this year. Eighteen climbers died in 2023.

Amid the tail end of the climbing season on Mount Everest, at least three people are believed to have died this week, according to officials and those close to the men. Cheruiyot Kirui, a senior relationship manager at African bank KCB Group (previously known as Kenya Commercial Bank), died during his trek on the mountain, his employer said.

Nepali authorities said Sunday it was not possible to search for a missing British climber and his guide on Mount Everest because they fell on the Chinese-controlled side of the mountain.

Romanian climber Gabriel Viorel Tabara, 48, was found dead in Camp III, 24,507 feet up the mountain, in his tent on May 20. Last week, Mongolian climbers Usukhjargal Tsedendamba, 53, and Purevsuren Lkhagvajav, 31, were found dead near Everest's summit, days after going missing.

Nepal's Phunjo Jhangmu Lama, who smashed the record for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman, said Sunday she is not chasing records but climbing for her country.

The girlfriend of a British climber and gym owner who is feared dead at the top of Mount Everest has received backlash after reaching $250,00 on GoFundMe.