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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day

A long line of climbers ascends a snowy Mount Everest ridge above a heavily crevassed glacier
Climbers walking in a long queue towards the summit of Mount Everest on Monday. Photograph: Purnima Shrestha/Reuters

A record 274 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side in a single day after a spring season that started late because of the threat of ice fall on the normal tourist route.

The climbers took advantage of the clear weather on Wednesday, said Rishi Ram Bhandari, of the Expedition Operators Association Nepal.

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