EVEREST BITES BACK

It was a good summit season on Everest 'til yesterday, with dozens of people summiting. Now it's chaos. People are dying, and searchers have gone missing. This is not some storm-driven event like the Into Thin Air debacle...it looks like there are just too many people on the mountain who are pushing too far past their limits. Memo to commercial guides and the permitting authorities: 63-year old women should not be attempting Everest.

Meanwhile, this guy (taking advantage of the trail broken by the 90 climbers who went before him) climbed from base camp to the summit in about the time you spend at the office in a day.