Record number of climbers summit Mount Everest from Nepali side despite overcrowding concerns

A record 274 climbers summited Mount Everest from the Nepali side in a single day, surpassing the previous record of 223 climbers set in 2019. Nepal has issued 494 permits this season at $15,000 each, while mountaineering experts warn that overcrowding creates dangerous bottlenecks in the mountain's deadly 'death zone.'