Three more deaths on overcrowded Everest

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KATHMANDU - Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on theNepal has issued a record 381 permits costing $11,000 each for this year's spring climbing season, triggering bottlenecks en route to the summit after poor weather cut down the number of climbing days.

"Two more Indian climbers have died on Everest yesterday," Mira Acharya, spokeswoman for Nepal's Tourism Department, told AFP, while expedition organisers confirmed the third fatality.Kalpana Das reached the summit but died on Thursday afternoon while descending, as a huge number of climbers queued near the top of Mount Everest."He was stuck in the traffic for more than 12 hours and was exhausted.

Wednesday saw an Indian and American climber die on the mountain. Last week, an Indian climber died andAng Tsering Sherpa, former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said that the weather window to summit this season was narrow, meaning that many teams were still waiting to go up. "Spending a long time above the death zone increases the risk of frostbite, altitude sickness and even death," he said.

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