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在尼泊尔南部路线登顶人数创下纪录的时段内，两名印度登山者在珠穆朗玛峰上丧生，专家警告这座世界最高峰正面临过度拥挤问题。
“他们在高海拔下山时突发疾病。我们正在设法运回遗体，”先锋探险公司董事尼夫什·卡尔基对法新社表示。
他确认两名死者分别是5月20日登顶的桑迪普·阿尔尔，以及5月21日登顶的阿伦·库马尔·蒂瓦里。
尼泊尔拥有全球10座最高山峰中的8座，每年春季都会迎来数百名冒险者。
本珠峰季已有至少五名登山者丧生，包括这两名印度人和三名尼泊尔人。本月早些时候，一名美国人和一名捷克人在马卡鲁峰遇难。
本月早些时候第32次登顶珠峰创下纪录的尼泊尔登山家卡米·丽塔·夏尔巴于周五返回首都加德满都，期间表达了对部分登山者从业经验的担忧。
登山者发布的照片显示，大量人员沿着固定绳索攀爬，在冰冷、缺氧的高海拔区域排队等候。
“今年客户更多，所以比去年拥挤得多，”卡米·丽塔·夏尔巴从珠峰返回加德满都机场后对记者表示，“有关部门有必要管控登山人数。”
“他们应该只允许合格的登山者进山——必须设定人数上限，”他对法新社说道。
多项纪录被打破
据旅游部门官员透露，周四从尼泊尔一侧登顶这座海拔8849米（29032英尺）喜马拉雅山峰的登山者人数创下新纪录，初步统计为275人，最终数据有待确认。
珠峰可从尼泊尔和中国西藏北坡两条路线攀登，但中国当局今年已关闭北坡路线。
《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》记载的单日登顶珠峰最多人数为354人，出现在2019年5月。
尼泊尔旅游部门官员表示，最终登顶人数将在核实后统计，核实工作需要登山者所在探险公司和向导提供照片及声明。
周五成功登顶的登山者中包括英国向导肯顿·库尔，这是他第20次登顶珠峰，刷新了他本人保持的非尼泊尔籍登山者登顶次数最多的纪录。
登山人数众多再次引发了人们对珠峰过度拥挤的担忧——尤其是如果恶劣天气缩短登山窗口期的话。
自今年4月春季登山季开始以来，包括向导在内已有约600人登顶珠峰。
由于通往峰顶的关键路线上方悬挂着巨大的冰缝，今年的珠峰登山季开启时间较晚。
登山专家经常批评尼泊尔同时放行大量人员攀登珠峰，这会在部分路段造成危险的拥堵。为此尼泊尔已实施更严格的管控措施并提高了登山费用。
自1953年5月29日新西兰人埃德蒙·希拉里和夏尔巴向导丹增·诺尔盖首次登顶珠峰以来，已有数千人成功登顶该峰。
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2 Mount Everest climbers fall to their deaths as record-holder warns of overcrowding
May 22, 2026 / 7:25 AM EDT / CBS News
Two Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal’s southern route, as experts warn of overcrowding on the world’s highest peak.
“They fell ill while descending at high altitude. We are working out how to retrieve the bodies,” Nivesh Karki, director at Pioneer Adventures, told AFP.
He named them as Sandeep Are, who he said summited on May 20, and Arun Kumar Tiwari, who reached the peak on May 21.
Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring.
At least five climbers have died during this Everest season, including the two Indians and three Nepalis. A U.S. and a Czech climber died on Mount Makalu earlier this month.
Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to summit Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, May 18, 2026. Purnima Shrestha / REUTERS
Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, who scaled Everest for a record 32nd time earlier this month, returned to the capital Kathmandu on Friday, where he expressed concern about the experience of some climbers.
Pictures posted by climbers show a long line of people climbing up fixed ropes, queueing in the icy, low-oxygen high-altitude zones.
“It was very crowded this year compared to last year because there was more clients,” Kami Rita Sherpa told reporters at Kathmandu airport after flying back from the mountain. “There is a need for authorities to control this number.”
“They should let in only climbers of quality — there should be a limit,” he told AFP.
Records tumble
On Thursday, a record number of climbers reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) Himalayan peak from the Nepali side, according to tourism officials, who gave a preliminary total of 275 pending final confirmation.
The peak can be tackled from both Nepal and the northern face in Tibet, but Chinese authorities have closed the latter route this year.
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the highest number to climb Everest in a single day as 354, in May 2019.
Nepali tourism officials said the final number will be tallied after the climbs are verified, which require photographs and statements from the climber’s expedition company and guides.
Among the successful climbers on Friday was British guide Kenton Cool, who reached the top for the 20th time — extending his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Nepali.
The high number of climbers has rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain — especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.
Approximately 600 people — including guides — have summited Everest since the start of this year’s spring climbing season in April.
This year’s Everest climbing season began late because of the risk from a huge serac hanging over the key route to the summit.
Mountaineering experts often criticize Nepal for letting many people try to scale Everest at the same time, which can produce risky congestion at some points. As a result, Nepal has imposed tighter controls and higher fees.
Thousands of people have climbed the peak since it was first scaled on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.
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