Two climbers have died at the peak of Mount Everest after getting stuck in a queue during one of the busiest days ever recorded on the mountain.
Donald Lynn Cash and Anjali Kulkarni, both 55, collapsed after suffering from altitude sickness after reaching the summit on Wednesday.
They had both made it to the 29,029-foot (8,848m) peak, in the so-called death zone where there is not enough oxygen for the human body to survive for long.
The pair had been forced to wait in a queue with hundreds of other climbers who had all taken advantage of a clear weather window to make the ascent. Read more