More than 50 climbers successfully summited Mount Everest on Friday, a Nepalese official said, amid concerns about overcrowding on the world’s highest peak after four deaths earlier this week. Multiple expeditions had set off late Thursday for the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) summit, taking advantage of a two-day weather window that was…
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