Casper Mountaineer Abandons Everest Conquest Due To Mob Scene On Mountain, Many Deaths

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Mount Everest was such a mob scene, and so many people had died already that Wyoming mountaineer Dr. Joe McGinley of Casper told Cowboy State Daily he decided to turn back a few thousand feet from the summit.

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After searing tragedy, Everest's deadliest route is now off-limits. “The mountain has been deteriorating rapidly the past three years due global warming and the breakdown in the Khumbu Icefall is dramatic”