Ominous Warnings and Record Crowds on Everest: Is Disaster Looming? + Duck Rescue Update and an Everest Wedding

The 2026 Mount Everest season has officially become a "pressure cooker." With a record 492 permits issued—amounting to over $7.3 million in fees alone—the South Side is bracing for unprecedented overcrowding. Following the deadliest year on record in 2023, experts are sounding the alarm: can the mountain handle this surge?

Plus, we have an exceptional update on the Eurasian wigeon named Pemba Tshering who was rescued from the Khumbu Icefall, as well as an Everest wedding!

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EVEREST SUMMIT: 
Matthew Kleinlein

CAMP FOUR:
Barbedwire 
Henriette Pi
Mike Nicholson
Tom McLeod
Geoff (mountain climber)
Ursula Dimberger
Noelle Dud13y

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