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Multiple climbers have died on mt. everest amid reports of overcrowdi overcrowding, where climbers are stuck waiting for hours before they can summit the world's tallest mountain. cnn's alexandra field has more. >> reporter: for donald cash, it was the final frontier. the summit of mt. everest. the crowning achievement for the 55-year-old from utah who reached his highest goal, reaching the top of the highest mountain on every continent. but his few moments on top of the world's highest mountain would be his last. his crew said he died of high altitude sickness. >> he fell on the way down, bel...

Welcome back. this afternoon there are concerns that overcrowding on mt. everest may be to blame for at least two deaths. both climbers reached mt. everest's summit but died on their way down after getting stuck in a traffic jam of people who were waiting to summit the world's highest mountain. one climber's chilling photo shows the line of people waiting on an exposed ridge. he estimates there were 320 people in that line. officials for nepal's tourism department called suggestions that a traffic jam contributed to the deaths baseless. jim davidson has summitted mt. everest. he has 37 years o...