INDIAN CLIMBER DECRIES CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST

HEADLINE: INDIAN CLIMBER DECRIES CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST SUBHEADLINE: AMID MASSIVE TRAFFIC OF PEOPLE PUSHING THEMSELVES TO THE TOP Indian climber, Rizza Alee, who was forced to turn back before summiting Mount Everest on Monday has decried climbing the mountain saying that the lack of trained guides and delays on the crowded route up the 8 850-metre summit were key factors in the spate of deaths on the mountain. According to statistics, about 5 000 people have scaled the Everest summit so far and about 300 have died on its slopes. Eighteen-year-old Alee from Kashmir said that the "massive traffic jams" up the mountain had made scaling the world’s most sought after climb "a death race". INDIAN CLIMBER, RIZZA ALEE