>>6603942

Mount Everest death toll rises to 11 amid overcrowding concerns

Another mountaineer has died after summiting Mount Everest, bringing the death toll for the 2019 climbing season to 11 people.

American attorney Christopher John Kulish, 62, died on Monday after reaching the top of Everest on the Nepalese side of the mountain in the morning, Meera Acharya, the Director of Nepal's Tourism Department told CNN.

American lawyer Christopher Kulish died while climbing Mount Everest, making him the 11th death on the mountain in 2019.

While descending, he was strong and safely reached the South Col (situated at an altitude of around 7,900 meters, or 25,918 feet) late Monday evening before he suddenly passed away, she said.

In a statement, the family of the Colorado man said they were "heartbroken" at the news. "Chris, who turned 62 in April, went up with a very small group in nearly ideal weather after the crowds of last week had cleared Everest."

"He saw his last sunrise from the highest peak on Earth. At that instant, he became a member of the '7 Summit Club' having scaled the highest peak on each continent," the statement continued. His family said he died doing what he loved and that he is survived by his mother and younger siblings.

Also on Monday, an Austrian family confirmed the death of one of their relatives. Sixty-four-year-old Ernst Landgraf died on Thursday, hours after fulfilling his dream of scaling Everest, according to his obituary and funeral announcement placed by his family.

Landgraf lived for his family and climbing, and died fulfilling his dream, the obituary read in part. He is survived by his wife and children. His memorial service will be Wednesday in Ubelbach, Austria.

Mountaineers have suggested difficult weather conditions, a lack of experience and the growing commercialization of expeditions as contributing factors to the backlog.

British climber Robin Haynes Fisher was one of those who had warned of the dangers of overcrowding.

"With a single route to the summit, delays caused by overcrowding could prove fatal so I am hopeful my decision to go for the 25th will mean fewer people. Unless of course everyone else plays the same waiting game," he wrote in a captioned Instagram post on May 19.

He died after suffering from what appeared to be altitude sickness at 8,600 meters (28,215 feet), while returning from the summit on Saturday.

rest at link

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/asia/mount-everest-deaths-intl/index.html

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>>6604212

perhaps but this not uncommon there. In some cases it's moar money than brians. The crew that filmed the imax movie that was released in 1997/8 told some very interdasting story's when I met them at the premier of that movie in one of it's locations-not saying where because it will dox. Look it up on imdb. The drive to climb that and be successful is absolutely insane-and many lose life attempting. Problem is they oversell it and it ends up being a line of people at the different choke points. 30-50 people just sitting and waiting around to go a few hundred feet.

Would love to go to the base camp or near it and just look…no desire to climb it.

>>6604293

>>6604314

Money, money, money: behind the scenes at a euro note printing press

ROME (Reuters) - In secretive vaults in Rome, crisp 100 and 200 euro banknotes are rolling off the printing press.

The new notes with enhanced security features will offer better protection against forgeries, officials told Reuters, which was given rare access to see the Bank of Italy’s Banknote Printing Department at work.

The notes, named after the mythological princess Europa and released on Tuesday, have large value numerals in a bolder design and contrasting shades to make them easier to identify, European Central Bank (ECB) Banknotes Director Ton Roos said.

“If you hold the banknote up to the light and then on the left hand side you see the watermark with the portrait of … Europa and on the right hand side, on the top of the silver stripe, you have a portrait window, also with the portrait of Europa,” Roos said as he held up a new 100 euro note.

“When you look to the (bottom left) corner, you have a numeral that is green … when you tilt the note … you see a light line going up and down and inside the numeral you see little euro logos,” he said.

“We try always to develop very sophisticated security features because we want to stay far ahead of the counterfeiters,” he added.

The printing of the 100 and 200 euro notes completes the Europa series that has been gradually replacing the first set of euro notes first issued in 2002.

Roos said the ECB was printing about 2.3 billion 100 denomination banknotes but not all banknotes would be introduced immediately, as some would be kept in the central bank vault and sent to commercial banks when needed.

The 100 euro note is one of the most popular with 2.7 billion notes in circulation at the end of June 2018, accounting for 13% of all banknotes in circulation, according to the ECB.

10 euro notes account for 12%; the most popular is the 50 euro note making up 23% of all banknotes in circulation.

National central banks within the euro zone have jointly printed the currency’s banknotes since 2002, with each institution accountable for a proportion of the total annual production in one or several denominations.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ecb-banknotes/money-money-money-behind-the-scenes-at-a-euro-note-printing-press-idUSKCN1SY009

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>>6604416

Nearly 20, including school kids, injured after stabbing near Tokyo

KAWASAKI, Japan (Kyodo) – Nearly 20 people, including elementary school students, were injured after a stabbing incident Tuesday in Kawasaki next to Tokyo, the local fire department said.

The department was informed around 7:45 a.m. of the incident, which took place near Noborito Station in the city. It said at least one child and an adult show no vital signs.

A male suspect who appeared to be in his 40s or 50s has been detained, police said, adding two knives were found at the scene.

The man stabbed himself in the neck and is unconscious, according to the police.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190528/p2g/00m/0na/014000c

>>6604486

>some would be kept in the central bank vault and sent to commercial banks when needed.

"when needed"

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