Mandy Moore posts from Mount Everest during deadly climbing season at mountain

Experts partly blame the 11 fatalities to overcrowding of adventure seekers.

Mandy Moore triumphantly posted about reaching the Mount Everest base camp.

Her lengthy Instagram post from earlier this week was one part Edmund Hillary romanticism, one part shill for a sports clothing company. It also contained a number of images of the “This Is Us” actress and her warmly dressed friends exulting in their accomplishment.

“There is so much magic in these mountains,” Moore began the post.

Yeah — and just as much danger.

Moore and Co. reached base camp about the same time that an 11th person died at the mountain during this climbing season. A report from CNN said that the high number of deaths can be partly attributed to the growing number of adventure-seekers like Moore who have created a logjam at the mountain. Many of them consider Everest as the ultimate conquest.

Les Stroud, host of the “Survivorman” show, told CNN: “I don’t want to be so fatalistic and say it was only a matter of time, but when you have an unchecked area that is aggressively dangerous to be in … you definitely end up with disaster, unfortunately.”

Higher death tolls have been recorded in past years, but they came were the result of avalanches and other natural disasters. This year’s 11 deaths, according to CNN, can be attributed to the combination of overcrowding, “difficult weather conditions, a lack of experience and the growing commercialization of expeditions.”

Which brings us back to Moore, who waxed poetic about her adventure.

“Spoiler alert: we made it!!!,” she said. “It’s impossible to be lucky enough to arrive at the foot of these mammoth peaks and not be attuned to the palpable energy of all of those who came before and lost their lives in these mountains. The wave of emotion: respect, reverence, appreciation….that washed over us as we took in the prayer flags and yellow domed tents of basecamp AND sat on the rocks regarding the chortens that dot the hillside of the Tukla Pass the day before, profoundly”

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There is so much magic in these mountains. They represent adventure in the grandest form and in a language all their own. The idea of standing at the base of the world's tallest peak with @eddiebauer, a brand that has been outfitting record-setting climbers since the beginning – from the first American ascent in 1963 (Jim Whittaker) to our guide @melissaarnot, the first American Woman to ascend and descend Everest without oxygen, is truly beyond my wildest imagination. Traversing this terrain has its challenges. Breathing at altitude, for instance, is not easy. One of the greatest gifts/lessons that Melissa simultaneously bestowed on us during this trek was the fine art of pressure breathing. It makes all the difference as you climb higher. It’s essentially a big inhale and a sharp, forceful exhale, like you’re blowing out a candle across the room, to open up your lungs, allowing you to use more oxygen, etc… Besides hydration and staying nourished, breathing is THE vital key in the fight against altitude sickness. It’s also a major takeaway that I will be employing back to the real world whether I’m in the midst of a tough workout or a weird day. Mind blown. So as we weaved around the Himalayas from 14,400ft-16,200ft-17,600ft: this particular technique was essential in propelling us forward. Needless to say, this part of the world holds a very special place in @melissaarnot’s heart so her willingness to share it, as well as her time, knowledge and endless trove of stories were so appreciated by all of us lucky enough to walk alongside her this past week. Her belief in our abilities to keep moving and ultimately make it to the base of the Mighty, Mighty Mt. Everest was so powerful. Spoiler alert: we made it!!! It’s impossible to be lucky enough to arrive at the foot of these mammoth peaks and not be attuned to the palpable energy of all of those who came before and lost their lives in these mountains. The wave of emotion: respect, reverence, appreciation….that washed over us as we took in the prayer flags and yellow domed tents of basecamp AND sat on the rocks regarding the chortens that dot the hillside of the Tukla Pass the day before, profoundly

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Nepal has issued a record number of 381 permits to foreigners to climb the mountain. Since they all need a Sherpa guide, hundreds of people could be climbing on the Nepalese side of the mountain at the same time.

Earlier this month, bad weather limited the number of days for climbing, and hundreds got stuck on their way up the 29,029-foot summit as they all tried to reach the peak’s highest point after the weather cleared.

“On May 22, after several days of bad weather, there was a small window of clear weather, when more than 200 mountaineers ascended Everest,” Danduraj Ghimire of Nepal’s Tourism Department told CNN. “The main cause of deaths on Everest has been high altitude sickness, which is what happened with most of the climbers who lost their lives this season as well.”

The thin air and the inexperienced climbers pushing themselves to the limit have proven to be a fatal combination.

“Even when using bottled oxygen, supplemental oxygen, there’s only a very few number of hours that we can actually survive up there before our bodies start to shut down,” one mountain guide said. “So that means if you get caught in a traffic jam above 26,000 feet … the consequences can be really severe.”

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