Thin Air + Long Lines

Outside Magazine's been sending regular updates from this season at Everest.  Poor weather and high popularity have proven to be a fatal mix.  Last weekend, some 300 climbers and guides attempted to take advantage of a break in the weather.  At least 4 people died, with a total count of 10 for this season thus far.  Conditions don't seem to be improving.  Too many green climbers are forcing their summit.  Stay tuned to Outside's coverage for continuing reports -

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/adventure-videos/climbing/Summit-Day-on-Everest.html

Say it with an icon

The Noun Project is crowd sourcing the heiroglyphics of contemporary times.  Icon graphics are developed by contributors and available to the common man for download as scalable vector graphics (meaning it won't lose resolution when scaled up) free of charge.  If pictures say 1000 words, icons can at least amount to a few.  Start speaking in pictographs here.