^^^ That may have been true in the past (sticking to your turn around time) but now it sounds like these traffic jams on the mountain could screw you even if you keep to a schedule. It is starting to sound like it could be a real roll of dice on whether or not you make it down alive, and a lot of it could be due to a jam of people blocking your way down from an area like the Hillary step.
Even Krakauer mentioned having to wait something like 20 minutes at that section on his way down, due to a bunch of climbers still heading up. Imagine it now with even more people trying for the summit during these weather windows.
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