Nepal It is set to make a law to approve permission to climb mounting Everest Only to those who previously reduced at least one maximum of 7000 meters in the country, denoting a large shift for a country depending on tourism in the middle of concern Overcrowding and ecological imbalance on the highest mountain in the world.
Integrated tourist account proposed in the Nepal’s upper house in 18. April is deserving of overcrowding, improving climist safety and mitigate environmental concerns in Everest, which faced Prefabricated issues such as pollution and dangerous bottlenecks.
Nepal, the Himalayan Country Home to the highest top in the world was criticized for excessively commercializing Everest by Issuance of permits for too much and sometimes inexperienced climbers.
Revenues from permits that cost £ 12,000 and other consumption of foreign climbers is the main source of income for a country that enjoys its unique feature of the eight highest mountains in the world.
More tourists on dangerous obnines meant more garbage, human waste and environmental damage to Everest. Rescue missions at extreme heights are extremely risky and expensive.
The proposed law will be discussed and is expected to be adopted in the National Assembly, where the ruling alliance has a majority needed for the transfer of laws.
Bill would require that climbers were submitted to the climbing of the climbing at least one top above 7000m in Nepal before he applies for Everest permission. This aims to ensure that climbers have an appropriate high height experience to address Everest challenges, reducing risks associated with inexperience.
Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29.031.7ft) altitude, which confirmed a joint survey from 2020. years Nepal and China, and the route includes deadly glacial trips, climbing ice climbing and fixed rope climbing parts. The club and ice pallets and hillary step are considered especially dangerous and are called death zones.
Head of local staff, named Sardar, and the mountain guide that accompanies climbers must also be Nepali citizens, under the new proposed law.
However, International Supemisitioned Operators have raised an objection to Nepal’s government only by giving climbers in 7000m tops from the country, not anywhere else in the world.
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The medical examinations of climbers will also be required. Plimberi will have to give a certificate from the medical institution of the approved government, issued in the last month.
Evert applicants should also be made in advance if they are trying to record, according to Catmanda calls.
The climbers will not allow their paid permits to others, and if their expedition is stopped due to unforeseen events such as disasters, war or circumstances beyond their control, the permit fee will not be returned for two years.
Mr. Furtenbach, currently a leading expedition in Everest, said that mountain guides from other countries must be allowed to work on Everest, because there are not enough qualified mountain guides Nepali.
“It is important that mountain guides have a qualification like IFMGA (International Federation of the Association of Mountain Guides), regardless of nationality in which nationality. We also welcome IFMGA guides in Europe,” Reuters said.
The climbing season in 2025 began in April, and Nepal had already issued 402 climbing permits. The number is expected to increase over 500 in the coming days with the main window to open the attempt at Summit in May.
Comes as Nepal announced a trip to a fee permit 36 percent, rising from 8.249 to 11,248 poundsMarking the first price for a campaign for the highest peak of the world in almost a decade.