Seven Sherpas have reached the summit of Mount Everest Friday. They reached the top of Mt Everest with the assignment of rope fixing for the climbers. So as this year’s climbing season considered started. The rope fixing eases the climbers with safety, reduce congestion, and offer greater flexibility for summit attempts.
Leeladhar Awasthi, director of the Department of Tourism, informed that they reached the summit at 5:00 pm while fixing the rope for this year’s climb.
According to the department, the Sherpas were deployed under the 8K Expedition, a private entity involved in mountaineering business have completed the rope-laying work.
The team was led by Ashok Lama includes Tshering Pemba Sherpa, Pem Nurbu Sherpa, Tashi Sherpa, Karma Gyalzen Sherpa, Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa and Pas Tenzi Sherpa.
“With the completion of the rope-laying work on the summit of Mount Everest, this year’s Everest climb has officially begun.””Now other climbers will also head towards the summit, depending on the weather conditions,” said Director Awasthi.
So far this season, the Department of Tourism has issued permits to 456 foreign climbers, making it the second-highest number in Everest’s climbing history, following the 479 permits issued in 2023. “We may still see a slight increase in this number, as some applications are delayed due to technical issues with their agencies,” said Gautam.
The Everest climbing season typically ends by late May, before the onset of the summer monsoon, which brings dangerous weather conditions and effectively shuts down summit attempts.
For this season, a total of 402 climbers from 53 countries have obtained permits to climb Mt Everest this spring season, according to the Department of Tourism. The total number includes 74 women climbers.
The authority at the department says that 41 expeditions have been granted permission to attempt the world’s tallest peak this year. In the same season last year, 414 climbers – 75 women and 339 men – from 41 expeditions had received permits.
The government has collected Rs 684 million in royalties from permits issued for climbing various peaks so far this season, a figure expected to rise as more climbers continue to arrive. To date, more than 8,000 domestic and international climbers have successfully scaled Everest, with record-breaking attempts continuing each year.
Moreover, a new draft law demands aspiring Mt Everest climber need to prove that he or she had successfully climber a mountain over 7,000 metres. Thus besides all other clauses, the aspiring climber has to fulfill the condition to get permission.
