“The challenges with more climbers on the mountain will be potential traffic jams on the climbing route, especially if the weather windows are few and far between,” said Garrett Madison of US-based Madison Mountaineering. So far, Nepal has handed out a record 463 permits to climb Everest between March and May, beating 2021’s 409. Overcrowding and high numbers of relatively inexperienced climbers were cited as main factors when nine people died high up on the 8,849m peak in May 2019 - during one of the deadliest seasons for years.Īnyone wanting to climb Everest by the end of May, when the weather is usually still favourable, should have obtained a Nepal government permit by the end of April. Kathmandu - A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the northern hemisphere spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the “death zone” to the summit of the world’s tallest peak.
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