As the return of cloud and frozen hurricane-force winds seal off Mount Everest for another year, questions are being asked about how to police the ...
KATHMANDU: As the return of cloud and frozen hurricane-force winds seal off Mount Everest for another year, questions are being asked about how to police the world's highest peak after the deadliest climbing season in years.
As most Everest hopefuls are escorted by at least one Nepali guide, the crowds caused bottlenecks on the path to the top - especially after bad weather cut the number of climbing days. Nirmal Purja, who climbed six 8,000m mountains in just 31 days this season, said the route to the summit should be fixed earlier to ease the traffic.But Ang Dorji Sherpa of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee - which oversees the opening of the lower part of the route - said the focus should be on limiting the number of climbers as weather dictates when ropes can be set.
Gyanendra Shrestha, a government liaison officer at the Everest base camp, said climbers are in too much of a rush when the window opens. There have been calls for the government to limit the number of Everest permits or set criteria to be allowed on the mountain. Then it was a major expedition, but Everest today can be conquered for as little as US$30,000, and few pay more than US$65,000."Finally, in the 'wrong' column are the operators who staff with less than qualified individuals, who lack the proper medical, mountaineering and client experience to respond properly in a crisis," said Alan Arnette, a mountaineering blogger.
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