Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to reduce the number of permits granted to climb Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks, a lawyer who filed the request told AFP.
“The court has ordered to limit the number of climbers” on the world’s highest mountain at 8,850 meters, Deepak Bikram Mishra said, as Nepal’s spring climbing season begins.
Nepal currently grants permits to those who want to climb Everest and are willing to pay $11,000. Last year 478 licenses were granted – a record number.
The admissibility of these mountainous areas “must be respected” and a maximum appropriate number of climbing permits must be set, the Supreme Court’s summary of the decision said, which did not provide figures on the matter.
The decision of Nepal’s Supreme Court was issued in late April, but the summary was made public this week.
Lawyer Deepak Bikram Misra explained to AFP that with this decision the Court responded to the concerns of the population in relation to the protection of nature in Nepal, which has eight of the ten highest peaks on the planet.
In addition to reducing the number of climbers, the court recommended taking “measures to manage waste and protect the environment” in the mountainous areas, the lawyer said.
Every spring, when the temperatures are milder and the winds generally less, Nepal welcomes hundreds of adventure seekers to its mountains.
A very large human “traffic jam” on Everest in 2019 forced the members of the expeditions to wait for hours on Everest in very cold temperatures. At least four of the 11 deaths recorded that year were due to overcrowding on the mountain.
“We are putting too much pressure on the mountain and we need to give it a little break,” said Deepak Bikram Mishra.
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