According to the Seven Summit Treks, the entire expedition team consisting of 27 Sherpas, 15 Bahrainis, and three nationals from the UK have reached the mountain summit at 8:50 AM on October 3, 2020.

Now, the team is set to reach Manaslu Base Camp on October 6, 2020.

After receiving their climbing permits on September 22, the team of ‘Bahrain Everest’ reached Nepal and quarantined in Kathmandu for a week before heading to Everest base camp and then to Lobuche.

The team also consists of famous Sherpas, including Mingma Sherpa, the record holder for becoming the South Asian to scale all 14 world’s highest mountains, and Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the youngest person to climb Everest without using supplementary oxygen.

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This is the first ascent of Nepal’s 2020 expedition season after the government closed Himalayan peaks for mountaineering activities due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After a hiatus of six months, the Nepali Government has resumed mountaineering activities in July and allowed the Department of Tourism to issue the climbing permits.

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Earlier, the government has imposed a nation-wide lockdown, closed borders, grounded international flights, and suspended tourism activities to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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The government has opened its Himalayan mountains including Mount Everest to climbers and has started issuing climbing permits for the 2020 Autumn Tourist Season. The autumn climbing season in Nepal runs from September to November.

“The cabinet meeting ten days ago decided to resume the mountaineering activities and the decision is being implemented from July 30,” said Meera Acharya, Director at Department of Tourism.

However, the government is yet to issue health protocols and modality of quarantine for the climbers, especially foreigners.

“The government needs to tell us what documents foreign nationals have to present for visa applications and to enter the country,” said Mingma Sherpa, one of the biggest mountaineering expedition operators in the country.

Even though the Nepali Government has reopened mountaineering, the nation has to wait for some time to see the foreign tourists’ influx as the international flights will resume only after August 17.

Among 1.2 million tourists that visit Nepal annually, the autumn season accounts for a third, with most coming for trekking.

In autumn, mountaineers prefer climbing Manaslu and Dhaulagiri and smaller peaks, as Mt. Everest is considered too risky to climb.

Mt Manaslu base Camp

The suspension of the popular 2020 Spring Climbing Season had incurred millions of dollars in losses for the Nepali tourism industry. Hundreds of foreign travelers and around 200,000 sherpas, guides and porters were several hit by it.

In 2019, Nepal issued a record 381 climbing permits for Mt. Everest costing USD 11,000 each.

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Nepali Finance Minister Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada informed that the Cabinet meeting on Monday took the decision to end the lockdown from Tuesday midnight.

Even though the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread in the country, the government has decided to resume tourist activities and long-haul transport services to revive the economy.

However, the government has decided that a few activities will still face a temporary ban, while some activities will be added to the ‘functional’ list.

Services to Resume Operations from July 30

• Hotels, Restaurants
• Tourism activities including Travel, Trekking, Mountaineering

Services to Resume Operations from August 17

• Short and long haul public transportation within and inter-district
• International and domestic commercial flights
• International sports (training and preliminary stage)
• Student admissions and examinations
• International borders

Services that Remain Closed Until Further Notice

• Educational institutions including schools, colleges, tuition centers, among others
• Conferences, seminars and training
• Recreation centers (cinema halls, party palaces, dance bars)
• All kinds of demonstrations, assemblies, gatherings
• All religious/social centers
• Salons, parlors
• Gyms, health clubs
• Group sports, sporting activities in grounds and stadiums
• Libraries, museums, zoos

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In a recent update on April 08, 2019, Nepal has announced that it is sending a team of government-appointed climbers for the project to remeasure the height of the world’s tallest peak.

Four government surveyors have already been scheduled to leave for the Everest peak on April 09, 2019.

Through this project, Nepal aims to answer persistent speculations that the ‘height of the Mount Everest has come down’ after the massive 2015 earthquake’.

“We are sending a team because there were questions regarding the height of Everest after the earthquake,” Susheel Dangol, the expedition’s coordinator from the Survey Department, said in a statement.

The four surveyors are stepping up for the project after a two-year-long detailed study on the methodology to remeasure the peak, which included collecting readings from the ground and getting trained on extreme conditions at the top of the world.

“It will not be easy to work in that terrain, but we are confident our mission will be successful,” says Khim Lal Gautam, the expedition’s leader and chief surveyor, who summited the Everest peak in 2011.

The height of Mount Everest has been a long debate because of the disagreement among geologists and mountaineers, among others over inclusion of snow atop the peak in the total measurement.

The current height of Mount Everest measures 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) as recorded by an Indian survey in 1954. This figure remained till date even though various other teams measured it later.

Height and Route to climb Mount Everest

PM Bids Farewell

PM Oli bid a farewell to the team embarking on official survey trip to the Mount Everest peak.

In a special program held in Kathmandu on April 10, 2019, Oli offered Tika and garlands to the expedition team, wishing them a grand success on their journey.

Oli was elated in saying that the survey is Nepal Government’s first-ever attempt to re-measure Everest’s height officially and results add to the government’s data treasure.

The team comprises of the Survey Department’s technical staff Khimlal Gautam, Rabin Karki, Suraj Singh Bhandari and Yuvaraj Dhital will remeasure the height of Mount Everest or Sagarmatha.

While, a team of Sherpa including Aangpasang Sherpa, Pemangima Sherpa, Chhiring Jangbu Sherpa, Keshab Poudel and Angbu Sherpa will be guiding the team in their expedition.

The Background

Following a long-standing debate on whether the 2015 earthquake in Nepal had affected the height of Mount Everest, Nepal launched a ‘national pride’ project in 2017 to remeasure the height of the Everest peak.

The Government of Nepal informed this in a statement on September 15, 2017.

“Nepal has never measured Everest on its own although the world’s highest peak lies in its territory. So, we want to prove to our people that Nepal is capable of measuring Everest,” says Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, Head of Nepali Government’s survey department.

Bhatta informed that a team of Nepali and foreign experts have already begun working on the methodology for implementation of the survey, which is expected to be a two-year process.

Under this process, a Sherpa team will be reaching the peak with necessary measuring equipment, either in April or October 2018, which is usually a favorable period on the peak, a release in 2017 informed.

Finally, the day has come on April 09, 2019!

Other important developments related to Mount Everest over the year period:

Special Fee for Foreign Tourists

A day after informing about the new project, the Government of Nepal on September 16, 2017, made another announcement for foreign tourists visiting Mount Everest.

According to Nima Dorjee Sherpa, the newly-elected Chairman of the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District, Nepali Constituent Assembly has passed a directive asking the Rural Municipality to levy a Rs 2,000 entry fee on every foreigner visiting the Khumbu region for Mount Everest.

This decision, to be effective from October 1, 2017, was part of its efforts to promote local tourism and decentralize revenue collection to the local bodies of the country, says Nima Dorjee.

The Nepali Government was also asked to restrict other agencies and NGOs such as Nepal Mountaineering Association, Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal and Nepal Tourism Board from collecting any entry fee from foreigners visiting the Khumbu region.

Online Health Services Launched

To address the health challenges that trekkers usually face on their travel across the Everest camp, a local service provider, Everest Link has launched online health services in the region.

Now, trekkers and mountaineers traveling across the Lukla-Everest Base Camp route can get free online medical services through Wi-Fi facility.

According to Tshering Gyaljen Sherpa, CEO of Everest Link, the services are being provided in collaboration with the two hospitals based in Khumbu and Kathmandu.

As per the official data, 100,000 tourists (35,000 foreigners) are allowed to scale the peak, annually.

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In an interesting update for Everest climbers, the Government of Nepal has recently honored two climbers who scaled Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen.

Italian Reinhold Messner and Austrian Peter Habeler climbed the Everest peak without carrying bottled oxygen. It was around 40 years ago that the duo performed this rare feat, which seems tough even for imagination considering the temperature levels during that period.

Since the first attempt in 1953, thousands of climbers summitted the Everest peak. But, climbing without supplementary oxygen has been a dream for many until the duo proved it.

Nepali Tourism Minister Adhikari lauded the climbers at a ceremony held in Kathmandu recently.

In his remarks, Messner said climbing the Everest peak has become a tourism activity than as an adventure.

“Today mountaineering is tourism. Mountaineering is where people are going without infrastructure, but on Everest there is huge infrastructure. The Sherpas prepare everything and clients pay to trek to the summit,” says Messner.

Messner has also been a strong critic over climbing Mount Everest and has also earlier suggested the Government of Nepal to relook into allowing more number of climbers onto Mount Everest for the wellness of the peak.

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Adventure Sports Asia Expo (ASEA) 2018 that was held during January 27-29, 2018 stood as a great platform for promoting Nepal’s potential as a global destination for adventure tourism.

“The three-day expo provided a platform for promotion of Nepal as the ultimate adventure destination, in getting in touch with adventure tour buyers and sellers in the region and in providing latest updates of Nepal’s adventure tourism segment,” said an official release.

ASEA 2018 saw the participation of seven firms representing from Nepali tourism industry and key officials of Nepal Tourism Board, Nepal Airlines and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter.

Nepal is well-known for adventurous sports such mountaineering, white water rafting, jungle safari, bungee jumping, paragliding, canyoning, zip flyer, Heli skiing, among others.

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The country has world’s famous trekking trails such as Annapurna Circuit Trekking, Everest Base Camp Trek, among various others.

The country also hosts various extreme adventurous and trekking sports such as mountaineering, mountain biking, rafting, high altitude marathon, paragliding, bungee jumping, among others. The Karnali River in Simikot is famous for kayaking sport and most of the upstream Nepali rivers enthuse with white-water rafting.

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Everest base camp trek is one of the best globally-renowned trekking adventures that offers a great opportunity to explore the Mount Everest region.

Event Date and Time:
Date: Nov 3, 2017

Organizer:
Magic Himalaya Treks

Location:
Paknajol Road, Thamel, Paknajol Chock, Kathmandu

Contact Info:
Paknajol Road, Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal
Post box no: 23648
Phone no: +977-014215008, +977-9849334818 (Nabin)
Email: NKbaniya@gmail.com,info@magichimalayatreks.com

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Now, foreign travelers touring Mount Everest and surrounding region will have to pay Rs 2,000/- per head as an entry fee.

Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality (RM) of Solukhumbu district made this effective from October 1, 2017 for every foreigner visiting the municipality.

With the latest decision, the municipality revoked its existing Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) card.

TIMS card, issued by Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), will no longer be valid, said the municipality in its public notice yesterday.

Meanwhile, TAAN, in its release, said, “In the meeting, the rural municipality had agreed to not levy any entrance fee for the time being and find an alternative within 45 days. We had agreed to find out an alternative after redefining the constitutional provision regarding fee to be levied on tourists.”

The municipality did not live up to its commitment of postponing the decision, TAAN added.

This decision by the municipality is coming after the RM executive committee meeting on July 9, 2017, wherein, the committee decided to ban the TIMS card system and raise tourist entry fee by itself owing to improper functioning of NTB and TAAN in carrying out tourism promotion works in the region despite collecting the fee.

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Fighting back the physical disability, a British Gurkha soldier Hari Budha Magar has set a new record on September 19, 2017, by reaching Nepal’s 6,476 meter-long Mera Peak, that too in the Autumn climbing season.

“Budha Magar, the resident of Rolpa District, has become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the country’s highest trekking peak in the autumn season,” read an official statement by the expedition organizer.

According to the organizer, this achievement of Budha Magar was part of his training aimed at attempting climb Mt Everest in Spring 2018.

“Life is all about adaptation,” Budha Magar said in response to his achievement. He further informed that all the five members who joined him in the expedition also reached the peak.

The United Kingdom and Nepal based Himalayan Ski & Treks, and US-based Myrmidon Expeditions supported this expedition organized by the Conquering Dreams Mera Peak Expedition.

The owner of Himalayan Ski Trek, Krishna Thapa Magar hailed Budha Magar for being the first double amputee above the knee who made it to the summit till date.

As per the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Mera peak is the highest peak permitted for trekking in Nepal.

According to Thapa Magar, Budha had to bear the majority of his expedition expenses as no corporate sponsors or donors came forward doubting his abilities.

Meanwhile, Lead climbing Sherpa Mingma David informed that Budha Magar would also be the first bilateral, above-knee amputee to attempt to Mt Everest for an expedition in Spring 2018.

Hari Budha Magar served in the British Army for 15 years and was later discharged from the rank of Corporal on medical grounds in 2014 after he suffered injuries while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, where he lost both the legs below the knees.

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