{"id":1496,"date":"2025-04-30T03:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:27:43","slug":"tougher-rules-for-mount-everest-climbers-aim-to-curb-death-zone-hold-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tougher-rules-for-mount-everest-climbers-aim-to-curb-death-zone-hold-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Tougher rules for Mount Everest climbers aim to curb 'death zone' hold-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

N\ufeffepal has announced planned new restrictions for climbers ascending Mount Everest aimed at improving safety and curbing overcrowding on the world's highest peak.<\/p>\n

A proposed law will limit permits only to climbers who have scaled at least one of the country's 7000-metre mountains, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

The Nepalese government has been criticised for allowing too many inexperienced climbers to attempt an ascent of the 8449-metre Everest in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n

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During some climbing seasons, this can cause lengthy queues of climbers in the "Death Zone," an area below the summit lacking enough natural oxygen for survival.<\/p>\n

Experts have pinned the high death toll of climbers tackling Everest on overcrowding\ufeff.<\/p>\n

Eight died last year, at least 12 climbers perished in 2023, and another five went missing when Nepal issued nearly 500 permits.\ufeff<\/p>\n

But despite the fatalities, the mountain still draws hundreds of climbers who are determined to reach its peak during the climbing season from March to May.<\/p>\n

They brave frigid temperatures of -34 degrees, life-threatening snowstorms and avalanches in their bid to climb to the Everest summit.<\/p>\n

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Under the draft law, a climber would only be granted a permit after providing authorities evidence of climbing at least one 7000-metre mountain in Nepal.<\/p>\n

It would also make it mandatory for mountain guides to be Nepalese citizens.<\/p>\n

The planned legislation \ufeffhas been lodged in the country's upper house of parliament, the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

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N\ufeffepal has announced planned new restrictions for climbers ascending Mount Everest aimed at improving safety and curbing overcrowding on the world's highest peak. A proposed law will limit permits only to climbers who have scaled at least one of the country's 7000-metre mountains, Reuters reports. The Nepalese government has been criticised for allowing too many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}