{"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
LIVE UPDATES:<\/strong> Labor leads the polls days out from election day<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n