You Won’t Be Able To Climb Mount Everest Unless…; Nepal To Revise Law For Everest Summit Permit

Mount Everest is one of the most challenging if not the most challenging, summits across the world. As a result, one has to be quite experienced as a mountain climber in order to scale the Summit. After all, it’s filled with dangers that can even cost one’s life. And keeping this in mind, Nepal just announced that it is planning to pass a law that will issue Everest permits only to climbers who have experience of skiing at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7000 m peaks. Here’s all about this development.

Nepal To Introduce New Law For Everest Summit Permit

As revealed by Hindustan Times, Nepal has now announced that Everest permits will only be issued to climbers who have experience of scaling at least one of Nepal’s 7,000 m peaks. This means they must have scaled at least one of the Himalayan peaks of 20,965 feet in height. According to the draft of this new law, the aim is to reduce overcrowding and even improve the safety of the climbers.

At this point, it’s important to note that the nation is heavily reliant on climbing, tourism, and trekking for foreign exchange. As a result, they have faced criticism for permitting too many climbers. This also includes inexperienced folks who try to climb the mountain that stands tall at 8,849 m or 29,032 feet. As a result, this leads to a long queue of climbers who end up waiting for a long time in the death zone. This is an area which is below the summit and has insufficient natural oxygen for survival.

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This Law Aims To Reduce Deaths During The Summit

As it happens, overcrowding has also been blamed for the high number of deaths on the mountain. At least 12 climbers died and five had gone missing on the slopes of the Everest in 2023 alone. Nepal had issued 478 permits for the year. In fact, in 2024, eight climbers had died. Now, under this new proposal, the Everest permit will be given only after the climber provides sufficient evidence of climbing at least one 7000 m mountain in Nepal. In fact, the mountain guide who accompanies the climber must also be a Nepali citizen.

This draft law has been registered in the national assembly, which is the upper house of the Parliament. However, in international expedition operators have also urged Nepal to consider any 7,000 m peak and not just those in the Himalayan nation. After all, they say that it wouldn’t make any sense.

So, this law may just reduce the number of deaths of climbers when it comes into effect.

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