KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6

The Department of Tourism (DoT) has collected more than Rs 93 million from issuing 1,441 climbing permits as of November-end.

A total of 176 teams comprising 1,110 male and 331 female climbers from 77 countries, including Nepal, havebeen granted permits to scale 49 mountains and peaks across the country.

According to the tourism department, a total of 455 permits have been issued to scale four mountains above 8,000 metres alone, including 404 permits for Mt Manaslu (8,163 metres), 12 for Mt Cho-O-You (8,201 metres), five for Mt Everest (8,848.86 metres), and 34 for Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 metres).

Likewise, 475 permits were issued for Mt Amadablam (6,814 metres), 141 for Mt Himlung (7,126 metres), while a number of permits were issued for other mountains and peaks, including Mt Sat Peak (6,220 metres), Mt Annapurna IV (7,525 metres), Mt Baruntse (7,129 metres), Mt Beden Powel Scout Peak (5,890 metres), Mt Bhrikuti Shail (6,364 metres), Mt Chandi Himal (6,096 metres), Mt Dhaulagiri II (7,751 metres), Mt Ganchenpo (6,378 metres), Mt Gyaji Khang (7,038 metres), Mt Mukot (6,087 metres), Mt Nuptse (7,855 metres), Mt Pumori (7,161 metres), Mt Pokhar Khang (6,348 metres), Mt Putha Hiunchuli (7,246 metres), Mt Saribung (6,234 metres), Mt Thapa Peak (6,012 metres) and Mt Thamserku (6,623 metres), Mt Thorong Peak (5,751 metres), among others.

According to DoT, the highest numbers of climbers this year were from the United States of America. As many as 145 climbers arrived from the US. Similarly, 132 climbers were from France, 130 from the United Kingdom, 85 from Germany, 84 from Spain, 49 from India, 58 from Switzerland, 44 from Italy, 62 from Russia, 50 from Poland, 45 from Australia, 30 from South Korea and 22 from China, among other countries.

Meanwhile, a total of 29 Nepali climbers also acquired permits for mountaineering purposes this year.

A version of this article appears in the print on December 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.