Kathmandu, April 24
A total of 1,009 mountaineers have received climbing permits to scale 23 mountains this spring season, accumulating over Rs 718 million in royalties to the Department of Tourism (DoT).
As many as 779 males and 230 female climbers are set to scale various mountains across the country this spring. Of the total royalties, over Rs 637 million was collected from issuing permits to Mt Sagarmatha alone.
As of today, the DoT had issued a record 454 permits for Mt Sagarmatha (8,848.86 metres); 95 for Mt Lhotse (8,516 metres); 54 for Mt Annapurna 1 (8,091 metres); 74 for Mt Amadablam (6,814 metres); 63 for Mt Nuptse (7,855) metres); 58 for Mt Makalu (8,463 metres); 42 for Mt Kanchenjunga (Main) (8,586 metres); 35 for Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 metres); 23 for Thorong Peak (6,144 metres); 15 for Mt Manaslu (8,163 metres); 16 for Himlung Himal (7,126 metres); 12 for Mt Pumori (7,138 metres); eight for Jarkya Peak (6,473 metres); seven for Khatung Khang (6,848 metres); six each for Pangri Goldumba (6,620 metres) and Thapa peak (6,012 metres); four each for Mt Ganchenpo (6,378 metres), and Kabru (7,318 metres), and two each for Surma-Sarovar North (6,523 metres), Peak 6 (6,758 metres) and Tengi Ragi Tau (6,938 metres).
Of the total climbers, 148 climbers are from the US, 113 from China, 90 from India, 45 from Nepal, 48 from Russia, 47 from Canada, 45 from France, 36 from Japan, 55 from the UK, 31 from Australia, 17 from Poland, 16 from South Korea, 21 from Germany, 19 from Switzerland, 15 from Mexico, 13 from Spain, 11 each from Austria and Ireland, 14 from Brazil, 10 from Ukraine, nine each from Singapore and Norway, eight from Romania, 12 from Netherlands, 11 from Iran, and seven from Czech Republic, among other countries.
Imagine Nepal Treks has been assigned to fix summit routes on Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse this season.
A version of this article appears in the print on April 25, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
