The government is going to adopt strict measures for Mt Everest
climbing aspirant from this spring – March, April and May – due to repeated breaches
of rules and guidelines while climbing the highest mountain of the world.
The government has also decided to set up an integrated office at
the Everest base camp to provide better service to the climbers, porters,
sherpas, sardars, high-altitude workers and cooks, according to Tourism
Ministry.
Last year, two European climbers and a group of rope-fixing
sherpas fought on the Mt Everest.
Earlier, Ueli Steck of Switzerland and Italian Simone Moro, along
with a British photographer, had a fight with a group of sherpas over climbing
rights.
Likewise, British climber Daniel Huges also last year broadcast
live footage from top of the Mt Everest via smart phone to BBC News, without
any permission from the government.
Taking clue from the past incidents, the government is also going
to verify climbers' experience, health and age before allowing them to climb
the world's highest peak besides setting up a dedicated liaison office at the
base camp for the first time.
The move aimed at climbers' safety will also help keep better
track of the climbers. The ministry is also mulling installing GPS facilities
in Khumbu region, where the Mt Everest is situated, to track the location of
trekkers and mountaineers. It is bringing new guideline for garbage management
as the region has ben littered by the climbers.
The proposed office will be
manned by police, liaison officials, doctors and representation from ministry
of tourism and conservation area. It will be equipped with satellite phone,
email, internet and mobile phone services.
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