Nepal extends Everest climbing date as hundreds await turn 2 minutes read
Kathmandu, May 28 (EFE).- Nepal Friday extended the closing date for Everest climbers until June 3 due to bad weather that has forced hundreds of mountaineers to wait for their turn to reach the tallest peak.
The extension for the climb on the Khumbu Icefall route for climbers attempting the Everest peak is the first since 2005.
Director tourism Mira Acharya told EFE that the government allowed the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) to extend the closing date to facilitate climbers.
“There are many climbers who have completed their acclimatization and are waiting for good weather. We have decided to give them a chance as we deemed the weather to be favorable at the end of May.”
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