KATHMANDU: As of Friday, a total of 46 expedition teams have been granted mountain climbing permits for this spring, according to the Department of Tourism.
The government has collected over Rs 255.6 million through the permits.
The teams receiving the climbing permits comprise 193 members. Of the collected revenue, Rs 240 million is collected from the mountaineering teams climbing the Mount Everest. As many as 19 teams are attempting to scale the world’s highest peak this time.
According to the Department, aspiring climbers have started flocking the destinations. Four expeditions are attempting each for climbing the Kanchenjunga and Lhotse peaks and two are each for the Annapurna and Ama Dablam, Department’s mountaineering section’s Nayab Subba Rameshwor Niruala said.
Permits have been given to two groups each for climbing Makalu, Nuptse and Gyalzen peaks.
The government has presently opened 415 mountain peaks for climbing and there are still over 1,300 mountains suitable for climbing.
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