As the world mountaineers head to the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, the icefall doctors today opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp I by placing ropes and ladders on the treacherous section of the Khumbu icefall.
To mitigate the rapid impact of climate change on the fragile Himalayan ecosystem, the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality has enacted Base Camp Management Procedure 2024 to manage human activities in the base camps located across the foothills of various mountains in the region, including Mt Everest.
As the spring climbing season is approaching, the icefall route construction team left for Everest Base Camp from the head office of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee at Namche Bazaar.
Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe. The camp, used by up to 1,500 people in the spring climbing season, is situated on the rapidly thinning Khumbu glacier.
The construction of this year's Everest climbing route has been completed up to 6,400 meters. According to Chhiring Sherpa, Chief Administrative Officer of the Everest Pollution Control Committee, a team of icefall doctors fixed the rope to the second camp at Khumbu Icefall, which is considered to be the most dangerous route.
A cabin crew from Himalaya Airlines is all set to head for the Khumbu region early next month to attempt to climb the world’s highest peak this climbing season.
The spring mountaineering season for Sagarmatha has been extended by three days.
Issuing a notice on Facebook, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee informed that it, in coordination with the Department of Tourism (DoT) and the Expedition Operator’s Association (EoA), had decided to extend the closing date for the Khumbu Icefall Route for this climbing season to June 3, Thursday.
