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Nepal's Top Court Puts Cap On Number Of Everest Climbers
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed Friday, just as expeditions prepare for the spring climbing season.
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Nepal Grants Record Climbing Permits For Mount Everest
A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the "death zone" to the summit of the world's tallest peak.
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Nepal Stops All Mount Everest Expeditions Due To Coronavirus
Nepal on Friday suspended permits to climb Everest because of the coronavirus pandemic, closing off the world's biggest mountain a day after China halted access from its side.
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China Shuts Down Mount Everest Over Coronavirus Scare
China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world's highest peak.
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Nepal Bans Polish Climber Over Illegal Mount Everest Traverse
A Polish man has been banned from climbing any mountain in Nepal for 10 years after he made a rare traverse of Mount Everest last month without the correct permit, a Nepali official said on Thursday.
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Man Caught Trying To Climb Everest Without A Permit: 'I Was Treated Like A Murderer'
"I saw him alone near Base Camp so I approached him and he ran away," Gyanendra Shresth, a government liaison officer at the camp, told Agence France-Presse.
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Climber Ryan Sean Davy Attempts To Scale Mount Everest Without Permit. Fined $22,000
A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his passport confiscated and will be fined $22,000, an official said Monday.
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Nepal Extends Everest Permits For Climbers Put Off By Earthquakes
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of foreigners forced to abandon the Himalayas after last year's twin earthquakes, the government said today, to encourage them to return to the mountains.
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Earthquake-Hit Nepal Opens Everest for Autumn Season
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche at its base camp.
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Nepal Extends Everest Climbing Permits
Nepal said today it will allow hundreds of mountaineers forced to abandon Everest expeditions last year to use their $10,000 climbing permits until 2019, ending months of uncertainty.
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Nepal's Top Court Puts Cap On Number Of Everest Climbers
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed Friday, just as expeditions prepare for the spring climbing season.
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Nepal Grants Record Climbing Permits For Mount Everest
A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the "death zone" to the summit of the world's tallest peak.
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Nepal Stops All Mount Everest Expeditions Due To Coronavirus
Nepal on Friday suspended permits to climb Everest because of the coronavirus pandemic, closing off the world's biggest mountain a day after China halted access from its side.
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China Shuts Down Mount Everest Over Coronavirus Scare
China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world's highest peak.
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Nepal Bans Polish Climber Over Illegal Mount Everest Traverse
A Polish man has been banned from climbing any mountain in Nepal for 10 years after he made a rare traverse of Mount Everest last month without the correct permit, a Nepali official said on Thursday.
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Man Caught Trying To Climb Everest Without A Permit: 'I Was Treated Like A Murderer'
"I saw him alone near Base Camp so I approached him and he ran away," Gyanendra Shresth, a government liaison officer at the camp, told Agence France-Presse.
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Climber Ryan Sean Davy Attempts To Scale Mount Everest Without Permit. Fined $22,000
A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his passport confiscated and will be fined $22,000, an official said Monday.
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Nepal Extends Everest Permits For Climbers Put Off By Earthquakes
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of foreigners forced to abandon the Himalayas after last year's twin earthquakes, the government said today, to encourage them to return to the mountains.
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Earthquake-Hit Nepal Opens Everest for Autumn Season
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche at its base camp.
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Nepal Extends Everest Climbing Permits
Nepal said today it will allow hundreds of mountaineers forced to abandon Everest expeditions last year to use their $10,000 climbing permits until 2019, ending months of uncertainty.
