Articles tagged “everest”

How Nepal Can Address Overtourism on Mount Everest

Adam Minter, Bloomberg

Overcrowding at the peak of Everest has long been well documented. The current 2019 death toll of 11 climbers must jolt Nepal authorities into taking action and getting wiser about how to optimize an attraction without spoiling it. Here's how.

China Wants to Commercialize the Other Side of Mount Everest in Tibet

Adam Minter, Bloomberg

Purists won't like what China wants to do with the Tibetan side of Mount Everest as it seeks to build tourism and accessibility in a tradeoff against Everest's unspoiled beauty on the Nepalese side. China also hopes to create jobs and commercial opportunities in unruly and independence-seeking Tibet.

Mount Everest Opens for Climbers for First Time Since April Avalanche

Associated Press

The First Everest Ascent Since Fatal Avalanche Executed by Chinese Woman

Associated Press

Someone really wanted to say they climbed Everest this season.

Everest Unrest Shines Spotlight on Greed and Corruption Across Nepal’s Tourism Industry

John Chalmers and Gopal Sharma, Reuters

Modern Everest makes Vegas and Macau look like straight-forward and honest vacation destinations.

Everest Climbing Season Unofficially Cancelled in Nepal After Sherpas’ Deaths

Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press

The avalanche highlighted the disproportionate risk that Sherpas takes in helping tourists scale the mountain and many hope the incident and subsequent boycott will lead to improved working conditions and pay for the guides.

Everest hikers take risk flying into world’s most dangerous airport

Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press

The airport has claimed fewer deaths (~50) than Mount Everest (~240) making it the lesser of two risks, but the destination's precarious location provides few opportunities for increasing safety.

Nepal to introduce new safety measures for Everest aspirants

Asia News Network

It's not that climbing Everest isn't difficult, it's that it's become a victim of its own success to the point where it's the climbing equivalent of driving a Los Angeles freeway.

Where Mount Everest stands after sixty years of ascents

Ishwar Rauniyar and Jason Burke, The Guardian

The Nepali government used the event to announce coming standards for climbers after criticisms from well-known mountaineers decried the commercialization and overcrowding of the mountain.

The layman’s guide to hiking the Himalayas

Ed Douglas, The Guardian

True mountain climbers bemoan the proliferation of guided tours and housing on the Himalayans mountains, but local governments welcome the untrained high-spending tourists with open arms.

Tourism is ruining everything special about Mount Everest

Stephen Venables, The Daily Telegraph

Whether mass tourism at Everest is a blessing or curse depends on who you ask: The economic boost for the Kathmandu government and mountain guides comes at the cost of the mountain’s cleanliness and prestige.

Burdens of race and class shatter Sherpa peace on Everest

Ian Jack , The Guardian

Everest has become a business, and conflicts between porters and sometimes-insensitive climbers may be harder to overcome than nature's mountainous challenges.