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The trackers require no power to function and can be detected through around 20 metres of packed snow. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Climbers on Mount Everest will now be required to carry GPS trackers when attempting the summit, after 18 died in one of the deadliest years on record.

Nepal has ordered Everest mountaineers to carry mandatory trackers after one of the deadliest seasons last year -- and remove their excrement using compostable bags similar to those used for dog waste.

Eighteen climbers were killed last year, including at least five bodies unrecovered

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 ...

Shashwat Pant April 25, 2021 Comments Mira Acharya Nepal’s Department of Tourism on April 21 released a new directive which has set a climber quota to prevent crowds on Everest. The directive states that mountaineers, selected on the basis of their climbing permit numbers, would be allowed to make attempts at the summit during the first weather window. The decision was made as the numbers of permits for Everest is soon to reach 400. The directive comes at a time when there are reports of case...