Nepal issues record climbing permits Nepal issues record climbing permits IANS / Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 06:00 IST ► mountaineers KATHMANDU Nepali authorities have issued a record number of expedition-permits for Mt Qomolangma, defying expectations of reduced number of permit issuance compared to past years amid Covid-19 pandemic. The Himalayan country issued a record 394 permits for the Mt.Qomolangma, the world’s tallest peak by Friday, which broke the earlier record of 381 permits issued in 2019, according to the Department of Tourism, which issues such permits, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. “We had not expected that such a large number of mountaineers would be cl imbing the Mt Qomolangma in the middle of the pandemic,”