Poo bags and GPS trackers: Nepal sets new rules for Everest climbers
The trackers require no power to function and can be detected through around 20 metres of packed snow. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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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 Control Committee (SPCC) to extend the closing date to facilitate climbers. “There are many climbe...