New rule for Mount Everest Permits in 2025
New rule for Climbing Mount Everest
If you are planning to ace the Everest summit, then you have to climb at least one 7000m peak before the Everest permit.
For climber safety and to reduce overcrowding on Mount Everest, Nepal passed a law that would make it a necessity for climbers to have reached 7,000 meters of another peak in Nepal prior to getting a permit to climb Mount Everest.
According to Article 1 of the Bill of Integrated Tourism states that the registration of the Bill in the National Assembly of Nepal was completed on April 18, 2025, and no one is allowed to climb Mount Everest without first ascending a mountain higher than 7000 m.
These new rules is created to the give awareness for inexperienced climbers creating unsafe situations on the highest peak in the world.
The proposed regulation is aimed at recognizing the increasing number of deaths and accidents at the Everest.
In the year 2023, Nepal granted 478 permits for climbing the mountain, from which at least 12 deaths and five missing ones occurred.
The overcrowding is one of the reasons for the accidents which occur in the “Death Zone” near the top of the mountain.
It is hoped that by requiring the individuals to have climbing experience in high altitudes (7000m) in Nepal before those climbing the mount can be a little secured, the death rate from the mountain will significantly decrease.
Key Provision Of The Law
Experience Requirement: The climbers are required to prove that they have successfully climbed at least one of the 7,000-meter peaks in Nepal or any peaks worldwide.
Guide Regulations: Trekking leaders and mountain guides should be of Nepali origin.
Ecology Fee: A waste deposit, refundable upon handing back to the waste control, remains the only choice as a guarantee of the promise to discard waste, which would be a maximum collection and further distribution outside.
Why Was This Law Introduced?
Nepal’s plan to limit climbing permits for all mountains above 7,000 meters to skilled climbers was carried out due to several important reasons:
To Improve Safety: It will help to reduce accidents by allowing only experienced climbers.
Control Overcrowding: It will reduce traffic jams and congestion on high-altitude routes.
Safeguard Environment: It will not let the earth to turn into one big dump cause it uses the most environmentally-friendly options and choose the items that have the lowest impact on the environment.
Reduce the Need for Rescues: It minimizes costly and risky rescue operations.
Protect the Public Image of Nepal: It will help Nepal to remain an international mountaineering destination in high-altitude routes.
Space Quality over Quantity: This helps to minimize costly and risky rescue operations.
You can ace these mountains before Everest (8848.86) Climb
This policy will apply to over 50 peaks in Nepal that rise above 7,000 meters, including:
Annapurna II, III, and IV(Above 7555m)
Baruntse(7129m)
Himlung Himal(7126m)
Nuptse(7861m)
Putha Hiunchuli(7134m)
Tilicho Peak(7134m)
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