Nepali Times
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Mountain highs


The Everest Golden Jubilee celebration earlier this year appears to have worked as far as promoting Nepal's mountain tourism is concerned. Forty-five teams have applied and received permits to climb peaks including Everest, Makalu, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Nuptse, Pumori and the Annapurnas in the ongoing autumn season. Around 18 teams are still waiting for permission. "Besides these teams, trekking agents have informally notified us that there could be a dozen more teams in our Himalaya this time," says mountaineering section chief Purna Bhakta Tandukar. "If they all come, we will have nearly 70 teams in total."

Most teams are headed toward Khumbu. A significant number are also going to Annapurna I, II, III and IV. Notably, four expeditions are headed to Himlung Himal in Manang. Although the government has stopped issuing seasonal expedition permission, climbers throng the Nepali Himalaya between August and November.


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(11 JAN 2013 - 17 JAN 2013)


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