CNN —Ahead of the 2024 Mount Everest season, Nepal has announced a new requirement that all climbers must rent and use tracking chips on their journey.
“Reputed companies were already using them but now it’s been mandatory for all climbers,” Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal’s department of tourism, told CNN.
Once the climber returns, the chip will be removed, given back to the government, and saved for the next person.
The majority of people who try to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) Mount Everest do so via Nepal, paying $11,000 apiece just for the climbing permit.
It can take as long as two months to complete the Mount Everest climb.
Persons:
” Rakesh Gurung, Gurung, Bigyan Koirala, Manveena Suri
Organizations:
CNN, Mount Everest, Sherpa, ” Department of Tourism, Reuters
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Nepal, “, Everest, Malaysian