Nepal's mountaineering community marks 72 years since conquest of Everest summit

Published connected 29/05/2025 - 16:24 GMT+2•Updated 16:51

Nepal's mountaineering organization has celebrated nan conquest of nan world's highest upland pinch a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.

The arena marked the 72nd day of nan first acme climb of Mount Everest connected 29 May 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guideline Tenzing Norgay.

Nepal's curate for civilization and tourism led nan ceremony successful nan capital, Kathmandu, that included a locomotion astir nan metropolis and a gathering astatine nan aged palace.

"We are celebrating May 29 arsenic nan world Sagarmatha (Everest) time because nan world needs to proceed to recognise nan accomplishment and publication of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay," said Ang Tshering, who runs Kathmandu-based Asian Trekking.

The arena was not conscionable a ceremony for nan mountaineering organization but besides a show for Nepal and nan world, said Tshering, who has helped hundreds of clients scale the Himalayan peaks.

Nepal contains 8 of nan highest peaks successful nan world and each year hundreds of overseas climbers alert to nan state successful South Asia to tackle nan mountains.

The climbers prosecute thousands of group successful Nepal to assistance their climbs by carrying gear, cooking nutrient and mostly taking attraction of them arsenic they walk weeks successful nan mountains.

Nepal's authorities collects money from nan climbers done licence fees.

The extremity of May besides marks nan extremity of nan celebrated outpouring mountaineering season, erstwhile climbers decorativeness their adventures and retreat from nan peaks earlier nan monsoon play brings bad weather.

"This time is celebrated besides to people nan extremity of nan climbing play wherever we stitchery climbers and nan community," Jiban Ghimire of Shangri-La Nepal Trek said.

According to Nepal’s Department of Mountaineering, 468 overseas climbers from 57 countries received permits to climb Everest by nan extremity of May, on pinch a astir adjacent number of Nepalese upland guides.

Many were capable to standard nan peak, but officials were still moving to verify really galore reached nan 8,849-metre summit.

Climbers must study to nan section pinch impervious they reached nan acme and cleared their rubbish earlier they are issued nan charismatic certificate.

Famed Sherpa guideline Kami Rita reached nan Everest summit for nan 31st clip connected Tuesday, breaking his ain grounds for nan astir climbs to nan apical of nan world-famous mountain.