More climbers flock into Nepal for climb

by:Cathy

Thanks to ending long chaos caused by war and tending towards peace in Nepal, this spring, the number of mountaineering teams who want to challenge to climb Himalayas mountains has increased sharply.

Data from Nepalese culture, tourism and civil aviation departments shown on April 20, until now, 57 mountaineering teams have been permitted to climb some mountains of Himalayas range from slope in Nepal. Among them, 22 teams prepare to scale Mt. Qomolangma (also known as Mt. Everest).

However, only 53 mountaineering teams visited Nepal including 17 Mt. Qomolangma climb teams in 2006.

By the book, the period from March to June is the golden season for mountaineering in Nepal. After that, a few mountaineering teams climb up until it starts to snow in mountainous areas in Autumn.

Nepal is known as "Mountain King". Eight of 14 mountains with altitude over 8000 meters in the world can be won up from Nepal. Mountaineering is a relative "high consumption" activity. Thus, mountaineering becomes the most important source for achieving income.

During this first season, over 82,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal, up with 32 per cent year on year. Nearly 20 per cent of them went there for climbing mountains.

Each climber should deliver 25,000 USD tax for climbing from Nepal while 40,000 USD for two-member team and 70,000 USD for seven-member team.