Tourism Minister discusses about alternative route of Sagarmatha climbing

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, pointed out the need to explore a safe alternative route to scale the world’s highest peak, Sagarmatha, with the conclusion that the existing route to the summit was getting riskier.

The discussion held in the Ministry on Friday concluded to explore alternatives to the existing traditional route from Khumbu Icefall to Camp 1, since it is quite complex and riskier for the climbers.

“Sagarmatha is the symbol of our national pride. Every year, thousands of foreigners and Nepali climbers come here to scale the summit. We should open up for secure, environment-friendly and sustainable solutions for their life-saving”, Minister Pandey noted in the discussion.

Also on the occasion, famous French mountaineer Mark Mari Batart and Nepali climber Sping Kaji Sherpa had presented comprehensive information about research, survey and photographic documents about the alternative route to highest peak.

Batart and Sherpa have been active in the campaign for exploring new route to the summit since 2018 AD.