Is Mount Everest getting crowded?
The HinduA photograph shared by Nirmal Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer, showing hundreds of mountaineers queuing up to summit Everest recently turned the world’s attention to the crowding at the peak. I passed over 80 people in that stretch.” A narrower ‘good weather window’, a record 381 permits issued by the Nepal government and the fact that every hiker had to be accompanied by a sherpa were some of the reasons for the traffic on Everest this year. Recalling the challenges, he says, “Apart from the mental weight of climbing a mountain, the fact that one is operating with much less oxygen in the blood, gear that slows you down and little sleep makes Everest hard to conquer.” He believes that his prior experiences of scaling mountains helped him conquer Everest. These small things play a significant role.” Inamdar’s quest to conquer Mount Everest goes back to 2013 when he heard a panel of mountaineers sharing their experiences of summitting Everest. I also tried basic and advanced rock climbing at the Guardian Giripremi Institute Of Mountaineering.” His first summit was in 2017 when he conquered Mount Stok Kangri which stands at 6,152 metres.
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