INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
SOLUKHUMBU, MARCH 21A team of eight icefall doctors has reached the base camp to pave
the route for mountaineers to the summit of Mount Everest
A team led by Angsarki Sherpa, an icefall doctor who has been active in route construction for a long time, has reached the base camp.
Kami Rita-led team to fix Everest, Lhotse routes
set to make historic Everest summit
The team left
Namche for the base camp on March 12 and will start work after paying homage at the Pangboche monastery and determining the auspicious hour
with the guidance of a Lama, said Vice-chairman of Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee Lama Kaji Sherpa.
Icefall doctors
carve out the route from the base camp to Camp II of Mount Everest using stairs and ropes.From the base camp, the world's highest Mount
Everest as well as Lhotse and Nuptse are climbed.Meanwhile, with the onset of the tourist season, foreign tourists have started coming to
Khumbu in the Everest region.The number of foreign tourists entering Khumbu region has been increasing following the onset of spring
According to Khumbu Pasanglamu Rural Municipality, more than 100 domestic and foreign tourists visit the Khumbu area daily.Due to the
coronavirus pandemic, tourist arrivals in Khumbu had been affected for a long time.A version of this article appears in the print on March
22, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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