The New York Times - MARCH 27, 2014
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DELHI — Struggling to cope with a crush of climbers and garbage on
Mount Everest, Nepal is also considering a proposal that would require
every foreign climber to hire a local guide to ascend the country’s
highest peaks.
The
intention is to increase local employment in an industry that is
increasingly reliant on foreign guides, officials said Thursday. The
policy could also help avoid the kind of on-mountain disputes that led
to a confrontation last year when three professional climbers from abroad told a group of Sherpas that they wanted to climb on their own.
Officials
from Nepal plan to present the proposal at a meeting of Himalayan
nations, including Pakistan, India and China, which is scheduled to be
held in Katmandu, Nepal’s capital, next month. Nepal hopes to persuade
its counterparts to adopt similar policies, which would require the
employment of local guides by climbers ascending any mountain higher
than 8,000 meters, or about 26,250 feet.
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