The climber community of Nepal celebrates the 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest Vijay

The climber community of Nepal celebrated with a rally of climbers, guides and others on the conquest of the world’s highest mountain, which gathered for the international Everest day. The event on Thursday marked the 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest’s First Summit Climal on 29 May 1953 by New Zosender Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Guide Tenzing Norge. The Minister of Culture and Tourism of Nepal led the festival in the capital, Kathmandu, which included a walk around the city and a meeting in the old palace. “We are celebrating May 29 as International Sagarmatha (Everest) Day as the world needs to continue to recognize the achievement and contribution of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Northern,” said Ang Tisharing, who runs the Asian trekking in Kathmandu. The event was not only a celebration for the mountaineering community, but also a festival for Nepal and the world, Tisharing said, who has helped hundreds of customers to score the Himalayan peaks. Nepal has eight of the world’s highest peaks and every year hundreds of foreign climbers fly to the country in South Asia to deal with mountains. Mountaineers hire thousands of people in Nepal to help their climbers to take care of gears, cooking and usually spending weeks in the mountains. The government of Nepal collects money from climbers through permit fees. The end of May also marks the end of the popular spring mountaineering season, when climbers end their adventures and retreat from peaks before the monsoon season. Jiban Ghimir of Shangri-La Nepal Trek said, “This day is also celebrated to mark the end of the climbing season, where we gather climbers and the community.” According to the Nepal’s mountaineering department, 468 foreign climbers from 57 countries received permits to climb Everest by the end of May, as well as with an almost equal number of Nepali mountain guides. Many people were able to score the summit, but the authorities were still working to verify how many 8,849-meters (29,032-foot) came to the summit. The climbers should report to the department with evidence that they reached the summit and approved their waste before issuing the official certificate. Famous Sherpa Guide Kami Rita arrived at the Everest Summit for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking her record to climb the top of the famous mountain.