It has been reported that around 464 climbers have been scheduled to climb Mt. Everest in the next four days. Opening after 2 years, this season Everest seems to be overcrowded with people. After the  devastating earthquake things have completely changed this year, the numbers have gone up with more people coming back to scale Everest. Surprising but its true, though many tourists and climbers died during last season’s devastating earthquake,  still the name and fame of Everest has not gone down. But 464 people in 4 days seems like over the top numbers, the Government of Nepal needs to seriously think about  these high numbers.
Royalty can be an effective revenue generation but every step that marks Everest leaves behind some form of climatic and carbon trace at Everest as well. We need to evaluate and think about the consequences of crowding people at Everest. It is not a joke that so many people are living and breathing in that ecosystem which is very fragile and delicate.
We have to think about the image and other impacts, Â its not just the people its their waste, their carbon foot print which makes a huge difference rather than the royalty that they pay.
