Mt Everest Is Overcrowded With Climbers So Nepal Has Banned Photos of Them
Mt Everest Is Overcrowded With Climbers So Nepal Has Banned Photos of Them The government can ban anyone found violating tourism rules from entering the country for up to five years or from mountaineering in Nepal for ten years. If there’s one picture of Mount Everest you remember, it is likely a viral image of a serpentine line of climbers waiting for their turn to reach the summit. But that may be the last of its kind after Nepal introduced earlier this month to prevent “filming, taking pictures or recording videos of things other than the expedition or mountaineering of the expedition team or team members.” The Picture is taken by Elia Saikaly The new rule is actually a clearer, reworded version of existing guidelines intended to protect the “security and reputation” of Nepal. But it goes further, just as the country gears up to welcome climbers again a year after the COVID-19 pandemic halted last year’s season.