Mukesh Akiyama Pandey, who is in the race to become the youngest Japanese climber to climb the world's highest snow peak, Mt. Everest, left for the Khumbu region on Wednesday. The government has set an age limit of 16 years for climbing. Earlier, Japan's Marin Minamiya climbed Mount Everest at the age of 19.
Mukesh is trying to break his record and set a new one. 16-year-old Mukesh, who participated in the SEE exam a few days ago from James School in Kathmandu, is at stake to break Minamia's world record in this year's spring mountain climbing season. Mukesh had earlier climbed Lobuche Peak of 6000 meters in Khumbu region.
Kathmandu's Seven Summit Treks has taken charge of Mukesh's Everest climb. The tourism department has given permission to two climbing teams to climb Mount Everest till Sunday. In which 8 women and 19 men are participating. Mukesh's father Mukti Pandey, who is of Gorkha origin, has been involved in the tourism business for 20 years. He is the treasurer of Nepal Mountaineering Association, the most complete alpine organization in Nepal. Mukesh's mother is a Japanese citizen.
Permission to climb 10 mountains
So far, the Department of Tourism has issued permission to climb 10 mountains. In which Lhotse, Everest, Makalu and Annapurna are the first 8 thousand high mountains. The remaining 6 are small mountains with a height of 7 thousand meters. In all of these, 148 people have received climbing permits till Sunday. According to Gyanu Rai, the official of the
department, the department has collected 65.6 million rupees from Salami Dastur. The department had started distributing permits for spring mountain climbing from mid-February. This sequence will last till mid-May.
On the other hand, due to bad weather and strong winds in the Khumbu region, the work of placing ladders and making roads by tying ropes has been affected in the Khumbu Icefall area, which extends from 5,000 meters to 6,000 meters. According to Aarti Neupane, head of the Mountaineering Division of the Tourism Department, on Tuesday they had to stop the work of making a route for climbing.
"While the activities at Everest base camp are increasing, climbers and helpers are facing challenging weather," Deputy Secretary Neupane said.
The department has warned the icefall doctors that it may be risky to proceed as there is a possibility of strong winds in that area . Nepal has issued climbing permits to around 50 mountains during the spring mountain climbing season.
