This time, the highest number of people reached the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, 274 people. The previous record was 223 people reaching the summit from the Nepali side on May 22, 2019.
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As of Friday, 783 people, including guides, have successfully climbed Mount Everest during this year's spring Everest climbing season. Climbing activities began on April 31. The spring climbing season will continue until June 15.
According to Rishi Bhandari, general secretary of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, the highest number of climbs during this period was on Wednesday. On that day alone, 274 people, including members of the climbing team and their guides, successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest. The association said that 187 people reached the summit on Thursday and 100 people reached the summit on Friday. This year's climbing season has also set various new records. The Department of Tourism had issued climbing permits to 495 people for Mount Everest alone. The department issues permits to Sherpas accompanying members of the climbing team without charging a salute fee. The climbing permits issued this time are the highest so far. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest was made in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. The department opened spring climbing permits from March 1, 2026. The department stated that permits had been issued to a total of 1,157 climbers for 30 mountains as of May 21. The government has collected more than Rs 1.24 billion in royalty revenue from this. Of this, Rs 1.7 billion was earned from Mount Everest alone, according to the department's data. This time, the number of people who lost their lives while climbing Mount Everest has reached 7. Of these, 5 died on Mount Everest and 2 on Mount Makalu. The deceased are 3 Nepalis and 4 foreigners. Among the foreigners, 2 are Indians, 1 is a citizen of the Czech Republic and 1 is an American.
Meanwhile, Kami Rita Sherpa, who has set a new record by climbing Mount Everest for the 32nd time, returned to Kathmandu on Friday. Similarly, Lakpa Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest for the 11th time among women, arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday. She was welcomed by Nepal Mountaineering Association President Fur Gyalje Sherpa and officials at Tribhuvan International Airport.
Similarly, photojournalist and climber Purnima Shrestha, who climbed Mount Everest for the sixth time this year, also returned to Kathmandu on Saturday.
She was welcomed by Nepal Mountaineering Association and its affiliated Satori Adventures operator and Mountaineering Operators Association General Secretary Rishi Bhandari at the domestic airport.
The climb from the southern face of Mount Everest this year has also created new history. This year, the previous record of 223 climbers reaching the summit from the Nepali side on May 22, 2019, was broken. At that time, 131 climbers reached the summit from the Tibetan side.
