EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 7 MIN
Has climbing Mount Everest become too commercialised and dangerous?
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Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest amid growing concerns about overcrowding, rising temperatures. Nepal has issued a record 494 permits for foreign climbers, with the number of people who reached the summit believed to be more than 900. Questions are growing over whether the world's highest mountain is becoming too dangerous, and too commercialised.Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest amid growing concerns about overcrowding, rising temperatures.Nepal has issued a record 494 permits for foreign climbers, with the number of people who reached the summit believed to be more than 900.Questions are growing over whether the world's highest mountain is becoming too dangerous, and too commercialised.
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Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest amid growing concerns about overcrowding, rising temperatures. Nepal has issued a record 494 permits for foreign climbers, with the number of people who reached the summit believed to be more than 900. Questions are growing over whether the world's highest mountain is becoming too dangerous, and too commercialised.Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest amid growing concerns about overcrowding, rising temperatures.Nepal has issued a record 494 permits for foreign climbers, with the number of people who reached the summit believed to be more than 900.Questions are growing over whether the world's highest mountain is becoming too dangerous, and too commercialised.
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Has climbing Mount Everest become too commercialised and dangerous?
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