Nepal wants climbers back

kathmandu - Nepal has extended the sell off in 2015 from the mountaineers of the Himalaya peaks in the hope that they return. The two earthquakes which hit the country almost a year ago, the climbers stay away. On the flanks of Mount Everest climbers died then at least nineteen when the tremors of their stay was buried by chunks of ice.

As a result of the earthquakes was still on the mountain slopes. The government has announced Tuesday in the capital Kathmandu that the permits be extended free of charge in 2015. Nepal earns a pretty penny to mountain tourism. Just a climbing permit costs the equivalent of some 10 000 per person. Last year, eight hundred climbers undertook on their journey after the earthquakes.

The climbing season normally begins in March. This time, the number of new licenses issued still very small. What does not cooperate, the state of Nepal's infrastructure is after the disaster of April 2015. Many roads are bad and there is a shortage of supplies.