…no longer an exclusive club then get a load of this.
KATHMANDU (AFP) - More than 200 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest at the weekend, taking advantage of good weather conditions in the final days of the climbing season, a Nepalese official said Monday.
Dozens more are now in a race to conquer the world’s highest peak before the brief season comes to an end later this week, Tilak Pandey told AFP by telephone from Everest Base Camp.
“About 216 climbers have summited Everest over the weekend and at least 30 more are expected to climb tomorrow,” said Pandey, an official with the Nepal mountaineering department.
The figures do not include those climbing from the Tibet side of the mountain, the route chosen by American 13-year-old Jordan Romero, who on Saturday became the youngest person ever to climb Everest.