Nepal Mulls Shifting Everest Base Camp Due To The Melting Of Glaciers And Unsafe Human Activity

The current location, the base camp is situated at an altitude of 5,364m., the new base camp will be바카라 웹사이트200m to 400m lower. According to , this new site is located at a lower altitude and has no year-round ice.

The glaciers are melting and thus causing destabilisation. Along with this, climbers can also see crevasses and cracks showing up at the base camp바카라 웹사이트everyone is asleep; the research points out. According to a , it has been estimated that the ice in the South Cole glacier located at an elevation of 8,020 metres is thinning at a rate of nearly two-meter바카라 웹사이트per year.

According to a , Taranath Adhikari, the director general of Nepal라이브 바카라 tourism department, said,"바카라 웹사이트We are now preparing for the relocation and we will soon begin consultation with all stakeholders. It is basically about adapting to the changes we are seeing at the base camp and it has become essential for the sustainability of the mountaineering business itself."바카라 웹사이트In order to facilitate and keep a tab on mountaineering in the Everest region, the Nepal government had made a committee which will decide. A decision is yet to be made but according to a , the Nepali officials may expect바카라 웹사이트the move바카라 웹사이트to happen by 2024.

Looking at the different sides of the same coin, a lot of other problems are바카라 웹사이트also highlighted.바카라 웹사이트With a new base camp located at a lower altitude, the length between the two base camps increases. Thus, making the journey longer.

Six decades ago, in 1954, India took the responsibility to measure the world's highest peak, Mt Everest. In December 2002, China and Nepal announced that Mt Everest was taller by 86 centimetres. Thus, settling the long dispute both neighbouring countries had.