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RULES
EFFECTIVE FROM 1996 SPRING
- Moore
than one team may be permitted to climb Sagarmatha
(Mt. Everest) by each separate route in one season.
- A
royalty of US$ 50,000 has been fixed for Sagarmatha
for a team consisting of 7 members. The team may
include 5 more members provided if it pays extra
US$ 10,000 for each additional member would be granted
three months visas. Additional US$ 20,000 will have
to paid by the team willing to scale Sagarmahta
by normal South East Ridge route.
- In
all region including, Khumbu, an expedition team
can have up to 7 members for the minimum royalty,
and 5 more members for the additional royalty.
- The
team already permitted to scale Sagarmatha will
have to pay US$ 10,000 if it intends to change the
ascent route. Ii will have to pay additional US$
20,000 if it intends to change the ascent route
too normal South Ridge route.
- For
peaks other than Sagarmatha, the team will have
to pay additional 25% of the royalty in US$ Dollars
to change the ascent route.
- Expedition
tem must complete all necessary administrative formalities
and procedures in order to send back the garbage
of the expedition team to their respective countries,
after the completion of the expedition. Ministry
of Tourism & Civil Aviation will take necessary
monetary deposit from them, which will be refunded
after the dispatch of garbage from Nepal.
Schedule
2B
(RELATING TO SUB-RULE (1) OF RULE (5) ROYALTY
(IN US DOLLAR)
Classification of Peaks For the expedition including
For each additional members exceeding 7 up to 7 members
members in exp up to total of 12 members in a team
| Peak
above |
10,000 |
8000m |
1,500 |
| Peaks
of |
7501-8000
m |
4,000 |
500 |
| Peaks
of |
7001-7500
m |
3,000 |
400 |
| Peaks
of |
6501-7000
m |
2,000 |
300 |
| Peaks
below |
6501 |
1,500 |
200 |
EFFECTIVE
FROM 1992 AUTUMN
The ministry of tourism has fixed the price of the
deposit for the management of garbage's by each mountaineering
team who tries to climb any peak in Khumbu region
are as follows.
| Name
of the Peak |
Peak |
| Sagarmatha |
US$
4,000 or equivalent in convertible foreign currencies |
Other
Peaks above
8000 m |
US$
3,000 or equivalent in convertible foreign currencies |
All
peaks less than
8000 m |
US$
2,000 or equivalent in convertible foreign currencies |
THE
GARBAGES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES :
1. Disposable in the Khumbu Region which are incinerable
and biodegradable :
- Toilet
paper
- Cardboard
boxes and paper waste
- Bamboo
basket and mats
- cotton
and jute bags
- Spoiled
food
- Dead
bodies
2. Recycling
materials:
- Tins,
bottles jars and plastic containers
- Plastic
and foil bags and sheeting's
- Reusable
cooking gas cylinders
- Gas
Canisters
3. Re-exportable
goods
- Used
oxygen bottles
- Used
batteries
- Climbing
equipment's such as tents, personal gear etc.
Disposable goods should be brought down from the base
and be disposed in the presence of chairman or ward
member of the concerned village development committee.
Similarly, recycling materials should be brought back
to Kathmandu and handover to prescribed agency for
recycling. the re-exportable goods should be dispatched
for Nepal to their respective countries and take back
the deposited amount.
The liaison officer will be responsible to enforce
the above mentioned procedures. Similarly the leader
and the headman will be liable to perform the above
mentioned, task in cooperation with the liaison officer.
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