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Officials supporting Everest climbers to be strapped with GPS device this spring

The use of technology is aimed at preventing fake summit claims and stopping liaison officers from pocketing money from climbers while staying home.Officials supporting Everest climbers to be strapped with GPS device this spring
A total of 6,507 mountaineers have climbed Everest from the Nepal side since Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and New Zealander Edmund Hillary first set foot atop the world's highest peak in May 1953. Shutterstock
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Sangam Prasain
Published at : February 3, 2021
Updated at : February 3, 2021 23:16
Kathmandu

Sangam Prasain

Sangam Prasain is Business Editor at The Kathmandu Post, covering tourism, agriculture, mountaineering, aviation, infrastructure and other economic affairs. He joined The Kathmandu Post in October 2009.


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