Indian climbers get maximum permits to scale Mount Everest

Nearly 80 Indian climbers were allowed to scale Mount Everest this season, highest in a list of 381 international expeditioners permitted to climb world's highest peak, an official said on Friday, May 24.

Indian climbers topped list of Mount Everest aspirants this spring as 78 Indian nationals were granted permission to climb 8,848-meter peak from Nepalese side, Mira Acharya, Director Department of Tourism, told PTI.

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Americans came second with a  total of 75 climbers getting permission, Acharya said.

In past, Europeans outnumbered foreign climbers and very few Indians climbed mountains, she said.

Around 600 people, including international and Nepalese climbers, Sherpa mountain guides and porters have reached summit this season.

Nepal opened climbing route to world's highest peak on May 14, when a team of eight Sherpas successfully scaled Mount Everest, becoming first team to reach summit.

On May 24, largest number of climbers numbering over 200 heed towards Mount Everest.

next window to climb Everest is on May 27, she said, ding that re are around 100 climbers waiting to conquer peak on Monday, May 27.

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Eight Indian mountaineers have died during ir expedition to world's highest peak during this season. A total of 16 climbers have died on Mount Everest this season.

Hundreds of climbers flock each year to Nepal - home to several of world's highest mountains, to scale Himalayan peaks during spring season that begins around March and ends in June.

Nearly 6,000 climbers have scaled summit since Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing rgay first conquered Mount Everest in 1953.