China allows foreigners to climb Mount Everest from Tibet

Lần đầu tiên kể từ đại dịch, Trung Quốc cho phép các nhà leo núi nước ngoài chinh phục đỉnh Everest, từ Tây Tạng - Ảnh: TIBET TOUR — For the first time since the pandemic, China allows foreign climbers to conquer Mount Everest from Tibet

To reach the summit of Mount Everest, most explorers can choose to start from two main routes: Tibet in the north and the more popular Nepal in the south.

British mountain guide Adrian Ballinger is an eight-time Everest climber and a specialist in climbing Everest from the Tibetan route.

This year, Ballinger will lead a team of climbers for his Alpenglow Expeditions travel company.

According to CNN Travel, all tickets for the tour route related to the Everest peak area are distributed by the China Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA).

At the same time, China has not made any official announcement about ticket information that will be released.

According to Ballinger, the best way to get information from the Tibetan side is to follow the price list sent from CTMA periodically.

The list sent to applicants will include the costs of necessary climbing equipment, local guides, and transportation from Lhasa to the Everest base camp.

Foreigners with a Chinese tourist visa must apply for a supplementary visa for the Tibet Autonomous Region. This procedure can be facilitated by the CTMA.

CNN Travel estimates that up to 300 permits are issued each year to climbers without Chinese citizenship.

The time of year to conquer Mount Everest is not long, usually lasting from late April to mid-May.

Nepal and China in the competition to conquer the "roof" of the world

Today, most explorers only know the route to conquer Everest from Nepal, which means the area is always crowded and littered. However, in the past, the route from Tibet was more popular.

“Climbing from the Chinese side used to be more popular than climbing from the Nepalese side. During the period from 2000 to 2007, the Chinese side was the preferred route because it was safer,” explains guide Ballinger.

In 2008, China hosted the Summer Olympics in Beijing. This was also the year China closed the Everest route from Tibet, forcing many tourists to turn to Nepal, before reopening it for the first time in early 2024.

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