More than 1,000 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest during the 2026 climbing season, making it the busiest season on record, Nepalese officials have said.
This year’s total surpassed 2019’s record of 877 successful summit climbs.
“We had such a successful season this year; it was the largest Everest season on record,” Nepal Tourism Office’s Khim Lal Gautam, who is stationed at Everest’s base camp, was quoted as saying by Outside magazine.
However, Himal Gautam, an official from Nepal’s tourism department, told AFP that even though more than a thousand climbers reached the summit this season, “the final...





