True: The 2019 Mount Everest climbing season has eight Nepalese climbing guides.

By: Madhukar PB
May 13 2020

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True: The 2019 Mount Everest climbing season has eight Nepalese climbing guides.

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A press release by the Nepal Department of Tourism confirms that eight Nepalese climbing guides making it to the peak.

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A press release by the Nepal Department of Tourism confirms that eight Nepalese climbing guides making it to the peak. According to a press release issued by the Department of Tourism of Nepal, on 14 May 2019, eight Nepalese climbing guides made it to the Mount Everest peak. The official Everest climbing season had begun on 14 May 2019, with nearly 1,000 climbers receiving the permits to climb the mountain, including 378 paying climbers.

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