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KATHMANDU, May 21 – A record number of 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking \u200cofficial said, the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the Nepali side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 8,849-metre (29,032 feet) Everest straddles the border between Nepal and the Tibet region of China and can be climbed from both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expedition operators say there were no climbers on \u200bthe Tibetan side this year as Chinese authorities had not issued any permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rishi Bhandari, secretary general of the Expedition \u200bOperators Association of Nepal, said on Thursday that the previous highest number of ascents from the Nepali \u2060side was 223, on May 22, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The record for the most people to reach the Everest peak from both sides \u200bwas set on the next day \u2013 May 23, 2019 \u2013 when 354 climbers made it, according to Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the \u200bhighest number of climbers in a single day so far,\u201d Bhandari told Reuters, referring to the Nepali record, adding the number could rise as some climbers who had reached the summit might not have informed the base camp about their feat yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are no figures available from China \u200bon how many climbers reach the peak when the Tibetan side is open, but Bhandari said in the normal climbing season of \u200bApril and May, about 100 people head to Everest from that side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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