KATHMANDU, Nepal – Ua hoʻomaka ke kau heʻe mauna i ka makahiki 2011, a ua hele mua nā huakaʻi he 26 me 251 mau piʻi i ka mauna ʻo Everest (8,848m) no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.

E hoʻomaka ana ka piʻi maoli ʻana mai ka waena o Mei, a e hoʻolimalima ka poʻe mauna i ka manawa ma ka haʻahaʻa o ka Himalaya e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou iho.

Wahi a ka māhele ʻoihana o ka Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā palapala piʻi 704 i 83 mau huakaʻi no nā kiʻekiʻe like ʻole ma Himalaya e like me ka Pōʻalima.

I ka pūnāwai i hala aku nei, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 661 mau mea noi no nā ʻae piʻi me 347 mau mea piʻi i hiki i ka piko o ka 8,848 m kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ke kau piʻi ʻana i ka lā 25 o Mei.

"Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i nā noi, a e hoʻomau ʻia kēia manawa no ʻelua pule hou aʻe," wahi a LB Basnet, he luna ma ka māhele ʻoihana.

ʻO ke kau mauna pūnāwai e huki i ka heluna nui loa o ka poʻe piʻi mauna. ʻOhi ke aupuni ma mua o US $ 3.5 miliona i nā ʻauhau mauna i ka wā.

I kēia pūnāwai ua hōʻiliʻili ke aupuni i ka US $ 2.9 miliona mai loko mai o US $ 2.3 no Everest. ʻO ka mōʻī no ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua mai ka US$ 25,000 a i ka US$ 70,000 no kēlā me kēia huakaʻi ma muli o ka helu o nā lālā (ʻoi loa 15) a me ke ala.

I kēia pūnāwai, he 15 mau kānaka hana kīwila Nepali ke noi aku nei iā Everest e hoʻomaopopo i ka hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a hana i ke aʻo ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi mauna.

ʻO Apa Sherpa, ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia i ka epithet o Super Sherpa no kāna piʻi ʻana iā Everest 20 mau manawa, e hoʻāʻo hou i kēia pūnāwai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Apa ʻo kāna hana i kēia kau ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻōpala mai ke kuahiwi. Ua piʻi mua ʻo Apa iā Everest i ka makahiki 1989 a ua hana hou ʻo ia i ka hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

E kiʻi pū ana kekahi hui 20 o ka Indian Air Force i ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. ʻO ka huakaʻi he 11 mau luna wahine e hele pū ʻia me ke kauka a me ʻewalu mau aliʻi kāne i mākaukau mauna.

Wahi a nā helu helu aupuni, 3,128 ka poʻe piʻi i piʻi iā Everest mai ka wā i piʻi mua ai ʻo Edmund Hillary a me Tenzing Sherpa ma 1953. Ua wehe ke aupuni i nā piko 326 ma Nepal Himalaya no ka piʻi mauna. Wahi a ka mahele ʻoihana, ua loaʻa iā ia ka helu nui loa o nā noi e piʻi iā Everest mai US a ukali ʻia e India, UK, Iapana a me Australia.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

According to the industry division of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, it has issued 704 climbing permits to 83 expeditions for different peaks in the Himalaya as of Friday.
According to the industry division, it has received the largest number of applications to climb Everest from the US followed by India, the UK, Japan and Australia.
Last spring, there were more than 661 applicants for climbing permits with 347 climbers making it to the top of the 8,848 m peak before the climbing season ended on May 25.