DoT issues first climbing permit for spring this year

KATHMANDU: The Department of Tourism (DoT) has issued the first climbing permit for spring season, 2021.

A four-member team have been issued the permit and the team will scale Mt Nuptse (7,864 meters), as per the department.

A total of 414 peaks have been opened for mountaineering in Nepal. According to the department, 75 of them remain unclimbed.