/old-categories/world en /node/1063461/nepal-mulling-ban-single-foreign-climbers-everest <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Agence France Presse</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2017-03-05 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> KATMANDU: Nepal is considering banning foreign climbers from scaling Mount Everest alone in a bid to reduce accidents on the world’s highest peak, an industry official said Thursday.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Solo climbers would be forced to take a local guide up the mountain amid concerns of safety, overcrowding and piles of rubbish on the “roof of the world,” the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said.</div> <div>  </div> <div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/everest.jpg" width="660" height="400" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Old Categories:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/old-categories/world">World</a></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:13:28 +0000 romulo 1063461 at