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Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs
Hundreds of climbers and guides are at base camp as route crews warn the serac could collapse at any time.
- On April 29, the Khumbu Icefall route opened after a two-week delay caused by a massive, unstable serac blocking the trail to Mount Everest's 29,000ft summit.
- China closed its northern route this year, forcing all climbers to attempt the ascent from Nepal, where the Icefall is currently more complex and exposed than last year.
- Renowned mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach, managing 40 international climbers and 90 Sherpas, warned, "The serac is a real, objective hazard," noting the route is more broken than last year.
- Expedition teams are reducing loads and strictly timing movements through the Icefall, while Kathmandu-based Asian Trekking's Ang Tshering Sherpa advised early morning travel is safer as afternoon temperatures increase ice-fall risk.
- Elite guides from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, known as "Icefall doctors," usually complete route preparations by mid-April, while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of devastating glacier melt in the Himalayan region.
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Mount Everest season opens late, and climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs
An unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail on Mount Everest, high travel costs and increased permit fees haven't deterred hundreds of climbers from attempting to scale the world's highest mountain.
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