{"id":45213,"date":"2024-05-27T11:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=45213"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:50:08","slug":"everest-2024-sabotage-or-self-promotion-cut-ropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/27\/everest-2024-sabotage-or-self-promotion-cut-ropes\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2024: Sabotage or Self-Promotion – Cut Ropes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some operators’ drama never ends, especially on Everest. In a video<\/a> posted on Sunday, May 27, the founder of Elite Exped claimed the fixed ropes had been cut, preventing his team from going to the summit. Meanwhile, another team, Pioneer Adventures, reported using the ropes to summit.<\/p>\n

The leadership of Nepal’s climbing community had strong reactions, as reported by the Himalayan Times<\/a>. Damber Parajuli, President of the Expedition Operators Association Nepal, is quoted.<\/p>\n

“Nimral’ claims are baseless and it seems he chose this trick to garner people’s sympathy.\u00a0Nimral, who always wanted to be in the limelight for doing reckless things, had documented a video at the crampon point above Camp II, thinking he was the only team to head for the summit push yesterday. Fortunately, there were other climbers who exposed Nimral’ wrongdoings, letting the cat out of the bag,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went on to describe Pioneer’s summit:<\/p>\n

“Three climbers from Pioneer Adventure – Satyadeep Gupta from India, Pastemba Sherpa and Nima Ungdi Sherpa – made it to the summit of Everest at around 12:50 this morning. The climbers told us that the route and ropes are intact and no ropes were buried or cut down as claimed by Nimral.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nepal’s Department of Tourism (DoT) reacted uncharacteristic fast to launch an investigation<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Here are a few more summit reports as the season wraps up:<\/p>\n