China Closes Climbing on Everest for Autumn Season
Climbing has officially been closed in China for the upcoming season of mountaineering from Tibet because of a series of problems including an illegal traverse.
China Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA) announced that Chinese authorities said there won’t be any climbing permits issued. They stated of Polish climber Janusz Adam Adamski’s Mount Everest traverse from Tibet to Nepal, “His action causes the industry related internal rules and regulations need to be adjusted and improved.”
Adamski had placed a Tibetan flag and photos of the Dalai Lama on the summit which led Chinese authorities to express concerns over malicious activities.
“In order to solve a series of problems in time, and provide a good condition to all of the expeditions in 2018, with the approval of the Sports Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region of China and China Mountaineering Association, the climbing permits will not be granted in autumn 2017,” the CTMA notice added.
The ban closes three of the 14 8,000-metre mountains, which will force many climbers to cancel their trips. Peaks such as Cho Oyu and Shishapangma.
Expedition companies will have over one hundred teams heading into this area between September and November. Adamski is banned from climbing in Nepal for 10 years.
Spanish climber Kilian Jornet climber Everest twice in one week and officials have not said if he had two permits or one.