OMG Nepal
Nepal has issued autumn climbing permits to 788 people from 70 countries across 31 peaks, according to Department of Tourism figures reported by Onlinekhabar/RSS on October 8. The climbers are organised into 91 teams.
Manaslu accounts for the largest share: 500 permit holders in 43 teams. That is close to two-thirds of the total number of climbers in the reported figures.
Manaslu dominates the revenue too
The mountain accounts for Rs225.86 million of the Rs247.21 million in reported royalties—about 91 percent. Its share of revenue is therefore even larger than its share of permit holders.
Other listed destinations include Dhaulagiri with 36 climbers, Himlung with 34 and Ama Dablam with 19. The overall total comprises 582 men and 206 women.
Permits describe plans, not summit results
These numbers measure authorisations issued for the season. They do not establish how many climbers have reached a summit, completed an expedition or remained on a mountain.
The figures show how strongly autumn expedition activity is concentrated on Manaslu. A later assessment of the season will need expedition outcomes alongside the permit and revenue totals.
From the OMG Nepal archive
Beyond the Summit: Nepal’s October Expedition to Read a Himalayan Glacier
Sources and further reading
Featured photo: Manaslu. File photograph; not a record of the current climbing season. Photo: Pratapgrg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for web.
