According to Gyanendra Shrestha, a DoT official, 17-year-old Matt Moniz, from Colorado, US, and Australian mountaineer Azer Alyssa Nicole, 19, are the youngest male and female climbers heading towards Mt Everest. Nepali climber Min Bahadur Sherchan, 83, and Japanese female mountaineer Eiko Funahashi, 76, are also heading towards Khumbu region to attempt to scale the highest peak. DoT has so far permitted 102 expeditions, including 42 for Mt Everest, generating royalty worth more than US$ 3.5 million.
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Source: Thehimalayantimes