Editing Mount Everest (section)

===Permits===
In 2014, Nepal issued 334 climbing permits, which were extended until 2019 due to the closure.<ref name="ekantipur1"/> In 2015, Nepal issued 357 permits, but the mountain was closed again because of the avalanche and earthquake, and these permits were given a two-year extension to 2017.<ref name="kathmandupost.ekantipur.com">{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-05-11/everest-expeditions-likely-to-be-delayed-by-bad-weather.html|title=Everest expeditions likely to be delayed by bad weather|website=ekantipur.com|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424053705/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-05-11/everest-expeditions-likely-to-be-delayed-by-bad-weather.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ekantipur1">{{cite web |author=Sangam Prasain |url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-02-20/everest-permits-to-be-extended.html |title=Kathmandu Post- Everest permits to be extended |publisher=Kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |access-date=17 June 2016 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919203745/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-02-20/everest-permits-to-be-extended.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clarify|date=June 2016}}

In 2017, a person who tried to climb Everest without the $11,000 permit was caught after he made it past the Khumbu icefall. He faced, among other penalties, a $22,000 fine and a possible four years in jail. In the end, he was allowed to return home but banned from mountaineering in Nepal for 10 years.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/world/asia/mount-everest-climber-arrested-permit.html Mt. Everest Beckoned, So He Climbed Without a Permit. Now He's Under Arrest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827015551/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/world/asia/mount-everest-climber-arrested-permit.html |date=27 August 2022 }} ''www.nytimes.com'' accessed 12 December 2020</ref>

The number of permits issued each year by Nepal is:<ref name="kathmandupost.ekantipur.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/climbers-did-not-die-due-to-congestion-on-mount-everest-says-nepal-2052554|title=Climbers Did Not Die Due To Congestion on Mount Everest, Says Nepal|work=NDTV|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-date=26 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826202811/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/climbers-did-not-die-due-to-congestion-on-mount-everest-says-nepal-2052554|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2008: 160
* 2009: 220
* 2010: 209
* 2011: 225
* 2012: 208
* 2013: 316
* 2014: 326 (extended for use through 2019)
* 2015: 356 (extended for use through 2017)
* 2016: 289
* 2017: 366 to 373
* 2018: 346
* 2019: 381
*2020: 0 (no permits issued during the pandemic)
*2021: 408 (current record)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Everest Climbing Season Was Like No Other|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_everest-climbing-season-was-no-other/6206664.html|access-date=30 October 2021|website=VOA|date=5 June 2021|language=en|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412051449/https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_everest-climbing-season-was-no-other/6206664.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ledur|first1=Júlia|last2=Galocha|first2=Artur|title=Covid reached Everest base camp. Now climbers are trying to prevent its spread amid a record season.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/mount-everest-basecamp-coronavirus-nepal/|access-date=30 October 2021|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412055902/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/mount-everest-basecamp-coronavirus-nepal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Chinese side in Tibet is also managed with permits for summiting Everest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2168681/everest-2017-new-routes-new-records-and-lots-climbers|title=Everest Will Be More Crowded Than Ever This Year|first=Devon|last=O'Neil|date=3 April 2017|website=outsideonline.com|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512105907/https://www.outsideonline.com/2168681/everest-2017-new-routes-new-records-and-lots-climbers|url-status=live}}</ref> They did not issue permits in 2008, due to the [[2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest|Olympic torch relay being taken to the summit of Mount Everest.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15nepal.html|title=Nepal Puts Everest Off Limits During China's Olympic Torch Relay in May|first=Somini|last=Sengupta|date=15 March 2008|access-date=23 October 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512190159/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15nepal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2020, the governments of China and Nepal cancelled all climbing permits for Mount Everest due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mount-everest-china-cancel-permit-12531116|title=China shuts down Everest over coronavirus|date=12 March 2020|access-date=13 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313050922/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mount-everest-china-cancel-permit-12531116|archive-date=13 March 2020|publisher=[[CNA (news channel)|CNA]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51866342|title=Mount Everest: Nepal's government shuts off mountain amid virus outbreak|date=13 March 2020|access-date=13 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313034815/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51866342|archive-date=13 March 2020|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> In April 2020, a group of Chinese mountaineers began an expedition from the Chinese side. The mountain remained closed on the Chinese side to all foreign climbers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khadka |first1=Navin |title=Coronavirus: Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid pandemic |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52157968 |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=BBC |date=3 April 2020 |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403223121/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52157968 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 May 2021, a separation line was announced by Chinese authorities to prevent the spread of coronavirus from climbers ascending Nepal's side.<ref>{{cite news|title=China to draw 'separation line' on peak of Mount Everest|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-china-to-draw-separation-line-on-peak-of-mount-everest-2/|access-date=10 May 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510123751/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-china-to-draw-separation-line-on-peak-of-mount-everest-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>