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 More than 350 foreign climbers abandoned their attempts to reach the
summit after the avalanche buried part of Everest base camp, killing
18 people and destroying tents.
"No climbers have made any request for the extension of their
permits so far. If any request comes I am personally positive about
this," Tourism Minister Kripasur Sherpa told reporters.The minister
was speaking on the sidelines of a National Mount Everest Day
function in Kathmandu celebrating the day when New Zealander Sir
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of
the mountain in 1953.
A massive earthquake and aftershock struck Nepal on April 25 and May
12, killing more than 8,600 people and making hundreds of thousands
homeless.
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma. Editing by Andrew MacAskill and Nick
Macfie)
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