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Mountaineering Tourism

Mountaineering Tourism

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

Business GeneralHiking & Climbing

ISBN10: 1138782378
ISBN13: 9781138782372
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 9 2015
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

In May 1993 the British Mountaineering Council met to discuss the future of high altitude tourism. Of concern to attendees were reports of queues on Everest and reference was made to mountaineer Peter Boardman calling Everest an 'amphitheater of the ego'. Issues raised included environmental and social responsibility and regulations to minimize impacts. In the years that have followed there has been a surge of interest in climbing Everest, with one day in 2012 seeing 234 climbers reach the summit. Participation in mountaineering tourism has surely escalated beyond the imagination of those who attended the meeting 20 years ago.

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