All's Fake

In the latest in Everest's rumors, lies and ridiculous stories, some have it that the Chinese plans to close Everest in 2008 and that they are trying to get Nepal to do the same! Ridiculous...
But what is the agenda here? People in 2006/2007 posted these stories too! As you saw they were wrong; more people than ever went to Everest. Stories that the fees in China were increased several times over were also spread, FALSE again. Why? Guides did raise fees which one would assume resulted in much higher profits... For most independents and operators the Chinese took a minor fee increase.. One must wonder what is the agenda here? To get traffic to web sites? To get published in rags? To help raise profits for some? What???

The CTMA and CMA appear to be getting pissed off by all these rumors, lies and ridiculous stories... Including false stories about climbers, who grow in number year by year... This will probably result in changes from the Chinese many of us might not like....

Last year's "High-Altitude Free Tibet Protest on Mount Everest!" which was a "set up" where Americans went to China to get arrested and were successful is expected also to cause more tension for the Chinese and climbers which combined with these ridiculous stories will result in tougher standards on entering for 2008....

This story will continue next week.. But several reliable sources including the CTMA and CMA report that closing Everest is simply FALSE. They also tell us the number of permits will not be limited.