NEW RULES TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST

The Nepalese government proposed new requirements for climbers and guides to get permits to climb Mount Everest, following a deadly season on the world’s highest mountain. The proposed rules include requiring a climber to have previously reached the summit of at least one peak above 21,325 feet (6,500 meters), and requiring a guide company to have at least three years experience organizing high-altitude climbs and charging a minimum to clients to avoid low-budget operations getting to the mountain.
* You don’t want to be climbing Mt. Everest with Dollar Rent-a-Sherpa.
* New rules. Great. There goes my Labor Day Getaway.
* How do you prove you’ve climbed a 21,000-footer? Is there a red button at the top, like on American Ninja Warriors?
* Nepal has a problem with letting natural selection just do its thing?
* Or, you could just sneak up the back side of Everest when no one’s looking.