1705NV Heerhugowaard
The Netherlands The Editor
Bergmolen 13
1704HP Heerhugowaard
The Netherlands 26th August 2014 Dear Sir/Madam, First of all I would like to introduce myself, my name is Sander Boer, a seventeen year old student and yet I am attending comprehensive school. Recently I read an article written by you about the huge mess on the Mount Everest. I was really shocked about the dangers I read, and even the guides can’t handle the hard conditions, the danger for the hobby climbers must be bulky. I would like to give you my opinion about the problems and a possible solution.
The main problem on the mount Everest is pollution , lots of inexperienced climbers are trying to reach the top of the mountain but lots of them perished. The government permits inexperienced climbers to go along because it is a source of income. The climbers have to pay climbing fees, and that’s why the government give their allowance to inexperienced climbers to go to the summit. All the same makes that the fatality rate is exploded and reached the highest level in years. It leads to an huge mess on the Everest.
The only advantage to give the allowance is the growing tourism industry however I think that the cons are bigger than the pron. In my opinion the government is in their position to take care about people and they have to provide that nobody goes up but doesn’t get down.
I think that the government has to strike to the climbing permits till the insist international standards for the permits. And the mere permits international standards for the climbing gear so the climber will not be as fast as before exploited. Money should not go ahead of lives of naive people.
Hopefully you enjoyed reading my letter.
Yours Faithfully,
Sander Boer