Comment by josh_fyi

Nepal should sign a Swiss concessionaire to turn Base Camp into a tourist destination and build a cable car as high as possible. Charge a lot.

Limit the number of climbing licenses to what the mountain can bear and charge the market-clearing price.

Use part of the profit to keep Everest clean.

Also offer a $1.5 million copter ride to the summit.

Nepal is poor and needs the money, and this would be better for the environment.