KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Some climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest over the next two months will be strapped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) device for their safety and to prevent false claims of reaching the summit.
Durga Dutta Dhakal, chief of Nepal's tourism department, said Monday, March 20, climbers would be hooked with a GPS device during the spring climbing season to track their movement as they attempt to scale the 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit.
Hundreds of climbers are expected to attempt to climb the world's highest peak in April and May, but only a few will be fitted with the devices as an experiment.
Last year, an Indian couple claimed they scaled the peak and received a certificate from mountaineering authorities, but it was later determined that they had altered their photo on the summit. (AP)