Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains including Mount Everest, gets more than four million dollars in permit fees for the world’s highest peak and other mountains every year.
They are part of the first all-women team from Africa to attempt to complete the climb between March and April this year.
In addition to seeing a record number of climbers this year, a government-led cleaning initiative on Everest -- the world's highest mountain -- also collected over 10 tonnes of trash.
The four Britons, two Americans, one Indian and one Australian went missing in the last week of May trying to summit a virgin peak on Nanda Devi in the Himalayas.
Many mountaineers have had to turn back while summiting Mount Everest due to the increased number of climbers on the mountain.
Many mountaineers have had to turn back whilst summiting Mount Everest due to the increased number of climbers on the mountain
A graphic showing South Col summit route on Mount Everest, as well as a chart showing the number of deaths since 2004.
The 35-year-old actress spent over a week walking through Nepal until she and her group reached their goal - which stands 17,700 feet above sea level - but she admitted it hadn't been easy.
Khumalo is the first black African woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
The four bodies were brought down by helicopter last week according to media reports.
South African mountaineer and first black African woman to summit Mount Everest Saray Khumalo, who returned home to a hero's welcome at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday, said she didn't know the whole nation was with her.
Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest.
South African mountaineer and the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest, Saray Khumalo, returned home to a heroes welcome at OR Tambo on 27 May, saying she didn't know the whole nation was with her.
Saray Khumalo arrived on home soil on Monday morning and received a hero's welcome at OR Tambo International Airport after her historic climb of Mount Everest.
Khumalo made history earlier this month after becoming the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world.
Khumalo made history over a week ago becoming the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world.
Khumalo was in Nepal for about a week re-adjusting to the increased oxygen levels at ground level before heading back home.
Four climbers from India and one each from the United States, Austria and Nepal have already died on Everest in the past week.
