The US Nepal Climbers Association and Nepal National Mountain Guide Association today announced that all preparations for the first Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Climbing Competition have almost completed.
Three climbers from Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIMWS) on Tuesday brought laurels to Jammu and Kashmir by scaling Mount Everest
Coronavirus Reached Everest ? Number of Climbers with Covid-19 Rising
Novinite.com
06 May 2021, 20:11 GMT+10
Mountaineers and authorities at Everest base camp in Nepal have told the BBC they are seeing rising numbers of climbers with Covid-19 symptoms and rising numbers of positive tests, raising fears of a serious outbreak.
Base camp officials said they had received reports of 17 confirmed cases from hospitals in the capital Kathmandu, where a number of climbers have been sent from the base camp and higher camps to be treated.
And staff at a private hospital in Kathmandu, the CIWEC clinic, confirmed to the BBC that patients had tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Everest base camp.