By Reuters - 24 May 2021 Mount Everest in Nepal. File photo. Image: Daniel Prudek /123rf.com A Nepali government official said on Monday that many foreign climbers were continuing their attempts to summit Mount Everest despite reports of a Covid-19 outbreak at the base camp of the world's tallest peak. In April, a Norwegian climber was evacuated from the base camp of the 8,848m mountain and flown to Kathmandu, where he tested positive for Covid-19. He has since returned home. Lukas Furtenbach, of the Austrian Furtenbach Adventures company, evacuated his team from the mountain this month saying there was a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases at the base camp.