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Coronavirus storm engulfs Everest
AFP, Published on 29/05/2021
» KATHMANDU - Mount Everest guide Buddhi Bahadur Lama has spent days isolated in a tent after testing positive for coronavirus, as an outbreak that climbers say is putting lives at risk sweeps base camp.
Coronavirus casts shadow over Everest
AFP, Published on 01/04/2020
» KHUMJUNG (NEPAL) - The Himalayan hilltown of Khumjung should be bustling ahead of Everest's climbing season, but the coronavirus has forced the shut down of the world's tallest mountain and threatened the livelihood of the famed local Sherpas.
Deaths soaring on overcrowded Everest
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2023
» The latest climbing season on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is set to become one of the deadliest ever, raising questions about whether Nepal is issuing too many permits to maximise tourist revenue.
Deaths soaring on crowded Everest
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/05/2023
» The latest climbing season on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is set to become one of the deadliest ever.
China shuts down Everest over coronavirus
AFP, Published on 12/03/2020
» KATHMANDU: China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world's highest peak.
Nepal reopens Everest despite pandemic uncertainty
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» KATHMANDU - Nepal has reopened its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, officials said Friday, despite coronavirus uncertainty.
Sherpa completes record 23rd Everest climb
AFP, Published on 15/05/2019
» KATHMANDU: For the hardy few, climbing Everest is a bucket-list feat of endurance, danger and wonder. But Kami Rita Sherpa's 23rd record summit of the world's highest peak on Wednesday was just another day at work.
Three more deaths on overcrowded Everest
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» KATHMANDU - Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world's highest peak to seven.
Three Indians die on overcrowded Everest
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2019
» KATHMANDU: Three Indian climbers, two women among them, died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of Mount Everest, Nepali officials said on Friday, taking to 15 the number of mountaineers killed or missing in this year’s climbing season.
US climber becomes 11th Everest fatality
AFP, Published on 28/05/2019
» NEW DELHI - A US climber has died after descending from Everest, officials said Tuesday, taking this season's toll to 11 including several deaths blamed on overcrowding on the world's highest mountain.