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Covid-19 on Everest: Nepal’s mountaineering authority issues crowd control rule. Here’s what official says about it

Nepal's Department of Tourism on April 21 released a new directive which has set a climber quota to prevent crowds on Everest. The directive states that mountaineers, selected on the basis of their climbing permit numbers, would be allowed to make attempts at the summit during the first weather window. The decision was made as the numbers of permits for Everest is soon to reach 400.

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Kamirita Sherpa scales Everest for record 25th time

KATHMANDU, May 8: Kamirita Sherpa has scaled Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) for the record 25th time. According to Mira Acharya, Director at the Department of Tourism, Kamirita climbed the world’s highest peak on Wednesday for this record summit. Acharya also shared that the team of 12 Ice-fall Doctors led by Kamirita Sherpa reached the top of the highest mountain in the world. She said that the successful ascent of the 8,848.86 metres mountain by Kamirita and his rope-fixing team has given a positive message that mountaineering in Nepal was safe in such distressful time due to COVID-19.. Those in the rope-fixing team who climbed Sagarmatha along with Kamirita are Tenzing Sherpa, Mingma Tenzing Sherpa, Mingma Dorje Sherpa, Furtenzi Sherpa, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Phurba Tshering Sherpa, Tsheten Dorje Sherpa and Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa and Phurba Kusnga Sherpa. With the rope-fixing team paving their path to from the base camp to the summit of the Sagarmatha, climbers acclimatizing in various camps of the Sagarmatha and waiting for the fair-weather window for summit bid, have got door to summit open, added Acharya. Acharya congratulated Kamirita and his team and informed them about the first summit of the Sagarmatha for this spring season. The government had halted all mountaineering and other adventurous activities in the last spring due to the outbreak of Covid-19. This year, the government permitted mountaineering provided the aspiring climbers produce their PCR test reports which show that they had not contracted Covid-19. The government also put in place mechanisms to oversee that the aspiring mountaineers adhere to health safety protocols against Coronavirus infection. This year, the Department has issued an expedition permit for 408 climbers (93 female and 315 male) from 43 groups which has fetched over Rs 660 million in royalties for the government of Nepal, the Department said.

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Everest’s Covid dilemma

Photo: MONIKA DEUPALA epal’s spring mountaineering season, just recovering from avalanches, earthquakes, and a year of Covid-19 lockdown is once more looking uncertain with reports of coronavirus cases at the base camps of Mt Everest and Dhaulagiri. The Nepal government has tried to keep a tight lid on information from the mountains, but hospital and expedition sources confirm that there have been […]

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Mt Everest at risk of outbreak as Covid-19 sweeps through Mt Dhaulagiri

Government and mountaineering officials have dismissed reports, but a record high surge in infections in Nepal has set off alarm bells.

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Spring returns to Nepal’s mountaineering

The summit of Mt Everest taken in 2019 by Karma Tenzing. In the foreground is the remnant of the Hillary Step that came down during the 2015 earthquake. Photo: Karma Tenzing / Nepali Times Archive year to the day after Nepal went into its first Covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020, climbers are back at […]

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