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 […]