Nepal lifts coronavirus ban for Bahrain royal climbing expedition
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal lifts coronavirus ban for Bahrain royal climbing expedition

India Today  

Nepal is making a royal exception to its coronavirus ban on foreign arrivals, with a mountaineering team including a Bahrain prince set to tackle two major peaks. The Himalayan country shut its borders in March including grounding international flights just ahead of the busy spring season, devastating the local tourism sector. "A 15-member Bahrain team including the prince of Bahrain and three British citizens will be allowed to come to Nepal in a chartered flight.following the health protocols," government spokesman Yuba Raj Khatiwada said late Monday. Nepal reopened its mountains -- including Everest -- in late July for the autumn climbing season, in anticipation that international flights would resume in mid-August.

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Nepal: Everest Spring climbing season begins, China reopens Tibetan route as record number of climbers expected
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Nepal: Everest Spring climbing season begins, China reopens Tibetan route as record number of climbers expected

Hindustan Times  

Ten Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest late Friday from its southern approach, opening the route for hundreds of summit hopefuls. Nepal: Everest Spring climbing season begins, China reopens Tibetan route as record number of climbers expected Every year, the first summit of Everest is by a team from one of Nepal's expedition organising companies, who prepare the …

Queueing at top of the world: Climbers are scaling Everest in record numbers despite Covid outbreaks
3 years, 7 months ago

Queueing at top of the world: Climbers are scaling Everest in record numbers despite Covid outbreaks

Daily Mail  

Climbers have been scaling Mount Everest in record numbers this spring, forming queues to the summit amid a surge in coronavirus cases and fears they are spreading a new Nepalese strain across the globe. Mount Everest has issued a record number of permits, worth around £3 million, after last year's peak season was ruined by coronavirus Dozens of climbers are …

China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal
3 years, 7 months ago

China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China has cancelled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighbouring Nepal, state media reported. The closure was confirmed in a notice Friday from China's General Administration of Sport, the official Xinhua News Agency said. While China has mostly curbed domestic transmission of the coronavirus, …

China to create 'line of separation' at Everest summit on Covid fears
3 years, 8 months ago

China to create 'line of separation' at Everest summit on Covid fears

India Today  

China will set up "a line of separation" at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent the mingling of climbers from COVID-hit Nepal and those ascending from the Tibetan side as a precautionary measure, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. A small team of Tibetan climbing guides will ascend Everest and set up the "line of separation" at the summit …

PCR test report, entry-permit: Nepal issues new guidelines for mountaineering, trekking
4 years, 3 months ago

PCR test report, entry-permit: Nepal issues new guidelines for mountaineering, trekking

India TV News  

Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has issued new guidelines for foreign tourists aimed at minimising the spread of COVID-19 during mountaineering and trekking activities, the media reported on Tuesday. Travellers must also carry a PCR test report conducted not more than 72 hours ago, proving that the person was COVID-19 negative. Along with the report, the person …

Nepal reopens Everest for trekking season despite virus concerns
4 years, 5 months ago

Nepal reopens Everest for trekking season despite virus concerns

Deccan Chronicle  

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. "It would be a relief for mountaineering workers if we can run expeditions after an empty spring season," Sherpa said. Autumn summits on Everest last year were thwarted …

Nepal opens Qomolangma after nearly 5 months of shutdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Nepal opens Qomolangma after nearly 5 months of shutdown

China Daily  

Qomolangma, known in the West as Mount Everest Nepal has opened Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks from Thursday after a shutdown that had lasted for four and a half months, according to a Tourism Department official. All spring season expeditions that usually last from March to May were suspended following fears of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The Nepali …

Nepal to resume international flights after long halt due to coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Nepal to resume international flights after long halt due to coronavirus

Live Mint  

Nepal will allow regular international airline flights from August 17, a minister said on Tuesday, nearly four months after suspending them to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Wedged between China and India, Nepal enforced a nationwide lockdown, halting scheduled flights, in March, when reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 …

Mount Everest closed over coronavirus fears
4 years, 9 months ago

Mount Everest closed over coronavirus fears

CNN  

CNN — The coronavirus outbreak has reached the top of the world. Nepal announced on Friday it is shutting down all expeditions on Mount Everest for the rest of this year’s climbing season amid the worsening global pandemic. The decision comes at the start of this year’s closely watched climbing season, which was already getting underway amid concerns around overcrowding …

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