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 must have booking-documents for the hotel wherein they will stay for at least seven days in quarantine and also provide papers showing that he/she has insurance of $5,000. In addition to the above-mentioned conditions, the traveller must also undergo a PCR test at their own expense on the fifth day of being quarantined and if the result is positive, the person must stay in quarantine for as long as they do not test negative.

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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 …

Famed American ski mountaineer missing in Nepal mountain
2 years, 3 months ago

Famed American ski mountaineer missing in Nepal mountain

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rescuers in a helicopter were …

‘Fear and panic’ as COVID ravages Nepali villages near Mt Everest
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Fear and panic’ as COVID ravages Nepali villages near Mt Everest

Al Jazeera  

Sherpa settlements in the lap of Mount Everest are reeling from COVID-19 as climbing season ends on the world’s highest peak. “She was too weak and already on oxygen support.” According to health officials, Karki’s was the fourth confirmed COVID-19 death in the Everest region since late April, when a Norwegian climber seeking to summit the world’s highest peak became …

An Everest season like no other in Nepal amid a deadly pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

An Everest season like no other in Nepal amid a deadly pandemic

Al Jazeera  

Lakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest seven times. The warmer spring weather usually signals safer conditions for scaling Everest and other Himalayan peaks, but this year it coincided with a deadly second wave of virus infections engulfing Nepal, reports of more than 9,000 daily cases in May. Yet authorities in Nepal have not acknowledged a single case on the mountain, with …

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 …

How Covid-19 scaled Mt Everest
3 years, 7 months ago

How Covid-19 scaled Mt Everest

Hindustan Times  

After nearly a year of no climbs, just a few in early winter, and now a return of climbers from around the world, three things have started to happen. And the climbing community is abuzz with the news of what’s being called an “outbreak” on Everest.. “Only the teams that had come with their own doctor and testing kits are …

When the pandemic hits the highest peak
3 years, 7 months ago

When the pandemic hits the highest peak

Hindustan Times  

A coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, according to a report by Associated Press on Sunday. Lukas Furtenbach, an expedition organiser, said there were at least “100 people minimum positive for Covid in base camp, and then the numbers might be something like 150 or 200.” Other climbers have talked about the …

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, …

Covid-19 reaches Mount Everest, multiple climbers test positive in record tourist season
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 reaches Mount Everest, multiple climbers test positive in record tourist season

India Today  

Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, doesn't seem to be safe from Covid-19, with reports emerging of multiple climbers testing positive at the base camp in Nepal. According to The Washington Post, the Nepal Mountaineering Association has confirmed only four Covid-19 cases at the base camp — three climbers and one local guide. "The Nepal Government is still denying there …

Covid reaches world's highest mountain. Norwegian climber 1st to test positive on Mount Everest
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid reaches world's highest mountain. Norwegian climber 1st to test positive on Mount Everest

India Today  

The coronavirus has conquered the world's highest mountain. A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested positive for Covid-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalised. An ace mountain guide, Austrian Lukas Furtenbach, warned that the virus could spread among the hundreds of other climbers, guides and helpers who are …

Covid reaches Everest as base camp climbers infected
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid reaches Everest as base camp climbers infected

The Telegraph  

Nepal has reported its first cases of Covid-19 among climbers trying to conquer Everest, only weeks after the world's highest mountain reopened with strict public health precautions. Several climbers have tested positive for coronavirus infection in the capital, Kathmandu, after being flown from the mountain's base camp, the New York Times reported. “We have no other options,” Rudra Singh Tamang, …

Indians still visiting Nepal amid Covid-19 restrictions
4 years, 3 months ago

Indians still visiting Nepal amid Covid-19 restrictions

Hindustan Times  

As many as 1,77,675 foreign tourists visited Nepal in the first eight months of 2020, according to data from the country’s Department of Immigration. 23 Indian tourists visited Nepal in August and 41 in July, Nepal’s immigration data showed. In early January, a total of 16,800 Indians visited Nepal, 16,558 in February, 6,793 in March, two in April, seven in …

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 …

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 …

Everest climbers will now have to disclose full medical history, mandatory insurance
5 years ago

Everest climbers will now have to disclose full medical history, mandatory insurance

India TV News  

Climbers at Mount Everest will now be needed to disclose their full medical history. According to a new set of rules drafted by Nepal's Tourism Department, climbers would also be required to submit a medical report by a certified doctor, along with a mandatory insurance in order to obtain the permit to climb mountains in Nepal, including the world's tallest …

Nepal considers stopping less experienced climbers from scaling Everest over safety fears
5 years, 4 months ago

Nepal considers stopping less experienced climbers from scaling Everest over safety fears

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new safety rules, which aim to address deadly …

Nepal looks to limit Everest access after 11 die this climbing season
5 years, 7 months ago

Nepal looks to limit Everest access after 11 die this climbing season

Hindustan Times  

Under pressure after a deadly season on traffic-clogged Mount Everest, Nepal is considering tightening access to the world’s highest peak, but mountaineering experts fear the proposed changes could amount to little more than lip service. “People who know nothing of climbing, never been on a mountain, came and tried to climb Everest,” Chilean mountaineer Juan Pablo Mohr told AFP after …

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