Mount Everest

Mount Everest

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during sunset in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

'Harder than Everest': record-breaking female climber stranded in Nepal amid Covid crisis

Nepal has had a surge of infections including at the base camp of Everest, prompting several countries to block travel from there. The daily positive rate of infections in Nepal stands at more than...

Hong Kong's Tsang Yin-Hung, 45, who scaled Mount Everest in less than 26 hours, the shortest time taken by any woman after starting from the base camp, is offered a ceremonial scarf upon her arrival after climbing Everest, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Tired but safe: Everest record-making climbers return

Photo: Onu Tareq

First blind Chinese mountaineer climbs Mount Everest

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

US and Hong Kong climbers set new records on Mount Everest

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

Nepal says Everest climbing continues despite reports of Covid-19

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during sunset in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

Guide: Over 100 virus cases on Everest despite Nepal denials

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during sunset in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

China cancels Everest spring climbing over coronavirus worries

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during sunset in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, November 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters

Foreigners return to Mount Everest as Nepal battles second Covid-19 wave

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during sunset in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

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

File Photo: A porter carries goods at camp four at Everest, in this picture taken on May 20, 2016. Phurba Tenjing Sherpa/Handout via Reuters

Covid-19 hits new highs: After Mount Everest, virus spreads to other peaks

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

Covid fears are spreading on Mount Everest

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

As climber tests positive for Covid, the virus reaches Mount Everest

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

Unafraid but cautious: Climbers return to Everest after Covid-19 closure