KATHMANDU, Nepal — A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp.
Associated Press: Virus fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest
This photograph taken on April 30, 2021 shows domesticated yaks on a path at Everest Base Camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district.
