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Send Covid aid to Nepal: Kiwi mountaineer urges NZ Govt
First woman to climb Everest without oxygen says Nepal needs help.
First woman to climb Everest without oxygen says Nepal needs help.
Several climbers have reported testing positive for Covid after returning from base camp.
As in Delhi and Mumbai, Kathmandu's residents are dying at home and outside hospitals.
New Zealand's Everest tour operators scrap 2021 expeditions.
One reached the summit, the other succumbed to exhaustion before getting there.
China is to enforce physical distancing to stop transmission from Nepal climbers.
The Covid-19 crisis is engulfing a mountainous nation of 30 million people.
Kami Rita and 11 other Sherpas were fixing ropes ready for this year's influx of climbers.
This season saw Everest's first case of Covid. Also, a record number of climbers.
300 climbers are on their way to base camp, despite the pandemic.
New York Times: Pandemic worsened economic distress and factors that lead to such unions.
"He was crying profusely for failing to reach the summit."
They show a snapshot in time at the small medical centre, before Nepal's borders closed.
Surveyors lost toes to frostbite in the hard fought international survey.
France, Russia, Nepal and a handful of US states are behind the massive spike in cases.
It's two days' hike from the nearest airport, with no roads to speak of.
There are now 22 active cases in New Zealand.
A view hidden for years has re-emerged.
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Any at-risk children or teachers should stay away for 14 days.
New York Times: Private tanker operators are profiting from growing water scarcity.
Four trekkers suffering altitude sickness were choppered out.
A helicopter took the climbers off the mountain at an altitude of about 5000m.
Those who survived Mt Everest's deadliest year describe chaos in a 'human traffic jam'.
Washington Post: Some scientists believe the world's tallest mountain may have shrunk.
New York Times: "I'm glad I took that picture because it's helping to change the rules."
The crash brought back memories for one of the first members of the public on the scene.
The immigration minister says relationship visas can pose a significant fraud risk.
Nepal has rewritten the rules following a shambolic and deadly season on Everest.
New York Times: New rules aim to weed out inexperienced climbers and reduce traffic jams.