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Covid fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest

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Also Read | Guide: Over 100 virus cases on Mount Everest despite Nepal denialsThree expedition teams to Everest canceled their climb this month following reports of people getting sick.

But the remaining 41 teams decided to continue with hundreds of climbers and their guides scaling the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) top in the season that ends in May, before bad weather sets in.Also Read | Covid-19 threatens Mount Everest climbing comeback plans“Even though the coronavirus has reached the Everest base camp, it has not made any huge effect like what is being believed outside of the mountain," said Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, the biggest expedition operator on Everest.

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