I saw an article about the Everest Emergency Clinic preparing for the Everest season. It talks about the importance of prevention, but they don’t say anything about covid or viral infections, though the article does show a photo labeled last week with a doctor wearing a surgical mask in some type of exam room indoors. Not much has been reported in the news about covid precautions while climbing in the Himalayas since the big outbreak in 2021 at Everest Base Camp. But at least all the climbers are now responsible for taking their poop with them.
Mount Everest: Nepal to remove trash and dead bodies from world’s tallest mountain By Lilit Marcus, CNN Published 12:52 AM EDT, Tue April 9, 2024
The army, which conducts the cleanup initiative in partnership with the multinational brand Unilever, will head up the campaign again this year.
Twelve members of the military, supported by 18 Sherpas, will arrive at Everest Base Camp on April 14 to begin the work.
In addition to removing an estimated 10 tons of garbage, the army said in a statement that they plan to bring five dead bodies off of the mountain. These bodies are of climbers who perished while attempting to summit the world’s highest peak.
In 2023, 12 climbers were confirmed to have died on Everest, with an additional five still officially unaccounted for.