China will set up a line of separation at Mount Everest s summit, as Nepal struggles to control a COVID-19 outbreak. In this photograph, on May 2, 2021 mountaineers trek along the Khumbu glacier near Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district, some 140 km northeast of Nepal s capital Kathmandu.
China will set up a line of separation on one side of Mount Everest s peak, saying the measure is needed to keep Nepal s COVID-19 outbreak from crossing the border, according to state media.
The plan is part of China s zero contact strategy to keep climbers from the Chinese and Nepalese sides of Everest from mixing if they reach the summit on the same day, said Nyima Tsering, head of the Tibetan Sports Bureau, according to the state-run Xinhua news outlet.