This year, amid the uncertainty posed by the pandemic, he reached Kathmandu with the team to begin the expedition. "But I hit a roadblock when I tested positive for Covid and had to return to Jaipur. I was feeling fatigued since a few days but I had no other symptoms," Chaudhury told PTI.
Indian mountaineer Harshvardhan Joshi has achieved the rare feat of scaling the world's highest peak, Mt Everest, using eco-friendly means. Joshi and his team used mobile solar panels for heating. Generally, expedition teams carry diesel for use.
A team of mountaineers led by Col Amit Bisht, Principal of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), scaled Mt. Everest on June 1.
A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalized.
A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening gave nod to Nepal's Ministry of Land Management to announce the height of Everest and according to some media reports, as the peak has appeared taller than it was but no official confirmation yet.
While the eight-day long post by the Chinese state media was deleted and a new one was put up on Sunday, it has nevertheless opened old wounds in China-Nepal relationship
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