Everest and COVID-19: Why don’t operators donate their oxygen to hospitals in Nepal?

May 16, 2021 Opinion and advice bottled oxygen, commercial mountaineering, everest, global health, nepal 11 Comments

There have been calls for Everest operators to cancel their expeditions and donate their oxygen to hospitals to help with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal. So far, there is little evidence of this happening. Here are some of the reasons why.

Everest and COVID-19: climbers and operators need to come clean

May 4, 2021 Opinion and advice alan arnette, commercial mountaineering, everest, explorersweb, global health, kenton cool, nepal, nirmal purja 16 Comments

We know that climbers and Sherpas have been flown out of Everest Base Camp with COVID-19, but we don’t know the extent of the outbreak. All climbers and operators need to take a hard look at 2021 and decide if the positives of their impact outweigh the negatives.