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Everest 2021 COVID Outbreak - Greed, Stupidity or Both? With the end of the season approaching, and the pullout of some teams, a hard look needs to be taken as to what didn't go well for the Everest 2021 season.  There also needs to be accountability, and not the glossing over of events that we are seeing in the paid press releases coming from some expeditions. I. Pursuing an Everest Expedition During a Pandemic Year Check out the COVID pandemic this year in India and Nepal. By March 1, the slope of the curve was on its way up, and by the middle of the month there was no question things were out of control. There are no major land barriers between the two countries, so the writing was on the wall that Nepal would be hit just as hard.  India Covid Statistics Nepal Covid Statistics And yet some expedition companies (both Nepali and Western) happily booked everybody that wanted to climb the mountain and that could not do so with the more responsible climbing outfits that canceled...

Climbing Expedition Pullouts from Everest 2021  The pullout of expeditions from Everest with the lame excuse that there were too many parties at EBC spreading COVID, raises some serious questions. Everest North Base Camp Party in 2019 Let's review how COVID is dealt with in medicine, and compare this with how it's managed by professional climbing expeditions: 1. You don't take healthy people into a possibly contaminated area . As an example, it is common practice that for open joint cases such as a total knee replacement, these are never performed in operating rooms where bowel cases have been in recently. (You don't want intestinal bacteria in your new joint...)  The first mistake made would have been to even hold an Everest expedition in 2021. By April 1, in India, the curve had an unmistakably steep slope that peaked on April 24. It was obvious that Nepal would follow the same trend, and yet expeditions proceeded. India COVID trends Nepal COVID trends Reputable trekk...