There is no news of other local teams currently climbing in Nepal, so this week’s summits will likely mark the end of the climbing season. After Nepal’s supposed opening raised the hopes of foreign climbers and trekkers, the government yesterday reversed its course and closed the country for a further month, prompted by a spike in COVID-19 cases. American Dan Mazur of SummitClimb, for example, was hoping to send a team to Ama Dablam but has since put all plans on hold. “We need to wait until coronavirus cases subside,” he told ExplorersWeb.
Other outfitters, such as Furtenbach Adventures, had already canceled their autumn expeditions to Nepal weeks ago. “It was clear that this autumn season would not happen because of rising [COVID-19] numbers,” said Lukas Furtenbach.
