Record-setting Everest climber stranded in Nepal due to Covid-19
Forty-four year old Tsang Yin-hung climbed Mount Everest in 25 hours and 50 minutes in May, but now cannot get home to Hong Kong
22 June 2021 - 10:36
Kathmandu — Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of Nepal because of Covid-19 restrictions imposed by Beijing, they said.
Nepal has had a surge of infections including at the base camp of Everest, prompting several countries to block travel from there. The daily positive rate of infections in Nepal stands at more than 24%, among the highest in the world at this time...
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