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Expeditions to the Nepalese side of Mount Everest have been

has started A group of Chinese mountaineers deleted, an expedition on Mount Everest , while The Site is closed to foreign climbers, because of the coronavirus.

Only the Chinese climbers are allowed, in this spring season, because of the pandemic, the operator, told The Bbc .

the highest mountain in The World stands on The Border of China and Nepal and can be climbed from both sides.

China has closed the page, to foreign climbers during Nepal all expeditions had to be cancelled, in response to Covid-19.

The disease first emerged in Central China, three months ago. Around 3,300 people have So Far died in the country after the infection.

China says it is now all stopped, but the spread of the disease and The Authorities have begun to allow yourself access to Wuhan, The City in the Hubei province, where the outbreak began.

The More Than two dozen Chinese mountain climbers tackling Mount Everest were expected to reach the advanced base camp at an altitude of 6,450 m (four miles) on Friday, expedition operator in contact with the China Tibet Mountaineering Association (GMA) said.

the GMA officials could not be reached for comment.

mountain climbing record-holder say that if The Climbers make it to The Summit , it would be a very rare case, the only Chinese climber to The Summit .

"In the spring of 1960, only the Chinese reached The Summit . The Indians tried, but failed," said Richard Salisbury, The Himalayan database, an organization, the records of expeditions in The Himalayas .

"There were various Chinese recon, research, and training increases from 1958 to 1967, when no one else was on The Mountain , but no climbs of any of them. "

Western expedition operators said that China has not let to climb that you, in this spring season, due to fears about a new outbreak of The Virus .

"It is not reasonable that you want to have The Risk of people from all over The World , where the coronavirus crisis is in full swing to gather in Tibet at base camp," said Lukas furtenbach, an Austrian mountain climber and guide, whose team was the first to climb from the Chinese side to

"as long as there are no rapid and reliable antibody Test available, it is a wise decision, minimize risk, and only your own people, that you can climb in quarantine before. "

Some of the expedition team, including Mr Ford, Bach's, were the preparation for the switching on of the Nepalese side, but Nepal is also allowed to cancel all expedition.

The Chinese climber is to climb up and down The Mountain between the bearings to get used to the altitude before making The Final push for The Summit . It will give you at least a month.

mountain climbers are waiting for The Right weather for The Summit climb up to the window. Climbing is usually done before The End of may, when the South-west Indian monsoon arrives in the region.

The Chinese side of Mount Everest sees fewer climbers in comparison to the South side in Nepal. Can climbers drive up to The Base camp on the Chinese side, whereas in Nepal it is a 10-day trek through the Khumbu valley.

"Also from The Base camp, you can ride yaks to reach advance base camp," says Ang Thsering Sherpa, a veteran mountaineer in Nepal.

"It's a very different experience from climbing on the Northern side, opposite the Nepalese side. "

In recent years, avalanches, fast the glaciers are melting, and other global warming-related changes will be to say, made the climb more difficult.

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Source of news: bbc.com