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China to create 'line of separation' at Everest summit over Covid fears
CNN ^ | May 10, 2021

Posted on 05/10/2021 1:44:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin

It was not immediately clear how the line would be enforced on the summit, a tiny, perilous and inhospitable area the size of a dining table.

A small team of Tibetan climbing guides will ascend Everest and set up the "line of separation" at the summit to stop any contact between mountaineers from both sides of the peak, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the head of Tibet's sports bureau. A group of 21 Chinese nationals are en route to the summit on the Tibetan side, Xinhua reported.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; mounteverest; redchina
It's like something out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
1 posted on 05/10/2021 1:44:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they can put arrows all the way up Everest
so the climbers can social distance.


2 posted on 05/10/2021 1:48:50 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: BenLurkin

The world has lost it’s mind.


3 posted on 05/10/2021 1:49:40 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: BenLurkin

Are they out of their minds???
I thought this was the Bee.

“A small team of Tibetan climbing guides will ascend Everest and set up the “line of separation” at the summit to stop any contact between mountaineers from both sides of the peak, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the head of Tibet’s sports bureau.”


4 posted on 05/10/2021 1:49:41 PM PDT by HollyB
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‘...citing the head of Tibet’s sports bureau.”

Tibet has a sports bureau...?


5 posted on 05/10/2021 1:52:38 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: BenLurkin

This isn’t about the covid, it’s about keeping Chinese climbers from descending into Nepal to defect with western guides.


6 posted on 05/10/2021 1:52:52 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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To: BenLurkin

Lol, because your biggest worry when climbing Mt. Everest is COVID19.


7 posted on 05/10/2021 1:53:39 PM PDT by sageburn
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To: hinckley buzzard

And/or especially stopping Tibetan nationalists from escaping China as well?


8 posted on 05/10/2021 2:43:06 PM PDT by Madam Theophilus
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To: IrishBrigade

The monks are picking up some side jobs.


9 posted on 05/10/2021 2:52:39 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: BenLurkin

Aren’t most who climb Mount Everest wearing masks? If not oxygen at least to protect from cold?


10 posted on 05/10/2021 3:18:44 PM PDT by Hypo2
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