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Nepal cancels spring mountain climbing season due to virus

by Associated Press
| March 13, 2020 3:30 AM

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government announced Friday that it was suspending climbing permits for Mount Everest and all of the other peaks in the country due to concern over the spread of the coronavirus.

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