Bahrain mountaineers complete quarantine, turn negative to Covid-19

TDT I Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain’s mountaineering team who recently returned after successfully conquering Mount Manaslu in Nepal have completed 10 days of quarantine. They have also tested negative to the coronavirus.

Manaslu, 6,163 meters above sea level, is the eighth-highest mountain in the world. The climb was also the first summit achievement for a mountaineering team in the autumn season. The team, on their Instagram post, said they had a discussion on the expedition and has made “changes to make the next part of the mission a success” without elaborating.

According to an earlier statement, the next stop for the Bahrain mountaineers is the Mount Everest, which they would attempt to scale in the spring of 2021. The team also posted a photograph of them assembling at the Royal Guard after their negative Covid-19 test results.
The Daily Tribune had earlier reported that the authorities in Samagaon have renamed a mountain there in honour of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa as ‘Royal Bahrain Peak’, which is 5,200m, or 17,000 feet above sea level.