High winds delay dozens of climbers ascending Mount Everest

Trekkers make their way to Dingboche, a popular Mount Everest base camp, in Pangboche, Nepal on In this Feb. 19, 2016. (AP / Tashi Sherpa, File)

KATHMANDU — High winds have delayed dozens of climbers trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a mountaineering official said Wednesday.

The winds have made it difficult for the climbers to make their attempts for the summit but posed no immediate danger, said Gyanendra Shrestha, an official in Nepal's Mountaineering Department who is at base camp on Everest.