On October Explore Himalaya organized an expedition to Mera Peak(6654m) for a large group of 13 Danish climbers. The team leader was Ole Andreassen. The team along with 6 climbing sherpas from Explore Himalaya left Kathmandu and flew to Lukla on 7th October from where their trek started. By 19th October the team had reached [...]
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Danish Friends Scale Island Peak (6173m)
Good friends Anders Løvschal & Anders Lyhne from Denmark have much in common – apart from the obvious, similar first names, both share a passion for travel & adventure and both are engineers. Travelling to Nepal for the first time, the friends took on a climbing challenge and scaled Island Peak(6173m) in the Everest Region.That [...]
Notable World Records on the Mountains – Spring 2011
Notable World Records on the Mountains this Spring 2011: Apa Sherpa, reached the summit of Mt. Everest for the 21st time – a new world record on 11 May, 2011. Phurba Tashi Sherpa with 28 ascents to 8000m peaks is now the person with the most number of ascents to the top of 8000m peaks. [...]
Nepal Mountaineering Facts & Figures
Here are some interesting facts and figures compiled by Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa of Asian Trekking on mountaineering expeditions to the major peaks in Nepal & Tibet. He had compiled this list with information gathered from: Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (Government of Nepal),China Tibet Mountaineering Association, Nepal Mountaineering Association and the archives of [...]
Neal Beidleman & Other Members of ‘Mountain Trip Everest Expedition 2011’ summit Mount Everest
All eight members of the ‘Mountain Trip Everest Expedition 2011’, reached the summit of Mount Everest this morning, May 20, 2011, between 8 AM to 9 AM, together with the climbing sherpas. The expedition has been organized by ‘Mountain Trip’ – a US based adventure company. Neal Beidleman, one of the members who summitted, is [...]
Nepalese Bureaucrats reach the summit Mount Everest
Nepal’s Civil Service Expedition team members have reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first group of bureaucrats to do so. The 15 member expedition team of civil service employees that had embarked on an Everest expedition about two months ago. Out of the 15 fifteen civil service employees, nine of them made it [...]
Mount Everest Images : Spring 2011
(Photos Courtesy : Tine Mena)
Mount Everest Expedition 2011 – On ‘Top of The World’
A test of human strength and endurance, an Incredible Journey – Tine Mena’s climb to the Top of The World- Mount Everest (8848m) Taking the high road to Everest Up,up and away Crossing a crevasse Taking a well deserved rest before summit bid An early start Climbing on – One step at a time Stopping [...]
First woman climber from India’s 7 North-eastern States climbs Everest
Tine Mena, 25-year-old woman climber from India’s Arunachal Pradesh state has become the first Indian to peak Mount Everest this spring, as well as the first woman climber from India’s 7 northeastern states. Tine Mena, who comes from Roing, a remote village in the Indian state, reached the peak of Everest on 9th May 2011 [...]
Octogenarian Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay plans to become the oldest Everester
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay, an octogenarian and former Nepalese politician is planning to oust Min Bahadur Sherchan from the ‘oldest person to scale Mount Everest’ title by attempting to climb the world’s tallest peak in April. At a press conference in Kathmandu, Upadhyay( 82 years) stated that he will begin his expedition from April 18 [...]