NEWSFLASH - JUNE 2008
June 26, 2008:"Tibet reopened to foreign tourists on wednesday, after three months of closure from the Chinese government in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests....details are awaited
June 26, 2008: "Mr.Lars Gundersen of Kipling Travels Makes a Presentation on Nepalese Tourism in Denmark On 18th of June'08, Mr.Lars Gundersen, Manager of Kipling Travels (EH's partner) made a presentation on tourism promotion in Nepal at a function held in Denmark. The function was organized by the Embassy of Nepal in Denmark, where 90 participants including tour operators, travel agents and journalists were invited. The program highlighted Nepal as a top tourist destination. At the function, the Nepali envoy, Mr.Vijaykant Lal Karna informed that the embassy was prepared to grant visa to those wishing to visit Nepal at short notice.
June 2, 2008: I felt very vulnerable at the summit - Soeren Smidt of 7 Summits On Everest
EH had the opportunity to talk at length with Soeren Smidt of 7 Summits, on the 29th of May ,about his Everest summit and their(his & Henrik's plans and future goals). Here we reproduce the excerpt from the interview. More...
June 1, 2008: EH Talks to Henrik Kristiansen of 7 Summits, Denmark
Henrik of 7 Summits is on a mission to create a world record by scaling the seven highest summits on the seven continents. He has summitted all the highest peaks in 6 continents .Now only Denali(6194m) the highest peak in North-America is left. Just back after summitting Everest along with Soeren, his partner, EH had a time to catch up with the climbers on 29th May , amidst their plans to fly out ,Henrik to Alaska for the Denali summit and Soeren to Denmark. More...
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