Archive for May, 2010
Phurba Tamang, 22, of Khotang has won the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon 2010 for the second time on Saturday.
Sudip Kulung Rai of Solukhumbu finished second, while Samir Tamang of Nepal Army finished third.
Phurba Tamang had won the race last year, too. Talking to reporters after the race, Tamang said, he wished to win the marathon [...]
13-yr-old American Youngest Climber to Summit Mt.Everest
In: Nepal| Tourism News
23 May 2010A 13-year-old American boy has broken the record by Temba Tsheri Sherpa to be the youngest climber of Mount Everest.
Jordan Romero reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on Saturday as part of his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. Sherpa had reached the summit at the age of 16.
“Their [...]
Two tons of trash collected at Everest
In: Nepal| Tourism News
23 May 2010A team of Extreme Everest Expedition 2010 (EEE), a campaign to remove garbage on Everest, has brought down more than 2 tons of trash from a height of more than 8,000 m.
EEE is the first ever team to attempt to clean up the treacherous region known as death zone, the organisers of the campaign said.
A [...]
Everest climbers to get free Nepal visas
In: Nepal| Tourism News
17 May 2010Foreign mountaineers who have climbed Mount Everest and another peak will get free Nepali visas for two years, part of a scheme to boost tourism in the Himalayan nation, a senior government official said.
More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) Everest summit since it was first climbed by New Zealander Sir [...]
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Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon 2010
17 May 2010One of the world’s highest, toughest and ultimate race in Khumbu, the Tenzing-Hillary International Marathon, will be held as usual on May 29. The eighth edition of the Tenzing -Hillary Marathon will see around 55 participants from around the world . The participants will race from Everest Base Camp to Namche Bazaar. This year’s race [...]
First ascent of Dhaulagiri to be marked
In: Nepal| Tourism News
13 May 2010The government along with other tourism stakeholders are set to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Dhaulagiri on May 13.
The move aims to bolster mountaineering tourism and highlight the country’s natural beauties in the build-up to Nepal Tourism Year 2011.
The celebration will be held in Pokhara on May 13 and in Beni [...]
Crisis management team to help tourists
In: Tourism News
13 May 2010Tourism Crisis Management Committee is actively coming up with plans to support and facilitate tourists during bandh and strike programmes.
“We are making effective preparations to tackle the situation and help tourists during bandh and agitation programmes,” Bikram Neupane, coordinator of Tourism Crisis Management Committee and Security, and chairman of Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) said.
Frequent strikes [...]
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