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Posted by: prabirghose  | 

Kathmandu :: Nepal | 6 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Min Bahadur Sherchan, a Nepali grandfather has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records to have scaled the Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain peak in the world. He did it on 25th May 2008 and he was 76 years and 340 days old at the time....

Tags: Guinness Book of Records, mt everest, Nepal, Kathmandu, Himalaya, Mount Everest, Human Interest, Min Bahadur Sherchan, humanitarian

Kathmandu :: Nepal | 6 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was among several dignitaries at a function in Kathmandu to congratulate Min Bahadur Sherchan, now 78, after he received an official certificate from Guinness...I was determined to either climb the peak or die trying,"...

Tags: nepal, mt everest, Min Bahadur Sherchan, Mount Everest, Mt. Everest, oldest man, Yuichiro Miura, Kathmandu, Apa Sherpa, Himalaya, Everest, Human Interest, Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Newar

Posted by: reading64  | 

Kathmandu :: Nepal | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

On May 29, 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzin Norgay Sherpa stepped for the first time on the Mt Everest. It was the first record, a record of history made by human being. Since then more than 2,700 people have ascended the top and about 200 have lost...

Tags: Mt everest, hilary tenzing, appa sherpa, record, climbing

Kathmandu :: Nepal | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

It means he has become the first man to cross the planet's two poles and climb the world's highest peak. Sir Ranulph, 65, who had kept this latest attempt at climbing the mountain low key, said: "It's amazing where you can get with a bus pass these days."

Tags: Mount Everest, Mt Everest, Ranulph Fiennes, sir ranulph, Apa Sherpa, scales everest, oldest briton

Kathmandu :: Nepal | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than anyone in history, and now he is heading back up Mount Everest, not for the fame or glory, but in the name of environmental protection. Apa, 49, has become increasingly concerned about the damage...

Tags: Mount Everest, Mt Everest, Eco Everest, base camp, highest mountaineering

Kathmandu :: Nepal | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A total of 41 expeditions have been shuttling from the base camp of Mt Everest to the third camp, located at an altitude of 7,374 m, to acclimatise themselves to the freezing cold and rarefied air, where breathing becomes an ordeal due to lack of oxygen.

Tags: nepal, everest, mountain, himalaya, climbing everest, Nepalese Cabinet, Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal, himal, Mount Everest, Mt Everest

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