British Gorkha Expedition team bid first attempt to Everest 2017

British Gorkha Expedition team bid this year first attempt to Mt. Everest Summit 2017.

Photo source Kovács Gábor

Team of Rope fixing climbers (Rope and Icefall Doctors) successfully scaled Mt. Everest Top from Nepal ridge on may 11. After it, Everest Summit route is open from Nepal side yesterday and British Gorkha Expedition team bid this year first attempt to Mt. Everest Summit 2017. Base Camp Government  official explain, Team of Sherpa Climbers with at least others 12 expedition member including  British Gorkha Climber Team. They made summit at mid night 1.30PM.

Photo Credit by Mingma Tenji Sherpa/Himalayan Times

“They have opened a climbing route by fixing ropes to the summit point,” Phurba Tenjing Sherpa, a 10-time Everest summiteers, said from the base camp.

Pema Chhiring and Pem Chhiri were also part of the British Gurkha Expedition, he said.

Many team of climbers (About 375+ climbers) they are struggled in camp IV from the hard weather, those will heading soon to summit within couple of days. According of base camp official, at same time Mt. Lhotse (The 4th highest summit of the world ) climbers also heading to summit from camp IV to summit of Lhotse.

At least from 6 weeks, the climbers start their expedition from Base Camp of Everest and settle the Base Camp by their expedition crew.

Junko Tabei, first woman to scale Mt Everest, dies at 77

Junko Tabei, the first woman to scale Mount Everest in 1975 has died of cancer at the age of 77.

He had been victim of cancer for the past four years and died at the course of treatment in Japan.

Born on september 22, 1939, Tabei became the first lady to summit Mount Everest in 1975.

Even after reaching the world's highest 8,848-meter peak at age 35, the Fukushima native actively climbed mountains abroad.

In 1992, she became the first woman to complete the "Seven Summits," the highest point on each of the seven continents.

She visited Nepal on April 30 this year to observe the golden jubilee of the first ascend of Mount Manaslu and Mount Lhotse.

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Standing at an altitude of 8,848m above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest peak in the earth that everyone dream for. Literally known as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan, a hiking trail to Everest Base Camp situated at the foothills of Mount Everest is the world's top trekking path voted for the best. Mount Everest attracts many climbers, hikers and adventure lovers every year in Nepal which has two routes for climbing from Nepal as well as from Tibet side. But for those who are not able to climb can go to the base camp and witness the world's top mountain at a closeup. From Lukla, the trekking trail to base camp follows the walking path via Sherpa villages, monasteries, valley of Dudh Koshi river and dense forests crossing the places Namche Bazaar, Dingboche, Gorakshep and kala Patthar. You will stay at Tea Houses with the great hospitality of local sherpa people till to Gorakshep.


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Nepal climbing Season Closes - Mt Everest records 456 south summits, five deaths

Mount Everest Expedition Nepal

With the closure of the spring 2016 climbing season, 199 foreigners from 29 countries and 257 Nepalese climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest; Department of Tourist states.

DoT had issued climbing permits to 289 expedition members, along with 457 high-altitude workers representing 34 teams in the season.

Five deaths was recorded this spring while 456 climbers successfully climbed world's highest mountain - Mt. Everest.

In Figures

Age	No of Summiteers
10-19	20
20-29	129
30-39	157
40-49	103
50-59	44
60-69	3
TOTAL	456

Country	No of Climbers		No of Summiteers
Nepal	449		258
India	64		52
US	58		39
China	20		18
UK	29		15
Australia	15		11
Others		111	63
TOTAL		746	456

Two Indian climbers – Balkar Singh, 19, and Stanzin Laskit, 18, were the youngest male and female summiteers this season, respectively, the DoT data shows. Youngho Heo, 62, from South Korea and New Zealander Lydia Margarate Bradey, 55, became the season’s oldest summiteers in male and female categories, respectively.

Among the 45 female climbers who summited the mountain while Maya Sherpa became the only woman summiteer of the season from Nepal.

On May 19, 209 climbers scaled the mountain on a single day, DOT's official Gyanendra Shrestha said.

It was a successful season for the mountaineering after the Avalanche on Everest on 2014 and massive earthquake on April, 2016

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