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Padma Sundar Lawati has been nominated vice president and Kamal Thapa general secretary of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, a party announcement said Friday. Party President Pashupati SJB Rana appointed them. Dipak Bohra was nominated treasurer while Roshan Karki was appointed party spokeswoman. nepalnews.com br May 23 Disabled American climbs Everest A 36-year-old disabled American from Austin, Texas, with only one hand climbed Mount Everest Thursday, the Ministry of Tourism said Friday. Gary Guller reached the summit accompanied by Kevin Ira Vann, 44, and four Sherpa guides. The group reached the 8848 meters summit after a 12 hour push from the summit camp at 8000 meters on the South Col. Coalition of Texans with Disabilities is the sponsor of the "Team Everest 2003" expedition. Altogether 52 climbers with 10 expeditions climbed the world's tallest peak Thursday, last reports reaching the Ministry of Tourism from base camp said. Among them were eight Japanese, four Irish, four Indians, two Americans and one climber each from Italy, Spain, and Great Britain; the rest were Nepalis. nepalnews.com br May 23 Hillary arrives for Everest celebrations Sir Edmund Hillary arrived in Kathmandu Friday to participate in week-long celebrations commemorating his ascent of Mount Everest 50 years ago on May 29,1953. Hillary, 83, was mobbed by journalists and enthusiasts as he disembarked a flight from New Delhi in a wheelchair to participate in the celebrations beginning Sunday. "The celebrations are very important. It is 50 years since Tenzing and I climbed Everest. The mountain is still difficult to climb in bad weather. It is a magnificent mountain," Hillary said after arrival. Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Everest in 1975, arrived in the
capital Wednesday to take part in the anniversary celebrations. Altogether 208 foreign and 197 Nepali
summiteers have confirmed their "More participants are expected," NMA President Ang Tshering Sherpa said. Some Sherpa veterans of Everest who hope to participate in the jamboree are still trying to climb Everest. Tenzing Sherpa, Hillary's companion to the summit, died in 1986. A street in New Delhi was named after the first two persons to climb Everest while Hillary was in New Delhi. King Gyanendra is expected to attend a gala dinner for nearly 500 Nepali and foreign climbers of Everest since 1953; more than 1,200 persons have climbed Everest. But four Irish climbed for the peak only for the first time Thursday. Hillary chose to attend celebrations in Nepal instead of London where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are attending similar celebrations. nepalnews.com br May 23 Pemba Dorje establishes record, other details Pemba Dorje Sherpa, 25, established a speed climbing record by climbing Mount Everest in 12 hours and 45 minutes Friday morning, the Ministry of Tourism said.
Pemba launched his assault from base camp at 5 in the evening Thursday. He is now descending to lower camps after the climb. Pemba improved a record established by late Babu Chhiri who climbed
the world's tallest peak in 2001 in 16 hours and 50 minutes. Pemba had planned to climb Everest in 14 hours and 30 minutes this Meanwhile, a press release by BBC Nepali Service stated they will have a weeklong special program from Thursday 22 May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Everest. Attired in a Sherpa dress, Pemba climbed the last 800 meters to the summit from the South Col without bottled oxygen assisted by Da Tshering, 26, the Ministry said. Pemba placed photographs of the King, Queen, the Crown Prince and Tuchi Ringboche on the summit. The service will broadcast from the base camp itself on 29 May, the anniversary day. BBC Nepali will also broadcast a series of features and documentaries related to Mt. Everest, including archive interviews with the legendary Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. nepalnews.com br/dr May 23 Bhutanese refugees not happy with the fallout of talks The leaders of the Bhutanese refugees along with independent observers Thursday expressed their discontent towards the agreements arrived at by the fourteenth Nepal-Bhutan ministerial level talks on refugee repatriation. AHURA Bhutan, a human rights organization said according to the agreement nearly one third of the refugees are about to get the status of non-Bhutanese. As these Bhutanese are going to be without a state of their own, the decision is objectionable. A press release
signed by Ratan Gajmer said nobody had the right to render the Bhutanese
without a state. It has been stated in the press release that, the
organization would knock the doors of UNHCR for justice. nepalnews.com
am May 23 Third phase of protests to be announced Saturday A meeting of the five political parties launching a movement against King Gyanendra held Thursday decided to announce the third phase of their movement on Saturday, party sources said. It was viewed during the meeting that despite the oppressive tendency of the government, the second phase movement had been successful. The five political parties led by Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal have been voicing for the end of 'one party rule' by the King and the formation of all party government to pave the way for elections and restoration of peoples' democratic rights. The opposition parties have not officially confirmed an announcement by the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) that the protests against the King were being suspended during week-long celebrations commemorating the historic ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary 50 years ago on May 23, 1953. The celebrations begin Sunday.
The Association said opposition leaders gave the assurance after "This is not the time to create controversies. We feel there are peaceful alternatives," the appeal said. Hotel Association Nepal, Nepal Association of Travel Agents, Trekking Agents Association of Nepal, Nepal Mountaineering Association, Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal, Nepal Association of Rafting Agents and Himalayan Rescue Association issued the appeal. nepalnews.com am/br May 23 Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to set foot on the top of the world is arriving in the Himalayan Kingdom Friday to take part in the golden jubilee celebration of man's first conquest of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha) fifty years ago, Radio Nepal reported. Hillary will join 200 other successful mountaineers who have made it to the top of Everest at the golden jubilee celebrations to be marked amidst a lot of fanfare after a week. Forty-four mountaineers from different countries including a Nepali journalist from Kantipur Publications, Ang Chhiring Sherpa scaled the highest peak of the world Thursday, reports from the base camp said. A total of 25 expedition teams are making their bids on Everest to mark the golden jubilee celebrations. Meanwhile published reports said that more than 100 renowned artists from a dozen countries will gather at the Dasrath Stadium to organize a musical concert to mark man's first conquest of the world's tallest mountain. nepalnews.com am May 23 Four politicians, a retired civil servant and a policeman appeared before the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on summons of the agency Thursday, political parties and agency sources said. Rabindra Nath Sharma, Hasta Bahadur Malla, Kamalesh Sharma, Sitaraj Ojha, former Defence Secretary Chakra Bahdhu Aryal and senior police officer Hem Gurung appeared before the Commission and collected questionnaires to be filled and submitted in one week with property details. In the first phase,
the investigating agency last week issued summons to 40 politicians, civil
servants and police officers to probe official corruption on the
recommendation of a high level judicial Lamal PM Chand congratulates climbers Prime Minister and Defence Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand Thursday congratulated the joint Nepali, Indian Army Expedition that put 14 climbers and Sherpa guides on the summit, the Defence Ministry said. Chief of the Army
Staff Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa, on an official visit of Great Britain, also
congratulated the team. "Such programmes conducted jointly by the armies of
the two neighboring countries will In continuing protests against the King, five opposition parties Thursday staged sit-ins in front of offices of chief district officers nation-wide for one hour from 9 in the morning and stopped officials from entering offices, eyewitnesses said. Senior opposition
leaders were not present when students and youth leaders staged the
protests on Police and demonstrators clashed in Birgunj and Dang injuring many, radio reports said. nepalnews.com br May 22 An Italian of an 11 member expedition and his Sherpa guide scaled the 8516 meters high Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest peak Thursday, the Ministry of Tourism said. Serigo De Leo, 40, and Tshering Jangbu Sherpa climbed he peak. The expedition was led by Fausdo De Stefani, 51. nepalnews.com br May 22 King condoles Sri Lankan deaths In a message to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, King Gyanendra Thursday expressed heartfelt condolences and sympathies on the deaths and loss of property in the worst floods in the island republic in 50 years, an announcement said. Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand also condoled the deaths in a message to his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe. nepalnews.com br May 22 Nepali journalist climbs Everest A Nepali journalist climbed Mount Everest for the first time Thursday, his organization said. Ang Tshering Sherpa climbed the peak with a Sherpa guide, Kantipur Publications said. Ang Tshering is a reporter with the Kantipur daily newspaper. nepalnews.com br May 22 Pemba Dorje Sherpa set off from base camp at 5 in the afternoon Thursday to establish a speed record on Mount Everest by climbing the peak in 14 hours and 30 minutes, reports from base camp said. Pemba hopes to complete the descent to base camp in another five hours. Pemba is attempting to
improve the record of Babu Chhiri who recorded the feat in 16 hours 50
minutes. Babu Chhiri died on Everest
in a fall in 2001. nepalnews.com br May 22 Altogether 44 climbers with
seven expeditions climbed Mount Everest Thursday, the Ministry of Tourism
said quoting latest report from base camp. Alexa Zuberer, Francis
Pallangre, Sabestein Figlialini and a Sherpa guide climbed the peak as
members of a French team; one member and two Sherpas of an international
expedition also climbed the mountain, the Ministry said. Twenty-five expeditions are climbing Everest this spring from Nepal. nepalnews.com br May 22 |
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