Twelve and three Sherpas a top Mt Amadablam

Kathmandu, Oct. 28 (RSS): Twelve members including three sherpas of 2001 amadablam expedition U.S.A. scaled the 6812m high peak on Oct. 19, 21 and 23.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil aviation, the successful climbers are Kent Kroekar, Lhakpa Sherpa, Jaya Ullin, Shane Edmonds, Bruse Manning, Scott Darsney, Amy Barwick, Dorjee Tamang, Daniel Mazur, Rudy Zuber, Duane Morrison and Jangbu Sherpa.

The 15-member expedition led by Daniel Mazur and Scott Darsney had a permission to climb the mountain via south west ridge.

Likewise, an 11-member Iranian women sports pumori expedition 2001 has been able to put its seven members including three sherpas atop the 7161m-peak at 2:45 p.m. On Oct. 19.

The mountaineers include Ms Bahrami Leila, Ms Nazari Zahra, Sadheg Farkondhe, Cheshmehghasabani Talal, Sona Denu Sherpa, Migma Dorjee Sherpa and Tanzing Gyazu Sherpa.

The expedition was led by Ms Rahimzadeh Saransari Zarifeh, the head of mountain climbing association, Tehran.

According to the ministry, five members of the team Api 2001 expedition from Japan climbed the 7132m-peak on Oct. 6 and 8 via north face.

The successful climbers are Nozawai Ayumi, Imamura Hirotaka, Furuya Tomoyuki, Iwazaki Hiroshi and Ogiwara Fumihiko.

The expedition was led by Nozawai Ayumi.

Meanwhile, three members of the Gunma Dhaulagiri I expedition are repro5ted to be missing since October 22, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

The three missing members of the expedition are Hoshino Ryushi, 34, Yukihiko Shinagawa, 33, and Masashi Fukumoto, 28.

The three mountaineers were making an attempt to scale Mt. Dhaulagiri I visa the east face.

The seven members expedition led by Ryushi Hoshino was permitted to climb the 8,167 metre high Mt. Dhaulagiri I through the east face during autumn season of 2001.