2023-05-29 07:02:02
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The Nepalese government honored record-breaking mountaineers Monday during celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest’s summit.
Hundreds of people from the mountaineering community, Sherpa guides and officials attended an event in Kathmandu to mark the anniversary. The participants held up celebratory banners and walked through the city center to the rhythm of music played by military bands.
Among those honored were Sherpa guides Kami Rita, who this season has climbed the world’s highest mountain twice this season, for a total of 28 ascents, and Sanu Sherpa, who has climbed all 14 of the world’s highest peaks twice.
Hari Budha Magar, who became the first person with both legs amputated above the knee to climb Everest, was also recognized by Tourism Minister Sushila Sirpali Thakuri.
“May 29 is a day we will all remember and be proud of forever, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing (Norgay) Sherpa summited Everest, and it is the day the Sherpas made themselves known,” Sanu said. Sherpa.
Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on May 29, 1953. Nepal began celebrating the anniversary as Everest Day after Hillary’s death in 2008.
Since then, thousands of people have scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit and hundreds have lost their lives on its unpredictable slopes.
During the 2023 season hundreds of mountaineers and guides climbed the mountain and 17 died or went missing.
The popular climbing season in the Himalayas begins in March and ends in May, when monsoon rains and winds, as well as melting ice from rising temperatures, make the mountains too dangerous to climb.
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