Nepal honours 9 guides for Everest successes on anniversary
Kathmandu, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Nepal honoured several Sherpa guides for their Everest successes on the anniversary today of the first conquest of the world’s highest peak. Government minister Bina Magar, herself an Everest climber, honoured the guides at a ceremony held every year on the date in 1953 that New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his guide Tenzing Norgay first set foot on the summit of the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) mountain. Those honoured included Kami Rita, who just climbed the mountain for a record 22nd time. He said last week when he…
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