This might be the case for common public, but not for the climbers!

Striking against the chilling Himalayan temperatures, a 8-member team of Nepali climbers summitted the world’s tallest Mount Everest on May 14, 2019.

Their summit marked the first-ever entry to the Mount Everest peak in this spring season.

The climbers reached the peak at around 1:45 pm, opening ways for other climbers about to visit the peak this season.

Led by Siddhi Bahadur Tamang, the team had Pasdawa Sherpa, Ang Phurba Sherpa, Dawa Nurbu Sherpa, Dorji Gyaljen Sherpa, Pasang Dawa Sherpa, Ming Dorchi Sherpa and Sangbu Bhote.

Climbers next, get ready for your turn!

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Here comes an interesting update about a dog that followed a mountaineering expedition to become the first of its species to reach the Himalayan Summit!

Yes! A stray dog named ‘Mera’ has recently ascended the 7000-mt mountain in the Himalayan region.

Mera joined the expedition team on their descending journey from Mera Peak and accompanied them to Baruntse Peak in the Himalaya region, south of Mount Everest.

The 45-pound animal crossed the glacier and joined the group’s leader Don Wargowsky.

Don continued his journey with Mera for over three-week period sharing his tent, sleeping pad and a jacket for use as bed.

“They’d never seen anything like this happen. They said she was a special dog, that she brought luck to the expedition. Some even thought she was blessed,” says Don.

It is heartening that Mera missed the track of climbers and had to stay back alone for two continuous nights on a glacier, facing chilled climate and heavy winds.

Fighting back the odds, Mera continued her expedition with the help of two climbers who had to return in that direction.

Next in the journey was more tough for Mera. Considering the bad weather and snowy path on either sides of the walk, Don tied Mera at a base camp. But Mera did not stop to catch hold of the rope and join the team in less than an hour time.

Bad weather again came in at the second base camp in the journey, where Don and Mera had to stay back for four days in a same tent and sharing food.

Don again left sleeping Mera at the basecamp and continued on his journey. But to the team’s surprise, the dog that slept until morning managed to reach the team so fast in two hours, which for climbers took more than 6 hours.

Finally, at less than 20-degree temperature when even the climbers were managing to step further in intense weather at a high altitude, Mera went running ahead of them!

I’d never been on top of something like that with a dog. She was leaning up against me and wanting to be petted. It was pretty surreal,” Don said in a statement.

Finally, the dog has moved out of Nepal and has been adopted by the expedition’s base camp manager Kaji Sherpa.

The team was overwhelmed and inspired by the courageous efforts of the successful ‘Mera’!

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The team comprising of 11 members, eight members and three mountain guides, scaled the peak with an aim to promote the ‘Visit Nepal Year 2020’ campaign.

Mingma Gyabu #Sherpa, Managing Director at Elite Himalayan Adventures (organizer of the event), co-founder Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, climber Narbin Magar and Actor #DeeyaPun were among those who made the summit on December 20, 2018.

Photo: Mingma Gyabu Sherpa

Prior to this, Sherpa made it to the world’s eighth highest peak Mt Manaslu (8,163 m) in nine days, calling on all stakeholders to make the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign a grand success. He also completed Mt Ama Dablam in November 2018.

Mt Everest & Mt Lhotse in the last spring, world’s second highest peak Mt K2 along with a group of an international expedition, Broad Peak in Pakistan and Europe’s highest peak Mount Elbrus (5,642 m), are among other peaks that Shrestha has climbed so far.

Sherpa had also participated in a Breathless Race and Everest Marathon in the last spring. He plans to complete all the highest mountains in all the seven continents along with 14 of the world’s 8000-meter peaks.

Gurkha soldier Nirmal Purja also holds Guinness world records for summiting Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse and Mt Makalu in 5 days, 3 hours and 35 minutes in 2017.

Narbin Magar from Solukhumbu is also known as the youngest person from his community to have successfully climbed the world’s highest peak, along with Mt Elbrus and Mt Kilimanjaro in three continents within 106 days period. Magar is also keen about completing all seven summits within the next two years.

Hope the climbers’ efforts to take ahead the nation’s pride and reflect in the results of the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign!

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One such incident recently happened on the country’s Mount Gurja!

A heavy snowstorm followed by a massive landslide hit the base camp of Mt. Gurja claiming lives of nine climbers including five South Koreans and four Nepali guides.

Surprisingly, the veteran trekker Kim Chang-ho known for his record of climbing 14 of the world’s highest mountains was also among them!

The accident was reported to have happened on October 11-12, 2018, informed Suraj Paudyal, an official associated with a helicopter company that was involved in rescue operation to bring back the dead.

 “A massive block of ice, probably 100 metres (330 ft) tall, likely fell from the mountain along a gorge, sending strong winds that hit the camp, threw the climbers off a cliff edge and into a ravine. Some bodies were by the side of a cliff, while others lay in the ravine,” reads Paudyal’s statement.

Though the nearby villagers spotted the dead on October 13, 2018, bad weather conditions did not allow rescuers.

Finally, the rescuers brought eight of the dead to Kathmandu on October 15, 2018, leaving one at the disaster site.

The trekking team was led by Chang-Ho, who is known for his record as the fastest climber to summit world’s 14 highest mountains above 8000 meters without supplemental oxygen.

Meanwhile, another team of French, Canadian and Swiss climbers led by Nepali mountaineer Rajan Bhote had already left for the base camp to scale Gurja West (6,465 mt.).

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