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An early attempt on Lhotse was made by the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.It also included two Austrians (cartographers Erwin Schneider and Ernst Senn) and two Swiss (Bruno Spirig and Arthur Spöhel), and was the first expedition in the Everest area to include Americans (Fred Beckey, George Bell, and Richard McGowan).
The documentary is about Project Possible, a plan by Nepali high altitude climber Nirmal Purja to climb all of the world's 14 highest peaks with an altitude greater than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) (called eight-thousanders) inside 7 months (i.e. from early spring to late summer, before the winter season begins).
Location: Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal: Parent range: Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas: Climbing; First ascent: November 3, 2022: Czech team, led by Piolet d’Or winner Zdenek Hak summited the unclimbed Chumbu [2]
One of the people from Nepal who has worked for Himex is Phurba Tashi [13] Climber and guide Adrian Ballinger worked for Himex until 2012. [14] Ballinger then started a climbing company called "Alpenglow Expeditions". [14] Dr. Tracee Metcalfe has served as an expedition doctor for Himex, climbing Mount Everest with the team in 2016. [15] [16]
They were valuable to early explorers of the Himalayan region, serving as guides through extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region, particularly for Mount Everest climbing expeditions. Today, the term Sherpa is often used by foreigners to refer to almost any guide or climbing supporter hired for mountaineering in the Himalayas ...
The Great Himalaya Trail on Wheels (GHT on Wheels) is the first successful solo-mountain biking expedition on the upper (high) route of the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) in Nepal, accomplished by Nepali mountain biker and adventurer, Mangal Krishna Lama, who is also a guide and former National athlete.
The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954 [1] to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India. History [ edit ]
The 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, formally known as the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition, was initiated by Edmund Hillary and Griffith Pugh with John Dienhart of World Books in America (producers of a children’s encyclopaedia). The expedition lasted from September 1960 to June 1961.