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Nepalese Sherpa climbs Everest for record 19th time
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by Amitjha | May 21, 2009 at 02:44 am
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It is not once , not twice but nineteen times.A Napalese Sherpa climbed Highest peak of the world 19 times. He is on mission to clean the garbage dumped by the mountaineers.
What anybody achieves by conquering the highest lowest deepest steepest, a satisfaction of conquering nature.But unfortunately we humans are too small physically as well as mentally to understand the might of nature.
All we will get in long run is ire of nature, we are probably passing through that phase.The wrong sense of satisfaction is going ti eliminate us, beyond recovery.
A Nepalese "Super Sherpa" conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on Thursday, breaking his own previous world record in
a climb he dedicated to environmental awareness.
Apa Sherpa, 49, reached the summit of the world's highest peak early in the morning, Jitendra Giri, of the Nepalese government's mountaineering department, told AFP.
"He reached on top of Everest this morning and spent around half an hour on the summit," Giri said, adding that he was in good health and already heading back to base camp.
Apa unfurled a banner that read "Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!," after reaching the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) summit.
Apa, who bagged his first Everest summit in 1990, climbed the mountain to focus global attention on climate change and its impact on the Himalayas.
"Climbing Everest is getting more difficult and dangerous every year because of the melting ice. The rocks that used to be covered by snows are getting exposed."
Apa's expedition team has been collecting garbage from Everest as part of their campaign to return the mountain to a pristine condition.
"We have brought down over five tonnes of mountain trash including parts of a crashed helicopter, old ropes and tents, ladders, metal cans and climbing gear," said Dawa.
Since it was first climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the mountain has been conquered more than 3,000 times
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Amitjha
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at 06:34 on May 21st, 2009
That's superhuman.
at 09:05 on May 21st, 2009
This is amazing - he cleans up garbage on Everest!? Good for him.
at 10:04 on May 21st, 2009
A GREAT PASSION TO SCALE EVEREST AGAIN AND AGAIN amazing stuff .
at 00:05 on June 28th, 2009
How can I help Apa Sherpa, I would love to live at base camp for a year as a volunteer! Anyone have specifics I can get there on my own! Just don't know anyone there!
at 02:57 on June 29th, 2009
Wow,that's a Super Apa Sherpa!Imagine climbing Mt.Everest 19 times.I have seen how high it is from a distance.
Please note even climate change has great impact on the world's highest mountain!Melting ice is making climbing it more dangerous and difficult.
The banner: "Stop Climate Change.Let the Himalayas Live" unfurled by Apa at Mt.Everest summit speaks volumes.