Nepal Magic

At 8.40 am today, 77-year-old Min Bahadur Sherchan became the oldest person so far to scale Everest, beating the record set last year by 71-year-old Japanese citizen Katsusuke Yanagisawa.
Sherchan is a member of a six-member Senior Citizen Mt Everest Expedition 2008. The six-member team was supported by ace climber Pemba Dorje Sherpa. “We have got a message
that Sherchan has scaled the Everest and is in good health. He is coming to the Base Camp soon,” said Dr Surendra KC, a member of the committee formed to support Sherchan in his Everest bid. Sherchan was born on June 20, 1931 in Bhurung Tatopani of Myagdi district.
In a statement, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation confirmed Sherchan’s Everest ascent. It added, “So far, Sherchan is the oldest person to have climbed Everest.”
Other members of the team who made it to the top were: Bir Bahadur Gurung, Pema Dorjee Sherpa, Dharma Bahadur Rai, Sange Sherpa and Lakpa Nuru Sherpa. The handling agency of the expedition is World Summit Explorer Pvt Ltd.
Meanwhile, Chunu Shrestha, the 10th member of the First Inclusive Women Expedition, reached atop Everest today with two supporting climbers Da Gombu Sherpa and Pasang Wonchhu Sherpa.

source : http://news.google.com.np

Former prime minister and only living founding leader of the Nepali Congress, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, has asked the parties not to abolish the institution of monarchy in haste.

In a statement issued on Monday, Bhattarai said abolition of monarchy could plunge the country further into grave crisis.

“The institution of monarchy can still play a role to unify nation’s culture and civilisation and protect national integrity and ethnic and geographical diversity of the nation,” said Bhattarai.

The statement further said, “Since no party has an absolute majority in the Constituent Assembly, only politics of consensus can bail the country out of the current crisis and that failure to work on consensus would endanger the existence of the nation.”

Similarly, home minister of the royal cabinet and chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Kamal Thapa asked the parties not to abolish the monarchy until a new constitution is promulgated.

Speaking at a function on Monday, Thapa claimed the CA should not take a decision to abolish monarchy in haste which can then invite political disaster.

source : http://news.google.com.np/nwshp

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