Himalayan High Treks Staffer Summits Everest

Himalayan High Treks (featured in Off the Radar’s May, 2007 newsletter) reports that staff member K. B. Tamang (younger brother of HHT’s regional manager Amber Tamang) just made it to the top of Mount Everest! Only 25 years old, K. B. did this without the financial and logistics support western climbers take for granted (things like like satellite phones, high-tech clothing and a support crew). He did suffer mild snow blindness on the descent and also had a delay at Lukla airport (like many trekkers) due to mountain weather. With the late season storms, he has now been waiting to return to Kathmandu for the last three days.  Once he gets home, a reception celebration is planned at cousin Saila Tamang’s Cozy Cafe. Salia is also a guide on several of HHT treks. It’s a proud day!

K. B. was chosen for this climb by the Universal Peace Federation, an international pro-peace, non-government organization with networks throughout the world. They have recently been involved in the peace initiative in Nepal. For a symbolic and inspirational purpose, they wished to send a climber to Mt. Everest with a banner calling for “…a new constitution to be written in Nepal and a positive end to the peace process in the country.” The banner K.B. carried was signed by the first president of Nepal as well as the religious heads of Nepal’s nine different religions.