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Dear Friends, Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal. I am just back home in Nepal after traveling to Prague with my son Dawa Steven to attend the International Alpinism Festival in Prague (Czech Republic). It has been my great honour to participate each year under the invitation of the organizers.…

9TH NOVEMBER 2012: 2ND·NOVEMBER 2012: The American Himlung Expedition Autumn 2012 members Ryan Hollow, Matthew Joseph Drisscoll and Michael James Firth from Montana, USA left Camp 3 early in the morning and reached the summit of Mt. Himlung (7126m)·at noon on 1st November 2012. Communication·with Base Camp,·Ryan·said that it was cold and windy and last […]

Dear Friends, Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal. As I did previuos years, in this newsletter I again attempt to answer questions such as how many people have climbed Mt. Everest? How many climbers came to Nepal (and Tibet)? Where in the world did most climbers come from? How much money…

Peking Express is a successful adventure reality television show produced all over the world. It is a television documentary about a journey in 10 stages through 3 countries: India, Nepal and China. In this program 10 Italian Celebrities started their…

List – spring mt. Everest 2012 S.N Name Country Summit Date Leader 1 Mr. Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu India 2012-05-26 Member 2 Mr. Rajendra Singh Pal India 2012-05-26 Member 3 Mr. Meghlal Mahato India 2012-05-26 Member 4 Ms. Binita Soren India 2012-05-26 Member 5 Mr. Kapil India 2012-05-19 Member 6 Mr. Gia Tortladze Georgia 2012-05-19 Member […]

Dear Friends, Namaste, Tashidelek and warm greetings from Nepal. As always, much has been happening in Nepal and the Himalaya since I last wrote to you all. I have listed the topics below for your convenience Summary of the Climbing Season Summit reports of Asian Trekking’s Spring Expedition Summary of…

Earlier Dawa Steven Sherpa received the following prestigious International Awards:

Present at the Dinner were Tamae Watanabe world record holder for the oldest woman Mt. Everest Summitter at 73 years, Mr. Bill Burke oldest Mt. Everest Summitter outside Asia , Mr. Gia Tortladze – Gorgian Paliamentarian and President of International Mountaineers Association, Mr. Noriyuki Muraguchi, Mr. Jan Morava, Mr. Vit Morava, the legendary Apa Sherpa – world record holder of 21 times summit of Mt.Everest, Phurba Sherpa- 7 times summit of Mt.Everest and Phura Nuru Sherpa- 3 times Mt.Everest Summit..

Eco Everest Expedition is a program organized in 2008 as a platform to attract maximum global attention. The main objective of this expedition is to raise awareness about the impact of climate change and glacier melting in the mountain leading to high risk of GLOF affecting the lives of the local people. The expedition organized by Asian Trekking focuses on climbing in an eco-sensitive manner and field testing different eco-sensitive methods to be adopted while climbing in the Himalaya.

Int. Lhotse Expedition – Spring 2012 – members: 15th May 2012 Tuesday: Jakob Urth , our Lhotse member has left for camp 2 for summit push this morning. 5th May 2012 Friday: Jakob Urth from the Lhotse Group has spent 2 nights at camp 3 and returned back to base camp on the 4th May. […]

Dear Friends, Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal! Once again it is almost time for pre-preparation of the Spring Climbing and Trekking Season. We at Asian Trekking are very busy preparing for this Spring Season, as all our expeditions and trekkings will be in the Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan.

Asian Trekking to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the first ascent to Mt. Everest (1953-2013). Please visit: http://www.asian-trekking.com/activities/trekking.html

Fly from Dhanghadi to Kathmand and arrive Kathmandu Airport at 3:30 pm.

The International Alpinism Festival and Conference 2011 was held in Prague, the capital city of Czech Republic, from 1st to 4th December.http://www.asian-trekking.com/activities/trekking.html

Dear Friends, Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal. As promised in my previous newsletter, in this email I am giving you some figures and statistics in an attempt to answers interesting and important questions that many people have asked about mountaineering in the Himalayas. I attempt to answer questions such…

Dear Friends,Namaste and greetings from Nepal. I am very pleased to let you know that our Eco Everest Expedition 2008, in partnership with ICIMOD (International Center for Integrated Mountain Development) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), was very successful in creating widespread awareness on global warming. As you know the…

Dear Friends,Date: 10 March 2009. Tashi Delek and Happy Lhosar. May this New Year bring you all great happiness! Once again it is almost time for another Climbing Season. With only less than one month left before the Expeditions depart to the mountains, we at Asian Trekking are busy preparing…