KATHMANDU, JULY 07
Mountaineers from the Everest region have unitedly requested the government to support the newly formed Khumbu Mountaineering Association to run different activities relating to mountaineering and tourism in the region.
Organising an interaction programme in Kathmandu, mountaineers and tourism entrepreneurs from the Khumbu area of the Everest region also highlighted the need to address impact of global warming at the earliest.
Ward chairman of the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality – 1 Funuru Sherpa said that he would always be ready to support mountaineers for the development of Khumbu region. "As Khumbu region is known for many mountains including the world's highest peak, mountaineers and tourism entrepreneurs from the region should work constructively to promote the region in the world," he said.
Chairman of Khumbu Mountaineering Association Ang Dawa Sherpa said that KMA would launch different initiatives to upgrade skills of local youths encouraging them to get involved in the mountaineering sector.
According to him, trekking guide training, assistant trekking guide training, introductory rock climbing, basic rescue course and mountaineering refreshment course had been conducted in the last year.
Treasurer of KMA Pemba Jangbu Sherpa said that different skill-based trainings were organised in the past and KMA would continue to collaborate with local, provincial and federal government units to expand its activities in the coming days.
"Local mountaineers and tourism entrepreneurs have decided to form KMA to raise the joint voices of the Khumbu communities and run different activities in the region for the betterment of the mountaineering industry," Sherpa added.
"As Khumbu is a gateway to Mt Everest, the region is also facing a tremendous challenge due to global warming," Sherpa said, adding that the association would also work to address the impacts of the current climate crisis in the region.
President of Sherpa Tourism Entrepreneurs Association Sonam G Sherpa vowed that the entrepreneurs and mountaineers from Khumbu region united for a good cause and such unity would certainly make a big difference in the region.
On the occasion, Juving Sherpa Kiduk Chairman Kami Rinji Sherpa and entrepreneurs Nuru Jangbu Sherpa, Lopsang Sherpa and Pasang Tendi Sherpa also shared their views.
More than 60 mountaineers and entrepreneurs including mountain guides and Everest summiteers were present in the programme.
