Sherpas Reach Everest Summit, First of the Year
The Mount Everest season has officially started with eight Sherpas making the first ascents of 2018 from Nepal.
The conditions haven’t been the best, but the team with Sherpas from Himalayan Guides Nepal and Adventure Consultants were able to fix ropes to the top.
The climbers were Pasang Tenjing Sherpa, Tenzing Gyaljen Sherpa, Lakpa Dendi Sherpa, Jen Jen Lama, Siddi Bahadur Tamang, Pasdawa Sherpa, Pemba Chhiri Sherpa and Datuk Bhote.
There were 346 permits issued for Everest this spring from Nepal. There are already 240 climbers up on the mountain, many ready to make a summit push this week.
Guy Cotter, CEO of Adventure Consultants said, “My respect for the task the Sherpa team had accomplished was phenomenal. It is certainly the hardest route led by a Sherpa team I have climbed on before. And the views! To have spent so much of my life here in this region and not seen this perspective of Everest and Lhotse has been rewarded by this experience in abundance.
“We came here with a quest to climb Nuptse and we have not been successful. However, I can say that I am incredibly satisfied with our achievement and will hold it as one of my most treasured mountain experiences. I cannot express enough respect I have for the commitment and raw strength and talent of our Sherpa team made up of Passang Bhote, Prakash Sherpa, Nima Tsheri Sherpa and Dawa Bhote in making this adventure happen.”