Reporters' Club- 2 July
Press conference was organized by our institutional members namely
Everest Summiteers Association, Nepal Mountaineering Instructors'
Association, Gorkha Tourism and UNITRAV on 2 July 2007 to clarify
issue related with NMA raised recently by some newspapers and media.
In the press meet, NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa, along with
the executive board members shed light on various questions raised
by the media persons. The press statement issued by NMA was also
read out to make clear on concerned subject. We highly appreciate
and thank our institutional members for taking this initiative.
Tourism Minister visit to NMA
Secretariat- 13 July
Hon'ble Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi
Subba Gurung visited NMA-Secretariat on 13 July 2007. NMA President
Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa welcomed him in NMA premises. Mr. Zimba
Zangbu Sherpa- Ist Vice President, Mr. Bhumi Lal Lama- IInd Vice
President and Mr. Deebas Bikram Shah, General Secretary briefed him
about International Mountain Museum, International Mountaineers'
Memorial Park, training and other major activities of NMA. Likewise,
NMA Treasurer Mr. Ang Kaji Sherpa shed light on income-expenditure
of our association. There were various exchange of ideas among the
authority body and executive body regarding mountaineering
activities through out our region and our nation. Hon'ble Minister
appraised the activities of NMA and assured the full cooperation
from the ministry in the future for the promotion of mountain
tourism in Nepal.
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| Tourism Minister at
NMA Secretariat |
HAT-J Beijing /China- 23 July
NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa along with other executive
board members were present at NMA premises on 23 July 2007 to see
off the HAT-J participants for Youth Cross Cultural Mountain
Conservation Meet 2007, Beijing/ China. The meet was organized by
Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA) from 23-29 July 2007. Ms.
Kamini L Sherpa, our Executive Board Member led the team, which
comprises of the following three students.
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Mr. Ranjeet Bhandari- Caspian
Valley Higher Secondary School
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Mr. Ananta Adhikari- Capital
College & Research Center
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Mr. Nirish Pyalurel- National
School of Sciences at Kathmandu
We wish them all the best and hope
this would be the great learning adventure for them.
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NMA Executive Member with the
participants |
Traffic management in Thamel-25
July
Thamel Tourism Development Council in a press statement mentioned
about its movement to manage traffic in Thamel - the tourism hub in
Kathmandu for the smooth management of vehicles in the area. The
council has requested local clubs, house owners, shopkeepers,
hoteliers etc for cooperation for the successful implementation of
its announcement.
Farewell to NMA staff- 31 July
Administrative Officer (Technical) of International Mountain Museum
(IMM) Mr. Nabin Ghimire was given farewell at NMA Secretariat on 31
July. NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa thanked him for his
worthwhile contribution towards the development of IMM and wished
him all the best in life.
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| Mr. Ang Tshering
Sherpa wishing good luck to Mr. Nabin Ghimire |
Introduction of Mountaineering Gears
This
is regular column of e-News to introduce mountain gears to the
readers.
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Ice Screw:
A screw used to protect a climb over steep ice or for
setting up a crevasse rescue system. The strongest and
most reliable type of ice screws are the modern tubular
ice screws which range in lengths from 10 to 23 cm. The
approximate strength rating on a modern tubular ice
screw is around 10Kn.
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