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UAAA General Assembly
2006- 8 September 2006
A delegation under the leadership of NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering
Sherpa participated in the General Assembly of Union of Asian Alpine
Association (UAAA) held in Beijing, China 16-17 September 2006. The
following board members of NMA participated in the assembly.
1. Mr. Khadanada Dhakal- Under Secretary, Ministry of Culture,
Tourism and Civil Aviation
2. Mr. Deebas Bickram Shah- General Secretary
3. Mr. Narhari Bhandari- Secretary
4. Mr. Pemba Dorjee Sherpa- Executive Board Member
5. Dr. Hari Prasad Shrestha - Executive Board Member
6. Mr. Santa Bir Lama - Executive Board Member
7. Mr. Sarki Tamang- Executive Board Member
8. Mr. Diwas Pokhrel- Executive Board Member
9. Mr. Vijaya Gurung- Executive Board Member
Mrs. Hu Jiayan- Vice Minister of the General Administration of Sport
of China and Vice President of Chinese Olympic Committe was the
chief guest for the meeting chaired by Fumio Tanaka, UAAA President.
Mr. Pierre Humblet, Acting President, UIAA and Mr. Lenselink
Reindert, General Secretary, UIAA Climbing Council were also present
in the meeting. The meeting discussed in various agendas on UAAA
Future Activity, Report's, UIAA New Delhi Meeting report. The
meeting approved on the UAAA Council Meeting in 8 May 2008 in Nepal.
Hong Kong has taken up the responsibility of treasury and Taiwan as
an accountant of UAAA. All the NMA Members traveled overland to
Beizing from Kathmandu and returned on 24 September 2006.
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NMA delegation team with
UAAA President Fumio Tanaka |
Delegation in the
General Assembly |
Tourism minister at IMM- 21
September 2006
Hon'ble Minister for Culture,
Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali visited
International Mountain Museum (IMM), Pokhara, on 21 September 2006.
Hon'ble Minister highly appreciated NMA's role in the development
and management of the museum and urged all the tourism entrepreneurs
to develop IMM as a new tourism product for Pokhara. He also advised
regarding the possibility of developing IMM as international center
for the study of mountain, mountaineering and mountain environment.
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Tourism Minister
inspecting IMM |
Expressing his views
on IMM |
Helicopter Crash - 23 September
2006
Shree Airlines helicopter with 24
high profile passengers on board disappeared at Ghunsa, Taplejung
district on 23 September 2006, Saturday morning in which we lost our
Chief Advisor Dr. Harka Gurung and General Members Mr. Mingma Norbu
Sherpa and
Mr. Mingma Sherpa. A massive rescue operation was coordinated by
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) along with
NMA, HRA and local people of the area. Mr. Nawang Nima Sherpa led
the mountain rescue squad of NMA, while our Treasurer Mr. Ang Kaji
Sherpa coordinated with MoCTCA.
Nepal-Japan Diplomatic Relationship Golden Jubilee Nangpai Gosum
Expedition 2006- 25 September 2006
A flag handover ceremony was
organized on 25 September 2006, to give a warm sent off to the
participating members of Nepal-Japan Diplomatic Relationship Golden
Jubilee Friendship Expedition, Nangpai Gosum (7321m), 2006. The
chief guest for the program was Hon'ble Minister Pradeep Kumar
Gyawali, Ministry for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. His
Excellency Ambassador of Japan Tsutumo Hiraoka, Mr. Masuo Moriya,
President of Japan Worker's Alpine Federation (JWAF) were also
honored in the program. Hon'ble Minister and Japanese Ambassador
handed over the flag to the General Expedition Leaders Mr. Ang
Tshering Sherpa and Mr. Masuo Moriya. Then after General Expedition
Leaders handed over the flag to the Expedition leaders Mr. Da Gombu
Sherpa of Nepal and Mr. Mr. Kozuyoshi Kondo of Japan.
Hon'ble Minister & other guests at the program
Flag handed over by the Chief Guest to General
Expedition Leader Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa
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Group photo of the
participants with the sponsor |
Participants with the
Chief Guest & other dignitaries |
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Following the handover program, the Chief
Guest gave away certificates to the successful trainees of
Basic Mountaineering Course 2006 carried out in Kathmandu
and Langtang. There were thirty four Nepalese students and
three foreign students.
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Chief Guest awarding
certificate to the trainees |
French Senators at NMA
Secretariat- 27 September 2006
High ranking officials of France
Republic along with Senator Mr. Collin visited NMA Secretariat on 27
September 2006. NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa welcomed them
in the NMA premises. NMA officials Ist Vice President Mr. Zimba
Zangbu Sherpa, IInd Vice President Mr. Bhumi Lal Lama, General
Secretary Mr. Deebas Bickram Shah, and Secretary Mr. Narhari
Bhandari were also present for the meeting.
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French Senators Mr.
Collin and other high ranking officials at NMA Secretariat |
During the meeting, NMA President
expressed gratefulness towards the visiting delegates for their
support they have provided us in building artificial climbing wall
at International Mountaineers' Memorial Park, Kakani, and
International Mountain Museum, Pokhara. He also remembered the
contribution of ENSA in upgrading the mountaineering skills of
Nepalese mountaineers and requested them towards further
strengthening the relation between the two nations. He also thanked
France for their contribution in overall development of tourism in
whole of Nepal.
Central Executive Board Meeting- 28 September 2006
The Central Executive Board
Meeting was held on 28 September 2006, Thursday. The meeting
observed a minute silence in the memory of Chief Advisor Dr. Harka
Gurung and two general members Mr. Mingma Norbu Sherpa and Mr.
Mingma Sherpa. The meeting also decided to put a condolence book at
the NMA premises. Similarly, in order to pay homage towards the
legendary person, founder member of NMA, geographer,
conservationist, first Tourism Minister and Chief Adviser Dr. Gurung.
The Board Meeting also decided to organize a condolence program on 9
October 2006.
French Senators at IMM- 29 September 2006
Visiting Senatuer Des Francais
Christaine Kammermann, Senatuer de Savoi Thierry Repentin along with
His Excellency Michel Jolivet, Ambassador of French Republic visited
International Mountain Museum (IMM), Pokhara on 29 September 2006.
NMA Ist Vice President Mr. Zimba Zangbu Sherpa and IInd Vice
President Mr. Bhumi Lal Lama, Convener for IMM Committee along with
members of NMA-Annapurna Chapter, Pokhara, briefed them about the
museum. During their visit, they inspected the entire premises
including the artificial climbing wall, which was built with the
financial assistance from the Embassy of French Republic. Senatuer
de Savoi Thierry Repentin also climbed on the wall and the route he
took was named as Voie Repentin. A dinner was hosted by NMA in
Pokhara in their honor.
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| French Senators and
His Excellency entering IMM |
French senator, His
Excellency with NMA officials |
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Old is Gold
This is a regular
column of e-News where photos from old album will be
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Obituary
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| Dr. Harka Gurung |
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Renowned scholar of National
and International repute Dr. Harka Gurung was a founding
member of NMA. He was continuing to support NMA as Chief
Advisor. We are deeply saddened and shocked by the untimely
death of Dr. Gurung and two other general members of NMA-
Mr. Mingma Norbu Sherpa and Mr. Mingma Sherpa in the
helicopter accident of 23 September 2006 in the Ghunsa area
of Taplezung district. We pray to almighty God for the
eternal peace of the departed souls and express our
heartfelt condolence to their families. The world shall miss
his expertise and we shall miss his guidance. |
Introduction of Mountaineering Gears
This
is regular column of e-News to introduce mountain gears to the
readers.
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Belay Glove
It is useful in removing the possibility of rope burn
and to prevent the involuntary release of the rope by
the hand of climber. It is constructed of leather or
synthetic and has heat resistant padding on the palm and
fingers. | |
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