Trekking in Nepal | Asian Trekking

Sunday, 19th May 2013:

Mr. David Liano Gonzalez, 33 years living in Mexico became the first person to double summit Mt. Everest in one climbing season. The summit from North Side is his fifth summit on Mt. Everest.  Here is a brief description of David's summit detail and his travel from South side to North Side.

11th May 2013 – Summit of Mt. Everest from South Side with Climbing Sherpa Samden Bhote at 08:05 am Nepal Time

12th May 2013 – Camp II – Base Camp – Kathmandu by Helicopter

13th May 2013 – Kathmandu – Friendship Bridge (Boarder of Nepal and China) – Everest North Side Base Camp (5200m)

14th May 2013 – Base Camp – Advance Base Camp (6400m)

15th May 2013- Rest Day

16th May 19 2013 – North Col (7100m)

17th May 2013 – Camp II (7700m)

18th May 2013 – Camp III (8300m)

19th May 2013 – Summit of Mt. Everest from North Side at 04:35 am Nepal Time with Climbing Sirdar Mingma Sherpa

David Liano on South Side of Everest

Asian Trekking family extends hearty congratulatios to them and wishes for the safe descent.

Saturday, 11th May 2013:

Asian Trekking's Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Expedition 2013 Team 1 Leader David Liano and his companion high altitude climbing sherpa Samden ote reached the summit of Mt. Everest today at 08:05 am Nepali Time. David and Samden left south col yesterday at 11:15 pm for the summit. This is David's 4th successful summit on Mt. Everest and 4th summit for Samden Bhote.

Strong wind but managiable for them and after taking few pictures, they will descent down. They are the only team for today for summit attempt.

Asian Trekking family extends hearty Congratulation to David and Samden and wish safe journey back.

Friday, 10th May 2013:

 11 Climbing Sherpas belonging to various expedition team along with David Tait and his companion Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa of Khumjung have successfully fixed rope and reached the summit of Mount Everest. Amongst the 11 Climbing Sherpas Pemba Tshering Sherpa and Sera Gyalzen Sherpa are from Asian Trekking.

The following email received from Mt.Everest Base Camp: 

 The following sherpas have successfully fixed rope and reached the summit of Mount Everest at 11:40 AM on 10 May 2013:

 1) Pasang Kami Sherpa - Khumjung VDC ward # 9, Phorste Solu Khumbu, Nepal 2013 IMG Everest Expedition II/Beyul Adventure

 2) Tshering Dorje Sherpa - Khumjung VDC ward # 8, Pangboche, Solu Khumbu, Nepal - 2013 IMG Everest Expedition

3) Phurba Tashi Sherpa - Khumjung, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, - Mountain Experience

4) Nima Tenzing Sherpa - Mountain Experience

5) Nawang Tenzing Sherpa - Mountain Experience

6) Gyalzen Dorji Sherpa, Khumjung VDC Ward # 9, Phortse, Solu Khumbu, Nepal - Mountain Experience

7) Kami Rita Sherpa- Namche ward # 7, Thame - Alpine Ascents, Shangrila Nepal

8) Phurba Kancha Sherpa - Namche ward # 7, Thame, Alpine Ascents, Shangrila Nepal

9) Shera Gyalzen Sherpa - Khumjung, Solu Khumbu - Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Exp. - Asian Trekking

10) Pemba Tshering Sherpa- Khumjung, Solu Khumbu - Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Exp. - Asian Trekking

11) Kami Rita Sherpa - Namche ward # 8 Thame, Adventure Culsultant, Himalayan Guides

Thank you,

Tilak Pande, Gyanendra Shrestha, Dawa Steven Sherpa, Ang Jangbu Sherpa

At the mean time Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Expedition·2013 Climbing Sherpas Pemba Tshering Sherpa and Sera Gyalzen Sherpa who were part of the rope fixing team reached the summit at 11:55 am.

Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Expedition 2013 Team 1 Leader David Liano  and high altitude climbing Sherpa Samden Bhote arrived south col (7950m) at 12:30 pm. Now they are resting and at 9:00 pm tonight they are planning to leave for summit attempt.

Horacio Cunietti , Horacio Galanti, Barnabas, Allan, Douglas, John Griber, Arunima , Susen, Kanta and Lovraj are all at base camp for rest and recuperation before the summit push.Carlos Canellas, Carlos Santallena, Anita Devi, Ramlal ·Rodrigo and Joel are at Pheriche.

Dear Friends,

Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal.

With the beginning of Spring Expedition Season I am pleased to share with you many interesting and positive news from Nepal.

To commemorate the 60^th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgey Sherpa, we have named this year's Eco Everest Expedition in honour of this important day.

This year also the expedition is being led by my son Dawa Steven Sherpa and as always he will continue his clean up campaign.

Furthermore, he has also been nominated by Expedition Operators Association of Nepal as one of the two task force members responsible for overseeing the rope fixing and coordinating summit schedules of the various expeditions on Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse. I hope that by coordinating and communicating between the teams we will be able to avoid most of the congestion and thereby reduce accidents and deaths.

This year, Eco Everest Diamond Jubilee Celebration Expedition has two teams with a total of 22 members and 38 sherpas and Cooks. Under Dawa Steven's leadership our Expedition Doctor and Base camp Manager is Dr. Nima Namgyal Sherpa, our Sirdar is Naga Dorjee Sherpa and Head Cook is Mr. Chandra Tamang. We have 25 Climbing Sherpas in total and 11 Base Camp and Camp 2 cooks. Asian Trekking is also happy to be deeply involved in the planning of the festivities and sponsoring some of the celebration events in the Khumbu.

Please click the following link to view the expedition status on map :

1. Dawa Steven Sherpa (GPS Device 1 Map)
   
   
2. Lavaraj Singh Dharamshaktu (GPS Device 2 Map)

Dear friends,

I wish you a Healthy, Prosperous and Happy New Year 2013!!!!

Asian Trekking's Celebration of 30th Anniversary:

Completing the year 2012, was a landmark for Asian Trekking. It marked the completion of our 30 year journey since being established in 1982.

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Asian Trekking in adventure tourism, we organised a tree plantation programme followed by a picnic on 30th Dec 2012 at Lakhuri Bhanjyang, above Kathmandu Valley. Among our 122 staffs (office and permanent field staff) most of them were present on the occasion.

On the occasion we felicitated, with certificates and rewards, our staffs who have been with us since the beginning in 1982. I feel proud to mention that these loyal and hard working staff are Suk Bahadur Ale (Sukre), Kali Bahadur Basnet (Kalu), Mingmar Tamang, Bhai Kaji Tamang (Maila Tamang) and Bala Bahadur Magar (Maila Magar). And, to my great surprise and honour, the field staff presented me with a mini stupa as a "token of love." It is because of our staffs' hard work, honesty, passion and dedication that Asian Trekking is where it is today.

An interaction program between office staff and field staffs were also held on that day. Various topics were discussed such as improvement in Asian Trekking’s services, welfare of the staffs, upgrading equipment to meet the existing requirement, required training for the climbing guide as well as trekking guides, cooks, kitchen boy etc. Though we completed 30 years, we are excitedly looking forward to the next 30 years.