Mountaineer Lama treks from Kathmandu to Mt Everest peak

KATHMANDU, June 5: Mountaineer Rajesh Lama has successfully trekked to the summit of Mount Everest from Kathmandu. 

He completed his expedition to Mount Everest on the 57th day after he embarked on the journey. Lama who started walking from Kathmandu on last April 1 has successfully reached atop the world's highest peak after completing the 432.6-km-long journey on foot. 

Sharing his mountaineering experience at a press conference on Tuesday, Lama said his strong determination and courage made the journey possible. 

He further said the journey from Kathmandu to Mount Everest summit on foot was an example of imparting the message that significant achievements can be obtained in life with will power and resolution. 

Lama further shared that he would remain active in adventurous activities in the coming days. 

A resident of Lalitpur, Lama, who commenced his trekking from Sanepa reached Lukla in 15 days and Everest Base Camp in 24 days. He scaled Mount Everest on May 20. Lama, with a decade-long experience in the tourism sector, is also a professional mountain guide. 

'The North Face' company had extended the necessary support to Lama in the course of scaling Mount Everest. 

On the occasion, senior tourism entrepreneur and former chairperson of Nepal Mountaineering Association Ang Chhiring Sherpa said Lama's expedition to Mount Everest was a new dimension for mountaineering tourism in Nepal. 

International mountain guide Dawa Yangjum Sherpa termed Lama's adventurous journey an inspiration for mountaineering.