Nepalmountainnews Report | 25 May 2008
Shailee Basnet, lodging her name for record as the first female Nepali journalist to reach the top of the planet, succeeds the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest (8848 m), on Saturday, 24 May.
She is the only journalist in the 10-member All Nepali Women's Mt. Everest Team that set out for the expedition early this month after training intensively under the supervision of experts for four months.
Kanak Dixit, publisher of Himal Khabar Patrika, Kundan Aryal, editor of Himal Khabar Patrika and Ashutosh Tiwari, CEO of Himalmedia have all congratulated her on her success.
Basnet is the first Nepali female journalist to reach the top of Everest. Nine of the 10 members have reached the top of Everest as of May 24.
Mom, daughter scale tallest peaks of all continents
At a meantime, a mother and daughter team from Sydney also scaled the world’s highest mountain, Mt Everest, becoming the first such pair to have climbed the tallest peaks in all the seven continents.
Cheryl Bart, chairwoman of the South Australian Film Commission, and her 23-year-old daughter Nikki began their ascent to the Everest summit on April 1.
They reached the top after several setbacks, including the temporary confiscation of their communications gear amid security for the Beijing Olympic torch.
The pair has climbed to the top of South America’s Aconcagua mountain (6,962 m), North America’s McKinley-Denali (6,195 m), Africa’s Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Europe’s Elbrus (5,642 m), Antarctica’s Vinson Massif (4,897 m) and Australia’s Mount Kosciuszko mountain (2,228 m).
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