This year, Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is set to hoist the national flag at Kalapathar on the occasion of its 50th year of establishment on November 1.
KATHMANDU, OCT 29: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is gearing up for its 50th-anniversary celebrations with a series of exciting programs and events, promising to be a milestone in the world of mountain adventure and tourism.
July 20, 2021 13:21
Kim Hong-bin, the first disabled person in the world to conquer 14 peaks over 8,000 m in the Himalayas, went missing in the Himalayas on Monday.
The 57-year-old had reached the summit of the 8,047-m Broad Peak, the world s 12th-highest, in the border area between Pakistan and China on Sunday, before he fell off a cliff on the way down, his local climbing club said.
It had taken him 15 years to climb 14 peaks over 8,000 m in the Himalayas starting with Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) in 2006. He is the 44th person in the world and seventh Korean to achieve the feat.
Mountaineer Kim Hong-bin poses at a base camp on Broad Peak on Sunday. /Yonhap
According to the Union of Asian Alpine Associations, Kim Hong-bin went missing Monday during a descent.
Despite sending a distress signal, nearby climbers were unable to locate him.
Kim lost all his fingers to frostbite some 30 years ago while climbing, but become the world’s first disabled person to conquer the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.