Nepal celebrates 70 years since the conquest of Everest

“For many reasons, it was not just Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who reached the summit of Everest, but all of humanity,” said Peter Hillary at a school founded by his father, Edmund, in the isolated town of Khumjung, 3.790 meters above sea level. .

“Suddenly, each of us could leave,” he added.

The achievement of the “Roof of the World”, which culminates at an altitude of 8.849 m, on May 29, 1953, changed mountaineering forever and covered the New Zealander and his Nepalese guide with glory throughout the world.

Members of the respective families joined residents and local authorities this morning to inaugurate the Sir Edmund Hillary Tourism Office, located in the same building as the school opened in 1961.

Lamps were lit in front of portraits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. His sons, Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay Sherpa, cut the red ribbon, officially opening the center.

A renovated museum was also opened in the name of Tenzing Norgay in Namche Bazar, the biggest tourist center on the road from Everest Base Camp.

In Kathmandu, authorities and hundreds of mountaineers participated in a demonstration with commemorative banners.

The best Nepali climbers, including Kami Rita Sherpa, nicknamed “the man from Everest”, who reached the summit for the 28th time last week, were honored at a ceremony.

Sanu Sherpa, the only person to have climbed the world's 14 highest peaks twice, called on the government to support Nepali guides, who take enormous risks to accompany foreign climbers on their climbs.

Over the past seven decades, more than 6.000 people have climbed the world's highest peak, according to the Himalayan Database website. More than 300 climbers have lost their lives in the same time period, including 12 this year.

With five climbers currently missing, 2023 is a record year for mortality on Everest.

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