Next stop for team Bahrain is Mount Everest
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
The mountaineering team of Bahrain will soon depart for Nepal to conquer Mt. Everest, the highest mountain, which is now 0.86 meters higher than previously measured.
The team, in a statement, on their Instagram account, also announced completing their COVID-19 vaccinations.
They are now following strict COVID-19 protocols on the lead up to departure.
According to Nepal Embassy in Bahrain, the team has 13 Bahrainis and three British citizens, a report by khabarhub said.
The report also states that the team, including His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, will reach Nepal by the 15th of this month.
Reportedly, eSeven Summit Treks is helping their stay in Nepal for the next 79 days. Climb to Mt Everest is organised by Seven Summit Trek, a Nepal-based company.
khabarhub also reports that the team met Nepali Ambassador to Bahrain Padam Sundas last week and briefed him about the expedition.
An embassy statement said that the team would reach the country by a special plane.
Bahraini team had also conquered Mt Lobuche on their way toward Mt Manaslu, which is 8,163 meters above sea level.
The report, quoting Nepali officials, also states that Nepal will allow around 300 foreigners this coming spring to scale Mt Everest.
Bahrain team reportedly will flock immediately to the base camp or to nearby trekking peaks to acclimatise. Shaikh Nasser had earlier said that reaching the Manaslu summit has boosted the team’s aptitudes to scale Mount Everest and raise the Bahraini flag on top.
“We are keen on providing full support to the men of the Royal Guard who possess high capabilities that empowered them to overcome several challenges to reach the Manaslu summit, but they now have the bigger challenge of reaching the summit of Everest,” he said.
The royal mountaineering team successfully scaled Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain on Earth, last year in October.
Christopher Anthony, one of the members of the expedition team, had said, “The whole expedition was the idea of HH Shaikh Nasser.”
Seven Summit Treks also assisted Bahraini climbers to scale Mt Manaslu last year.
“The acclimatisation of Lobuche and Manaslu is probably the most important aspect of the climbing of
Mt. Everest,” Bahrain this month quoted Anthony as saying.
In a statement to khabarhub, Thaneswar Guragai, the Seven Summit Treks Manager, hailed Bahraini nationals, including Prince Al Khalifa and three British citizens of the Bahrain Royal Guard Expedition, for being the first South Asians to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres.
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