Apa Sherpa summits Mount Everest!

23 May 2008

Apa Sherpa, the well known Everest summitter and a member of the Eco Everest Expedition 2008 successfully summitted the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, on the morning of 22 May 2008.   Apa Sherpa has broken his own world record with this 18th climb to the top! more >

Real Time Monitoring and Early Warning of Imja Tsho

09 May 2008

To initiate an early warning system, a wireless LAN setup has been established using innovative geo-ICT tools and technologies to connect different field monitoring devices for real time monitoring and early warning for potential GLOF. more >

Everest record breaker Apa Sherpa expected to join the Eco Everest

29th April 2008

Apa Sherpa, the 17th times world record holder of Everest is expected to join the Eco Everest Expedition for the 18th time to the summit. He was honoured as the Chief Guest at the Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Awareness Workshop which was held on 25 April in Namche. Organised as one of the events during the Eco Everest Research expedition, the workshop aimed to raise the awareness of the local community and organisations on the impacts of climate change in the Himalaya. more >

ICIMOD Silver Jubilee Flag handed over to Dawa Steven Sherpa, leader, Eco Everest Expedition 2008 at Everest Base Camp

18th April 2008

Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD handed over the ICIMOD silver jubilee flag to Dawa Steven Sherpa, the leader of the climbing team, to be taken to the top of the world. The Eco Everest Expedition was conceived by Dawa Steven, whose personal near tragedy of an ice collapse in the Khumbu ice fall in 2007 led him to ICIMOD to seek some answers. His realization of the potential impact of climate change on the lives of his people in the Khumbu region was the birth of the Eco Everest Expedition 2008. more >

Crucial Role of Timely Monitoring and Research in Helping Mountain Communities in Disaster Risk Reduction: Shomare Village, Khumbu region

17th April 2008

Shomare for climbers is a small cluster of houses with a "fantastic close-up view of Ama-Dablam" on their way to the Mount Everest Base Camp. It is also a place to rest and take a meal between Pangboche and Pheriche. more >

Revisiting 1985 Dig Tsho GLOF site: Himalayan GLOF risk assessment by ICIMOD

17th April 2008

The memories of the sudden flood of black water that washed away their entire livelihood still haunt Lhakpa Chamjee and Ang Maya, even though the ICIMOD research team estimates Dig Tsho lake to be considerably more safe at the moment. more >

Climate Change Affects Local Life in Thukla: Small GLOF activities in the Khumbu Glacier

Tshering Lhakpa Sherpa, resident of Thukla shares a local resident’s perspective of glacial lake outburst flooding

The bridge over Khumbu River got washed away by a flash flood for the fourth time in 2007. It was also the fourth time that Tshering Lhakpa Sherpa had to repair the bridge. more >

Everest Expedition Kicks Off

7 April 2008

The first dispatch from Team 1 has come in at 10:30 this morning (8th April 2008). The original scheduled flight on 7th April had to return to Kathmandu because it was unable to land due to unfavourable weather conditions. Basanta has sent in the following dispatch of their arrival at Lukla Airport:

"The Team 1 of ICIMOD Eco Everest arrives in Lukla."

 Lukla Airport is at an elevation of 9,380 ft. (2,860m) and is situated in the town of Lukla in eastern Nepal. The airport is the starting point for trekkers climbing Mount Everest. The paved tarmac is only accessible to helicopters and small fixed wing short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft such as Twin Otters. There is about a 700-metre (2,000 ft) angled drop at the end of the runway to the valley far below.

 "We are all set to go to Monjo."