Mountaineering News November 2006

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WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2006
	Rescued Mountaineers at 14,000 Feet High
	Despite the critical weather condition helicopters manage to rescue nine mountaineers who became sick after being trapped at 14, 000 feet. Indian Air Force received a report to find and rescue mountaineers from the Yongyap La area in Arunachal Pradash's Dibang Valley along the Chinese border. The team was stranded due to a bad weather with four to five feet of snow. Two Cheetahs and on Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2006
	Himalayan Cataract Project
	An ophthalmologist from Utah who at the same time is an avid mountaineer climbed Mount Everest in 2005 to cure blindness in Nepal. Around 22 million people worldwide are affected by cataract blindness and majorities are those from developing nations. Dr. Geoff Tabin, a professor at the University of Utah co-founded the Himalayan Cataract Project with a Nepalese partner, Dr. Sanduk Ruit in Read Full Story
MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2006
	Malaysian Team Expedition to Mount Aconcagua
	A team of five Malaysians led by a breast cancer survivor will climb Aconcagua in 2007. The expedition which is organized by the Pink Ribbon Deeds (PRIDE) aims to convey a message of hope and inspiration to breast cancer sufferers and survivors. The team of breast cancer survivors who will scaled the 7,000 meter Mount Aconcagua will be lead by Rene'e Aziz Ahmad. The twenty-six day expediti Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2006
	Malaysian Women Conquer Kilimanjaro
	A Malaysian sales manager at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore conquered the Kilimanjaro, the highest summit in the African continent. Fadzlon Abu Bakar together with his team mates conquered Kilimanjaro last September. The thirty-eight years old Abu Bakar is considered one of the few Malaysians who inhibit Kilimanjaro. She trekked Kalapathar in Nepal in 2004 and still raring to go for m Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2006
	Annual Mountaineering Camp on February 2007
	An annual mountaineering camp will be organized by the Kerala Mountaineering Association on the third week of February 2007. The one day seminar will be held at Neyyar Dam and will discuss the possibilities of developing mountaineering as a tourist interest. The association will conduct an advance course and an instructor's course. Thirty candidates will be chosen and the best one will be Read Full Story