Mountaineering News May 2007

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THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
	Climber Released Music Album on Mount Qomolangma
	Local media reported that a Nepali youth had reached Mount Qomolangma three times with a different world record on each occasion. Tashi Lakpa is the youngest climber in the world without oxygen when he climbed Qomolangma last May 16 of 2004. He then climbed again last May 31 of 2005 still without oxygen and released a new book entitled "Mero Dash" (My Country). Tashi attempted to climb Mo Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
	British Doctors Saved Nepalese Climber
	A twenty-two year old Nepalese climber was rescued and was saved by a team of British doctors who scaled Mount Everest to study the effects of oxygen deprivation on gravely ill patients. The Nepalese climber was found unconscious at an altitude of 8,500 meter also known as the "death zone" near Mount Everest Summit. Usha Bista was said to have been abandoned by her expedition team after Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
	Oldest Man to Scale the Summit of Mount Everest
	Japan Mountaineering Association announced that a seventy-one year old Japanese mountain climber reached the 8,850 metre summit of Mount Everest, Tuesday. He is the oldest person to reach the world's highest peak on May 22. Katsusuke Yanagisawa was a retired junior high school teacher and was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days of age when he reached the summit of Mount Everest. He joined New Z Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
	Amazing Philippine Mount Everest Expedition Team
	Three Filipino women recently made it to the top of the world's highest peak and conquered Mount Everest. They became the first ever women to traverse Mt. Qomolangma by climbing it from the north side in China and come down to the south side of the mountain in Nepal. Janet Belarmino, Noelle Wenceslao and Carina Dayondon are members of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition who beca Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
	Youngest Foreign Climber to Scale Mount Everest
	An eighteen year old girl from Long Beach, California became the youngest foreign climber to scale the highest mountain on all seven continents. She reached the 8,850 meter summit of Everest last May 17 along with her father who is an anesthesiologist. Samantha Larson was happy to had reached Mount Everest last May 17 with the accompany of his father, fifty-one year old David Larson. Ac Read Full Story