Eco Everest Expedition 2009: Apa Sherpa Shooting For 19th Everest Summit
March 23, 2009
Ang Tshering Sherpa, the Chairman and Founder of Asian Trekking, has released new information about his company’s upcoming Eco Everest Expedition to Mt. Everest. This expedition has gained some critical acclaim over the past couple of seasons on Mt. Everest for the environmental awareness and impact that the company is having, not only on Everest, but on the climbers as well.
In a special letter to Alan Arnette, Ang Tshering Sherpa highlights what the expedition will be doing on Mt. Everest this upcoming season and confirms a rumor that I had heard a few weeks back.
The Eco Everest Expedition 2009 will be used as a basis to once again help bring trash down from Mt. Everest. Climbers and staff involved in this expedition will be paid per kilo of trash brought down, and will also be spreading the word to climbers and expedition leaders about the benefits of Clean Mountain Cans and Restop bags–a few ways that climbers can help benefit the clean-up of Mt. Everest by not leaving any human waste on their own expeditions. It is thought that over the course of almost 100 years of Mt. Everest expeditions, that there has been over 50 tons of trash left behind on the world’s highest peak. Eco Everest plans to change that.
Ang Tshering Sherpa also confirmed that Apa Sherpa will be going for his 19th summit attempt on Mt. Everest this season. Some of you may remember Apa Sherpa and Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa’s famed SuperSherpas Expedition from 2007. Apa captured his 18th summit in 2008, and will be trying to break his own record for the human with the most Everest summits to his name. The Adventurist wishes Apa Sherpa and the whole Eco Everest team the best of luck in their upcoming 2009 Eco Everest Expedition.
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Written by Jason A. Hendricks · Filed Under Everest 2009 |
Can you imagine….. And every one of those climbs was unique in its own right… Amazing life story! DSD
I have followed Apa Sherpa for about three years now. He never ceases to amaze. He lives and works in the U.S. for part of the year, then takes the money he makes back to his family. What I continually find hard to believe is that Apa Sherpa has a hard time finding sponsors for his climbs. His name is one of the top in the business, yet, companies refuse to use him as a spokesperson or product endorser for various reasons. Granted, he may not be the best at English, but his skills and accomplishments far outweigh many westerners that get way more support in the field. I find that sad.
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