Islamabad: To commemorate the first ascent to the Mt. Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953, the Embassy of Nepal in Pakistan organized a programme in Islamabad.
Ambassador Tapas Adhikari welcomed Mr. Abdul Joshi, mountaineer at the Embassy and congratulated him on his recent ascent to the Mt. Everest on 16 May 2022. Ambassador opined that his expedition will inspire young Pakistanis for mountaineering and adventure tourism in Nepal and in Pakistan that will increase people-to-people contacts between our two countries.
Mr Adhikari also shed light on the climate change issue that has negative impact on mountain people and on mountaineering and urged for collectively addressing the negative consequences.
Mr. Joshi shared his interesting expedition experience while scaling the summit. He also drew many parallels between Nepal and Pakistan, particularly in the field of trekking and tourism.
