Women Himalaya Mountaineers

Women Himalayan climbers Sushmita Maskey and Usha Bistthey and their climbing team made history by becoming the first  all-women’s team from Nepal to summit Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

On Sundaythey were celebrated as the 99th International Women’s Day, the 10 Nepali women climbers have broken new ground by announcing they would establish a national mountaineering school that would help other aspiring climbers in the country to aim at Everest , k2 and other high Himalayan summits.

As Hisila Yami, minister for tourism and civil aviation, handed over the cheque, the group said they would use it as seed money to establish a National Mountaineering School.

The women’s group will now head for Langtang in northern Nepal to identify a possible site for the proposed school. The other optional sites are Rolwaling Valley and the Khumbu, Annapurna and Kanchanjunga regions.