DHAKA: A group of Bangladeshi and Nepali mountaineers will team up for a joint attempt to scale a previously unconquered Himalayan peak, the Bangladeshi team leader said today.
The 12-member team will begin the expedition on October 3 and estimate that scaling the 6,257-metre (20,528-foot) peak — known locally as Chhekego — could take 21 days, said MA Muhit, the Bangladeshi team’s leader.
“If we successfully scale the unclaimed or virgin peak, we plan to name it the Bangladesh-Nepal Friendship Peak,” he said.
The mountain, which is on the Nepal-Tibet border northeast of Kathmandu, has not been formally named as no one has successfully scaled it, Muhit added. Five attempts have been made by European trekkers, the latest in 2009 by a Norwegian team, but all have failed due to technical difficulties, Muhit said. Nepal recognises 120 unclaimed peaks in its portion of the Himalayas, but mountaineers say there may be up to 400 more.
Low-lying Bangladesh has few mountaineers, but public interest in climbing was given a boost when a Bangladeshi journalist, Musa Ibrahim, conquered Mount Everest in May.
The Himalayan Times The 12-member team will begin the expedition on October 3 and estimate that scaling the 6,257-metre (20,528-foot) peak — known locally as Chhekego — could take 21 days, said MA Muhit, the Bangladeshi team’s leader.
“If we successfully scale the unclaimed or virgin peak, we plan to name it the Bangladesh-Nepal Friendship Peak,” he said.
The mountain, which is on the Nepal-Tibet border northeast of Kathmandu, has not been formally named as no one has successfully scaled it, Muhit added. Five attempts have been made by European trekkers, the latest in 2009 by a Norwegian team, but all have failed due to technical difficulties, Muhit said. Nepal recognises 120 unclaimed peaks in its portion of the Himalayas, but mountaineers say there may be up to 400 more.
Low-lying Bangladesh has few mountaineers, but public interest in climbing was given a boost when a Bangladeshi journalist, Musa Ibrahim, conquered Mount Everest in May.
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