ネパールニュース 2007.05
2007.05.23
05.26改訂
 
英文ニュースの概略を邦文でお知らせします。詳細は英文記事をご覧下さい。
  
China Southern Airlines (週2回 広州/カトマンズのフライト就航) ネパール観光に本腰
世界80都市を結ぶ中国国内最大規模の China Southern Airlines は、今年2月からカトマンズへの便を広州から就航していたが、好調な滑り出しに気をよくして、この航路に力を入れる構えだ。
 

【詳細英文記事】
China Southern Airlines, (ZNH) (1055) (SHA:600029) - www.cs-air.com/en - with the largest and most technically advanced aircraft fleet in The People's Republic of China is planning a major tourism push to Nepal with its new twice weekly service to the "Roof of the へのWorld."
After several months into its operations in Nepal, China Southern Airlines is now focusing at promoting Nepal as an attractive tourist destination among oに路utbound Chinese travelers. "Although we are still a starter in the Nepali market, the initial three months have proved that we could market Nepal as an attractive destination among the Chinese tourists," said Mr. Vincent Zhen, General Manager of China Southern's Nepal Office. The airline began its Nepal operations February 5, connecting Nepali capital Kathmandu with Guangzhou city of China, twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. "More than 1,100 Chinese passengers flew by China Southern on the Guangzhou-Kathmandu route over the past three months. The trend is encouraging, which is a clear testimony that there still lies a huge potential to be tapped," said Mr. Zhen. Although Nepal and China are close neighbors, Nepal's rich cultural heritage and biodiversity, south face of the majestic Himalayas and Nepali hospitality are still unknown among many Chinese, said Zhen, adding that Nepal has not yet been properly promoted in China. Mr. Zhen said that the promotion of Nepal in China, the fastest growing economy in the world, could significantly increase the inflow of Chinese tourists, benefiting both the tourism industry and the airline industry. The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 28 years, China Southern Airlines - www.cs-air.com/en - connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan and as well as International service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Lagos, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. For China Southern Airlines reservations and information, please contact your local travel agent.
ペンバ・ドマ・シェルパ 逝く

エベレストをネパール女性として3人目に登頂したペンバ・ドマ・シェルパ(36)は、2007.5.21. 1:30 p.m. (0745 GMT) 、ローツェ登頂後、下山の途中 7500m付近で事故死した。死因は定かでない。
Pemba Doma Sherpa は、July 7, 1970 にナムチェで生まれた。
May 19, 2000、北面からエベレスト登頂。
May 16, 2002、南面のネパールサイドからエベレスト登頂。
September 22, 2005、チョー・オユー登頂。
北面南面の両側から登頂した初めてのネパール女性でもある。

(写真右)ペンバ・ドマ・シェルパ 
2002.12.22 於:Pasang Lhamu Mountaineering Foundation/Kathmandu

ご冥福をお祈り申し上げます。
2007、エベレスト登頂
5月15-16日、以下のグループがエベレストを登頂した。
Merdeka De Everest 2007 の6名
2007 IMG Everest Expedition I の1名
2007 IMG Everest Expedition II の3名
インド軍隊チームの12名
フィリピン女性が2つの記録を打ち立てた
フィリピン女性3名(Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino)が、チベットから北面ルートでエベレスト頂上に達し、南面からネパールのベースキャンプに、金曜日6:00PM(マニラ時間)、到着した。
Janet Belarmino にとっては、産後5ヶ月の快挙であった。

記録とは、@フィリピン女性で、かつASEAN の女性で初めてのエベレスト登頂であること、そして、A女性で初めての「チベット/ネパール国境横断ルート」でのエベレスト登頂であること。

今年は、両サイドから550名がアタックしている。


【詳細英文記事】
The first Filipino women to reach the summit of Mount Everest set another world record Friday by becoming the first women to traverse the two main routes to the world's highest mountain.

Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino reached Everest Base Camp in Nepal before 6 p.m. Manila time.

Belarmino sobbed as she recounted the ordeal of climbing the mountain just five months after she gave birth to her first baby.

"Napakahirap kaya masaya ako na makakabalik na kami (It was very difficult that is why I'm glad that we can now come back)," she told radio DZMM.

Team leader Art Valdez said the three set two world records in Everest history. They are the first Filipinas and first ASEAN women ルートto reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first women to cross the mountain from the north route in Tibet to the south route in Nepal.

Crossing the mountain from Tibet to Nepal has only been done by a handful of mountaineers ? all of them men. The traverse posed a bigger challenge for the women as they passed an unfamiliar route during the descent.

Wenceslao was the first to reach the summit at 6:10 a.m. Nepal time (8:10 a.m. in Manila) on Wednesday followed by Carina Dayondon at 6:20 a.m. (8:20 a.m. in Manila). Belarmino reached the summit three hours later after she had to fall in line because a lot of people wanted to reach the summit.

First scaled in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the 29,035-foot peak has now been summitted 3,067 times.

This year, around 550 people will be attempting the peak from both Nepal?where a peace deal signed last year with Maoist rebels has brought an end to a decade of civil war?and via the northern flank in China.

In 2006 11 people were killed while this year one sherpa died while preparing for commercial expeditions.
アパ・シェルパ、エベレスト登頂記録更新
アパ・シェルパは、5月16日(水) 8.44 am、サウスコルよりエベレスト登頂を果たした。17回目の登頂となった。
アパ・シェルパ(47)は、1990年5月10日より、1996 と 2001の両年を除き、毎年エベレスト登頂を果たした。 1992 と 1997年には年2回登頂している。
12回登頂した後、2002年にリタイアすると宣言したものの、誘惑に勝てず、翌年記録更新を再開した。



【詳細英文記事】
KATHMANDU, May 16 - For the sixth consecutive year Apa Sherpa beat his own world record by stepping atop Mt Everest for the 17th time on Wednesday. He reached the summit of the world's highest peak at 8.44 am from the South Col, said Khadanand Dhakal, under secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Along with him, Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, world record holder for the fastest climb, also scaled the 8,850-meter peak. They reached the top as part of the SuperSherpas team, the first ever all-Sherpa expedition. Five other high-altitude workers of the team also scaled Mt Everest.

Altogether 27 climbers of five different expeditions ascended the highest peak Wednesday from the Nepali side. Setting another record in Everest history, Filipino women -Janet Belarmino, Noelle, and Carina Dayondon - summitted the peak from Tibet. They are descending to the base camp in Nepal, according to Sonam Sherpa, managing director of Thamserku Trekking, the agency handling the expedition.

Apa, aged 47, first scaled Mt Everest on May 10, 1990 as a high altitude worker of the Kiwi-Everest Expedition. Since then, he has reached the summit every year, expect in 1996 and 2001.

He ascended Mt Everest twice each in 1992 and 1997. After completing his 12th ascent of the world’s highest peak, Apa announced his retirement in 2002 citing family reasons.

But, he could not control the temptation for long, and resumed climbing the next year. In 2006, Apa moved with his family to Draper, Utah, in the USA, to provide his children a good education.

Over 1,400 climbers have scaled Everest since it was first summited in 1953. May is the best time for climbing the world's tallest peak, and the climbing season traditionally ends on May 31.


ジャーナリストを含む26名の登山者がエベレスト登頂
5月16日(水) ネパール側から26名の登山者がエベレストを登頂した。
うち、18名がネパール人、ノルウェー人2名、韓国人3名、スウェーデン人1名、アメリカ人2名。
Karma Sherpa がジャーナリストとして2番目に登頂した。
南アジアで最初に登頂したジャーナリストは、Ang Chhiring Sherpa (Kantipur Daily)である。
 

【詳細英文記事】
26 climbers of five different expeditions have scaled the 8,848 meter peak on Wednesday from the Nepal side. Among them were 18 Nepalis (including Appa Sherpa who scaled Mt Everest for the record 17th time), 2 Norwegians, 3 South Koreans, 1 Swede and 2 Americans.
Similarly, Karma Sherpa, a 29-year-old journalist with state-owned Nepal Television also scaled the highest peak Wednesday. He was part of the Nepal Television-Lions Everest Expedition-2007, an all-Nepali expedition team led by Wangchu Sherpa. By making the successful ascent of Mt Everest, Karma Sherpa has become the second journalist to reach atop the highest peak. Before him, Ang Chhiring Sherpa of Kantipur Daily was the first journalist from the South Asian region to scale Mt. Everest. Three Filipino women climbers ? Janet Belarmino, Noelle and Carina Dayondon ? also reached the summit on Wednesday from the Tibet side and set another record in Everest history.
スペイン人がダウラギリで雪崩
2名のスペイン人がダウラギリで雪崩に飲まれた。


【詳細英文記事】
Two Spanish mountaineers were swept away by an avalanche and are presumed dead on the world's seventh tallest mountain, Mt Dhaulagiri in west Nepal, agents of the expedition said Tuesday. Santiago Sagaste and Ricardo Valencia from Spain were swept away by avalanche on Sunday at Camp 2, nearly 6,200 metres high on the mountain, according to agents from Monterosa Treks and Expedition.

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