Fame Still Eludes Sherpas

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A press conference was held earlier this year in Kathmandu to publi¬cise the success of the national team from North Ossetia, Russia, on Everest. The obvious pride the Ossetians felt about their feat was only understandable. Equally un-derstandable was the matter-of-factness with which the invited Nepali press-persons regarded the whole affair.

After all, Everest is in Nepal and suc-cessful ascents are only too routine. What was of interest during the press meet, however, was that the excitable Russians did not even refer to the fact that one of their expedition members had achieved a ninth scal¬ing of the mountain. Celebrated mountain¬eer Ang Rita Sherpa was part of the team, and it was only after pointed questions from the reporters that the Ossetians expressed their ´happiness´ at being associated with Ang Rita´s record-setting climb.

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