Shaikh Nasser's name engraved along with climbing greats at Nepal

TDT | Manama

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The oldest guesthouse in Kathmandu, which prides itself for welcoming legends like Edmund Hillary and Beatles, has added yet another name to its memorabilia.

Bahrain’s mountaineering team, the conquerors of Manaslu peak 26,781 feet above the sea-level, has engraved the name of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the stone site of Nepal’s oldest guest house as a tribute.

The plaque now stays alongside great names like Chhang Dawa Sherpa and Mingma Sherpa, who holds world record as “first brothers to summit the 14 highest peaks”, and Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay.

As a guidebook on the Kathmandu guesthouse puts it, “Kathmandu Guest House acts as a magnet for mountaineers, pop stars, actors and eccentric characters.” Even the Beatles stayed here in 1968.

A couple of days ago, the Bahraini team completed their Covid-19 tests as directed by the Nepal Government, ahead of their journey back to Bahrain.

Besides, team members received their Mount Manaslu summit climbing certificates from a top official at the Nepal Ministry of Tourism. Bahrain team conquered Manaslu summit after a gruelling eight days of climb in bone-chilling conditions. The eighth-highest peak in the world at 8,163 meters above sea level is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas.

“Amazing achievement and thanks go for our Commander@nasser13hamad for vision and support on our task,” wrote Bahraini mountaineers after raising the national flag at Mount Manaslu.

Japanese expedition members Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu were the first ones to climb Manaslu on May 9, 1956.

Next stop for the Bahraini mountaineering team is Mount Everest, which they will attempt to climb next year.