Appa in Himalaya trekking
Kathmandu: Everest summitteer Apa Sherpa and his team reached Gorkha on the 52nd day of the trek on the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT),
After walking 720-km since it began, Apa and his team were welcomed and felicitated by locals in Tallo Durbar of Gorkha district according to Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme.
The renowned mountaineer Apa Sherpa, who has climbed Mt Everest a world record 21 times, has been walking on the Great Himalaya Trail – Climate Smart Celebrity Trek since January 15. He will be walking the 1700-km and 120-day long trek to highlight the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas, and to promote GHT. During the historic trek, he will visit hundreds of villages meeting thousands of people to interact and more importantly to share their views with the world.
Apa is accompanied by two-time Mt Everest Summiteer, climate-activist and blogger Dawa Steven Sherpa; Saurav Dhakal and Sameer Jung Thapa.
The trek is aptly named Climate Smart Trek, as Apa and his entourage are making every effort to keep their activities during the trek environment friendly and less carbon intensive.
In the end, the trek will be converted to a carbon neutral effort by buying carbon offset to neutralise unavoidable carbon emissions. HCI — the organiser of the historic trek — is a civil society led national initiative to build a peaceful, prosperous and climate resilient Nepal, and to establish environmental, social and economic significance of the Himalayas across the globe, THT reports.
