Eco Everest Expedition 2008, announced that Dawa Steven Sherpa has arrived at Everest Base camp to begin his expedition and he will be conducting field test at base camp and on the mountain. Furthermore, expedition is raising funds to fund further research on monitoring and early warning systems for glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The trust fund has been set up and will be managed by ICIMOD (International Center for Integrated Mountain Development).

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The decision has come in effect following the sad demise of Sir Edmund Hillary in January 11, 2008. Government of Nepal has finally given a go ahead to change the name of the famous Lukla Airport to Tenzing Hillary Airport in memory of the two legendary mountaineers and the contribution Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary made for the development and promotion of tourism. The airport closest to Mount Everest, previously known as Lukla Airport, will now be called Tenzing Hillary Airport.

In another occasion the government of Nepal has also declared May 29, the day when Hillary and Tenzing climbed Mount Everest in 1953, as International Mountain Day. This is something that will definitely be welcomed by mountaineering community and the world at large.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa are considered the heroes of Everest and of Nepal. Hillary in particular had been involved in numerous humanitarian works in Nepal including the building of schools, hospitals and helping backward community to uplift their socio-economic standards. Sir Edmund Hillary died last month; Tenzing Norgay died in 1986.

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The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign was a resounding success, in which more than 100 million votes were cast and which took democracy to a new global level. Now, the second campaign organized by the non-profit New7Wonders Foundation, to choose the New 7 Wonders of Nature, is off to a promising start: Some 200 nominations were submitted by some half a million people within the first few months of the campaign.

Mount Everest, also called Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ) or Sagarmatha (Nepali: सगरमाथा) is the highest mountain on Earth has been nominated as New 7 Wonders of Nature. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet, China.

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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the Everest along with Tenzing Sherpa, has died aged 88, according New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. He was the first man to climb the highest peak (8,850m) on 29 May 1953. After the ascent, he famously greeted another member of the British expedition group with the words: “Well, George, we’ve knocked the bastard off.” Hillary, a beekeeper who served during World War II in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, he began climbing from high school days. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II upon hi return to England and in 2003, he was made an honorary citizen of Nepal on 50th anniversary or his historic climb.

"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain," he said at the time. "I think the whole attitude toward climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying -- the people just want to get to the top." In his later years, Hillary became a strong supporter of environmental causes and his Himalayan Trust has helped build hospitals, clinics, bridges, airstrips and nearly 30 schools to improve the lives of Nepal’s Sherpas.

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