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56th anniversary
of first ascent on Mount Everest celebrated in Siliguri Silliguri:
The Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation (HNAF), a NGO in Siliguri on
Friday celebrated the 56th anniversary of climbing the Mount Everest for the first
time. Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became
the first people to reach the top of the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) mountain on
May 29, 1953. The day was marked by felicitating the statue of Tenzing Norgey
in the morning. A blood donation camp was organised later to promote adventure
sports among the younger generation. "The main objective is to promote adventure
sports. We are promoting adventure sports because it has been losing interest
in North and West Bengal," said Dipesh Raha, general secretary, HNAF. Chirag Chatterjee,
a blood donor said it is a good way to promote adventure sports in the state.
"Definitely this event surely encourages us to look forward to adventure sports
because we can meet various people who have remarkable achievements in adventure
sports. There are many mountaineers joining this event and they are real life
inspirations for us. That's why this is a very successful event which draws us
towards adventure sports," said Chatterjee. More than 3,000 people have climbed
Everest from the Nepali and Tibetan sides since 1953. -May
30, 2009 Go
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