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ESA honors Everest summiteer

 

 

 

 

 

KATHMANDU, July 26 - Everest Summiteers’ Association (ESA) today presented Nabang Sherpa with the Everest Award 2004 in recognition of his achievement as the only handicapped person to have ascended Mount Everest at a function organized here today. Minister of Culture, Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCCAT) Dip Kumar Upadhaya handed Sherpa a letter of appreciation and Lob Kumar Devkota, Secretary of the MoCCAT, gave a gold chain on behalf of the ESA. Sherpa was also awarded Rs 10,000.