INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 18The only expedition on Mt Dhaulagiri this season has been
making slow progress as the alpinists set up camp II, according to expedition organizers.
Russian alpinists attempting Cho
NATO member Romania says a Russian drone violated its
airspace
Pemba Jangbu Sherpa, Managing Director
at I AM Trekking amp; Expedition, said that a 14-member team of alpinists from Russia and Belarus set up camp II and plans to head towards
the higher camp."The team led by Alexander Dusheyko from Russia has been struggling hard to climb Dhaulagiri in an alpine style," Sherpa
said.
The other members of the team include Vladimir Peresedov, Valerii Shamalo, Oleg Timkin, Maksin Makarov, Dmitrii
Timkin, Sergei Votrotyntsev, Dmitrii Kliukin, Oleg Kruglov, Vladimir Chistikov, Dmitrii Shpilevoi, Mikhail Nosenko and Denis Aleksenko from
Russia as well as Artsiom Tsentsevitski from Belarus.Under the Russian Dhaulagiri Expedition' team, the climbers will attempt to scale the
8,167-metre mountain without guide support, according to Sherpa
The Department of Tourism confirmed that the Dusheyko-led expedition is the only team which obtained climbing permits for Dhaulagiri in the
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