Apa Sherpa will carry a WWF banner with the inscription “Stop Climate Change - Let the Himalayas Live!” up to the 8,848 metres high summit.
06 Apr 2009 - KATHMANDU, Nepal – A sherpa set off to climb Mount Everest for a record 19th time to take an anti-climate change message to the world’s highest peak.
Apa Sherpa will carry a WWF banner with the inscription “Stop Climate Change - Let the Himalayas Live!” and a metal vase containing 400 Buddhist offerings up to the 8,848 metres high summit.
Nepal is on the front line of climate change and its effects are visible from the tops of the freezing Himalayas in the north, to the hot lowland plains of the south.
Its glaciers, from where many rivers originate, are shrinking due to rising temperatures threatening the lives of millions of people who depend on them for water. More >>>
