KATHMANDU: Five youths including Nepali Congress (NC) General-Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma successfully scaled the Lobuche peak on Friday morning.
The team headed for the summit at 11:30 pm onwards on December 12 and made it to the summit of the 6,145 metres height that is located in the Khumbu region of Solukhumbhu district, according to Sharma's Secretariat.
The team, aiming to raise awareness among the parliamentarians, government and the international community on the climate change-induced challenges facing the mountains, started the trek on December 6 to the Khumbu region, an area housing Sagarmatha National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the highest mountain of the world, Sagarmatha.
Prakash Lamichhane, one of the team members, shared that they aimed at conducting an onsite study of the impacts of climate change on the mountains and drawing the attention of the lawmakers, government and the global community towards this glaring issue.
The expedition comprised parliamentarian Sharma, researcher Lamichhane, engineers Subash Adhikari and Padam Sharma and mountaineer Mingma Sherpa and guide Lakpa Sherpa, the Secretariat added.
They trekked through Phakding, Namche, Tengboche, Dobuche, Dingboche, Thukla and Lobuche High Camp before reaching atop the Lobuche peak.
Parliamentarian Sharma pledged to present the finding of their onsite study in the upcoming session of the parliament and shed light on the adverse impacts of climate change on the mountains and the challenges faced by the local residents in the Khumbu region.
With the ascent, Sharma becomes the first parliamentarian in the current term to climb the Lobuche peak, it was said.
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