Classic image at ExplorersWeb: Dawa Sherpa raising flag pole at Puja to kick off a brand new Mount Everest climbing season. Image by ExplorersWeb courtesy Explorersweb, SOURCE
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(MountEverest.net) Yes it's that time of the year again! Here goes the first edition of the brand new 2008 Everest and Himalaya fall list of expeditions. In 2006, Chinese soldiers shot Tibetan kids trying to leave their country over Nangpa La pass, very close to Cho Oyu. A climbing guide who spoke up was threatened by two commercial expedition leaders. This spring, the Chinese closed not only Everest, but Tibet entirely to climbers and foreign journalists. And last month, several outfitters requested from ExWeb for their...
