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KATHMANDU (Reuters) – The head of the
\n Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government Saturday to take
\n action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped on top of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n
The Himalayan Times had reported Friday that the Nepali climbing guide,
\n whose name it gave as Lakpa Tharke, stood naked for three minutes in freezing
\n conditions on the 29,035-foot summit of the world’s highest peak.<\/p>\n
If confirmed, he would be the first person known to have stripped atop
\n Everest, considered by Nepali Buddhists as a god.<\/p>\n
Ang Tshering Sherpa, head of Nepal’s top mountaineering body, said he could
\n not confirm that the incident had happened."But if he did it, it is
\n very shocking because Sagarmatha is the goddess mother," he said,
\n using the mountain’s Nepali name.<\/p>\n
"The government must enforce strict ethics for climbing." Authorities
\n have yet to comment.<\/p>\n
But the climb’s organizers seemed happy enough with Lakpa Thaeke’s strip.<\/p>\n
"We are planning to file his extraordinary feat for the Guinness Book
\n of World Records," the paper quoted an official of the hiking group
\n that employs Tharke as saying.<\/p>\n
from As far as we know, the Guinness people don’t have KATHMANDU (Reuters) – The head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government Saturday to take action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped on top of Mount Everest. The Himalayan Times had reported Friday that the Nepali climbing guide, whose … Continue reading
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\n a separate chapter for greatest naked accomplishments. Gosh, you would
\n need highest naked pole vault, most naked people in a phone booth, most
\n naked piano player on stage at one time…..Maybe the folks at Hustler would be interested.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"