Kathmandu (dpa) – The National Geographic Society has named two Nepalis in its Aventurers of the Year awards, for travelling from the top of Everest to the Bay of Bengal, media reports said Wednesday.
Sano Babu Sunuwar, 28, and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa,37, won the People’s Choice category for their trip, dubbed the Ultimate Descent Summit to Sea, thanks to 72,000 votes by members of the public, the Kathmandu Post daily reported.
The duo climbed Mount Everest in April, and then paraglided down to the basecamp. Then they bicycled to the nearest river and kayaked across the Nepali border into India and paddled the Ganges River all the way to the Indian Ocean.
With no corporate support or media backing, and a limited budget, the pair borrowed gear for the trip, and said they were robbed by villagers, lived on berries at one time and often slept in their kayaks.
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Sano Babu Sunuwar, 28, and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa,37, won the People’s Choice category for their trip, dubbed the Ultimate Descent Summit to Sea, thanks to 72,000 votes by members of the public, the Kathmandu Post daily reported.
The duo climbed Mount Everest in April, and then paraglided down to the basecamp. Then they bicycled to the nearest river and kayaked across the Nepali border into India and paddled the Ganges River all the way to the Indian Ocean.
With no corporate support or media backing, and a limited budget, the pair borrowed gear for the trip, and said they were robbed by villagers, lived on berries at one time and often slept in their kayaks.
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