Filming Permits in Nepal | Set to climb Everest

 Filming Permits in Nepal

On May 1, 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to climb the world’s highest peak— Mt Everest.

On August 28, the same year, Martin Luther King, an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

It took four decades for the first Black climber to summit Everest.

Filming Permits in Nepal

On May 26, 2003, Sibusiso Emmanuel Vilane of Swaziland became the first black person to summit Everest, according to mountaineering statistics of the government.

Come May, a 11-member all-Black team has set its eyes on the world’s tallest peak.

The project aims to promote racial equity in the great outdoors by summiting Everest.

“We believe our project will encourage people of colour to not just dream big, but simply get outside,” Philip Henderson, a native of California, the leader of the 11-member all-Black expedition team, told journalists in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

“We want to tell the world that we build the community and we are also a part of the community.”

The team will leave Kathmandu for Lukla, the gateway to Everest, on Thursday and then trek to the Everest base camp.

The team will be accompanied by at least 60 members, including 25 Sherpa guides and an eight-member filming team. “Eleven of us will climb. We expect at least nine will succeed,” said Henderson.

The expedition has been named ‘Full Circle’, with an objective to spread awareness about the need for diversity and inclusion in outdoor sports and beyond for the Black community.

This historic attempt has been expected to inspire generations of outdoor enthusiasts, educators, leaders and mountaineers of colour to continue chasing their personal summits.

Source :https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/04/07/all-black-team-set-to-climb-everest