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Kathmandu, Mar 15 (EFE/EPA).- Nepal’s high-altitude climbing guide Kami Rita Sherpa, who broke his own record by scaling Mt Everest for the 24th time, is all set to attempt summitting the peak again. Kami Rita is attempting to break his own World Record of climbing Everest this spring season for the 25th time. More than 300 hundred foreign climbers are likely to attempt to make the summit of Mt. Everest, 8,848.86 meters, an expedition which will is scheduled to begin from April 2021 for this year, said official from the Nepal Tourism Department. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: WORKERS SIFT THROUGH SUPPLIES AT SEVEN SUMMIT TREK IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Kathmandu, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Veteran Nepalese mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa, who climbed Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen, was cremated with state honours on Wednesday.The celebrated mountaineer died of a lengthy illness in Kathmandu on Monday. He was 72.Known by the epithet of “Snow Leopard” for his climbing skills, the sherpa was a soft-spoken and dedicated mountain guide, Ang Rita was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2017 as the only person to have climbed Everest 10 times without using an oxygen supplement. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTA).SHOT LIST: CREMATION CEREMONY OF VETERAN NEPALESE MOUNTAINEER ANG RITA SHERPA AT A CREMATION CENTER IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Following stellar results in North America and beyond in 2023, GMC today confirmed the brand’s global expansion into three new international markets.Customers in Australia, New Zealand and China will soon join the GMC family with the brand set to launch the Yukon full-size SUV in these high-growth markets. China sales are expected to begin in 2024, with Australia and New Zealand following in 2025. This announcement follows the launch of GMC in South Korea in 2023 with the GMC Sierra LD pickup truck, pioneering the premium pickup market in the country.These new markets will bolster the brand’s established operations in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Middle East, and reflects GMC’s incredible momentum and appeal on a global scale.GMC finished 2023 in the U.S. with an increase in retail sales calendar-year-to-date (6.5%), resulting in the best overall sales performance since 2017. A key enabler to this success was the Sierra LD and HD nameplates, achieving their best combined year of sales on record and sixth consecutive year of segment share growth. Additionally, production of the HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV continues to ramp up as excitement and enthusiasm remain high for the all-electric supertruck, which saw retail sales double from 2022 to 2023.The brand also sold the highest annual volume of both Denali (34%) and AT4 (19%) trims ever, driving record average transaction prices for GMC. In 2024, both trims celebrate milestone anniversaries with the 25th year of Denali, and AT4 marking its fifth year in the GMC lineup.
Images of sunrise in London on Tuesday as the UK faces another day of soaring temperatures. In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come. IMAGES
Ribadesella, Jul 27 (EFE).- The radio journalist Menchu Alvarez del Valle, paternal grandmother of Queen Letizia of Spain, died Monday at age 93, local sources confirmed with EFE.She was born in Santander, in northern Spain, but moved to Oviedo at a very young age before beginning her career path in radio and becoming one of the most recognizable voices of that Spanish region. (Camera: ABEL ALONSO).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE OF MENCHU ÁLVAREZ DE VALLE IN RIBADESELLA, ASTURIAS, SPAIN.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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