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Tenzing Hillary Airport and Tenzing Hillary Route
Issue 07, 2008, February 17, 2008
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On Sunday, February 10, 2008, the Nepalese Government in a Cabinet meeting made a decision on naming the Lukla Airport as Tenzing Hillary Airport and the route to the Everest Base Camp as Tenzing Hillary Route in honor of Tenzing Sherpa –a Nepali and Edmund Hillary – a New Zealander. Both of them teamed up to reach the top of the Mt. Everest in 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary died recently. Tenzing Sherpa passed away a long time ago.
