Kathmandu, 16 October . Nepalese and Northen Ireland Mountaineers summated the virgin Mount Burke Khang(6942m (22,775ft) situated in Khumbu Himal, Nepal.

According to Ang Chhiring Sherpa, the founder of Asian Trekking Pvt Ltd and IPP of Nepal Mountaineering Association, Asian Trekking’s Burke Khang Expedition – Autumn 2017 member Noel Hanna of Northern Irland, high altitude climbing Sirdar(HAS) Naga Dorje Sherpa of Nepal, HAS Pemba Tshering Sherp and HAS Samden Bhote reached the summit of Mount Burke Khang (6942m) on 5th October, 2017 at 12:05pm.

This is the first ascent of Burke Khang (6942m). The expedition team is led by Bill Burke of USA who is the oldest person outside of Asia to summit Mount Everest at the age of 72 years old in the spring 2014. Bill Burke has climbed Mount Everest from both side, Nepal and Tibet. In appreciation of Bill Burke’s contributions to promoting mountain tourism in Nepal, the mountain was named after him by Government of Nepal in 2014.

Bill Bruke had made three attempts previously to climb Mount Burke-Khang, once in the Fall of 2015 and 2016 and again in the Spring of 2017.

All three previous expeditions were unsuccessful because of heavy snow, dangerous conditions and bad weather. Burke Khang is a technical peak situated between Mount Everest and Mount Cho-oyu in Khumbu Himal, on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

The views from this peak are magnificent.