Kathmandu, April 27
Nepali mountaineer Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa has been awarded Guinness World Record for leading a team that installed a high-altitude weather station on Bishop’s Rock, a slab of rock just below the summit of Everest at 8,810 metres.
The 14-member team, led by Tenzing Gyalzen, installed the weather station on May 9, 2022.
“It was very unexpected. I feel very grateful to have received this award,” said Tenzing Gyalzen.
The weather station is one of five weather stations installed in the Everest region that gives scientists real-time data on what is happening on Everest.
The first weather station is at Phortse at an elevation of 3,810 metres. The second is at Everest base camp at an altitude of 5,315 metres; the third is a camp 2 at 6,464 metres, the fourth is on the South Col at 7,965 metres and the last is just below the summit at 8,810 metres.
The project is undertaken by the National Geographic Society, working in partnership with Tribhuvan University and the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and is funded by Rolex.
The logistic partner was Shangrila Nepal Treks.
