TOURISM MINISTRY PREPARING TO GIVE CERTIFICTES OF EVEREST ASCENTS TO THREE INDIANS WITHOUT CLIMBING THE PEAK Kathmandu, 27 June: One dozen Sherpas protested attempts to give certificates of ascents of Mount Everest to three Indians without climbing the peak, Naya Patrika reports. The Sherpas said the trio returned from the peak this spring without climbing the peak and onlyone among the Indians stood atop Everest. Pemba Sherpa and his friends made the revelation. Only Shrihari Ashok Tapkir [name transliterated] climbed the peak 19 May with Seoul National University Everest Expedition. Ananda Ashok Bangshode, Sajar Sanjaya Palkar and Balaji Shibaji didn’t make it to the summit that day. The Sherpas wrote to the tourism ministry not to award the certificates. nnnn