Two Bangladeshi women complete Everest base camp trekking

Starting from Lukla airport of Nepal on September 22, the two member team of Bangladesh Adventure Club trekked a long way of around 180 kilometers within seven days. They reached at the Everest base camp on September 29 and climbed up the Kalapthar peak on September 30. They came back home on October 6.

They described their adventure yesterday at a press conference.

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'We did not face any problem to trek down the long way as we do exercise everyday even though we are women' said Opar Ahmed, the team leader. They reached there with the help of a Sherpa, a local guide.

'Our experience was good but the weather was very rough as the mercury got down as low as minus six degree,' Opar said when asked about the security. 'But the Nepali Maoist guerilla held us while coming back and demanded an extortion of Rs 5000 from us,' she said, adding 'We told them that we had not money and finally they let us come back.'

No Bangladeshi could reach the summit of the Everest. There were 100 of women among those who climbed up the Everest so far. At the press conference both of them expressed their hope to climb up the Everest peak some day as the first Bangladeshi woman, they said.