<i>Wasfia may reach base camp today, says spokesperson</i>
Wasfia Nazreen, who became the second Bangladeshi woman to scale Mount Everest, is scheduled to reach base camp today.
Nishat Majumder and her fellow mountaineer MA Mohit are expected to reach Kathmandu today if the weather remains favourable.
Nishat, the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the Everest, achieved the feat on May 19 while Wasfia reached the summit on Saturday.
"Today, we could not communicate with Wasfia as her satellite phone is switched off. We hope she will come down to base camp tomorrow [today]," Korvi Rakshand, spokesperson of the Bangladesh on Seven Summits campaign that initiated the trekking, told The Daily Star.
Wasfia's father Nazmee J Chowdhury said, "I have tried to contact Wasfia over the phone throughout the day but could not reach her. I hope to get a phone call from her tomorrow [today] once she reaches base camp."
Wasfia launched her expedition to scale the highest peaks of the seven continents in July last year under Bangladesh on Seven Summits campaign celebrating 40 years of independence.
Earlier, she became the first Bangladeshi woman to reach the highest peak of Africa, the Uhuru peak of Mt Kilimanjaro at 5,895 metres altitude in Tanzania.
She reached the summit of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina on December 16, 2011. She came back from 300 metres off the peak of Mount Elbrus in Russia on July 12.
Meanwhile, Nishat and Mohit yesterday reached Lukla, around 2,860 metres above sea level. They were scheduled to pass the night there.
They will come to Kathmandu by air from Lukla, said Enam Ul Haque, president of Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club, which had organised the event.
“There was no flight operation from the small airport in Lukla today [yesterday] due to the inclement weather. If tomorrow's [today] weather remains favourable, Nishat and Mohit will surely come to Kathmandu or else their arrival will be delayed,” said Enam.
Mohit is the first Bangladeshi to have scaled the mountain twice and from both sides. He first scaled the mountain peak on May 21 last year.
Musa Ibrahim was the first Bangladeshi to conquer the Everest on May 23, 2010.
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