What if this helicopter crashes??

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Nepal cabinet to meet on Everest: minister Mon Nov 2, 5:49 am ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20... KATHMANDU (AFP) – Nepal is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, a minister said Monday. The entire cabinet will travel to Everest base camp at an altitude of 5,360 metres (17,585 feet) for the meeting, to be held later this month, forests minister Deepak Bohora told AFP. The announcement comes just weeks after the government of the Maldives held an underwater cabinet meeting to focus global attention on rising sea levels ahead of the key UN summit on December 7-18. "The melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas is a serious concern for us," said Bohora. "We want to focus the world's attention on saving the Himalayas from the effects of climate change before the Copenhagen meeting." Around 1.3 billion people depend on the water that flows down from the Himalayan glaciers, which experts say are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring floods and later drought to the region. Campaigners say that while the effects of climate change on low-lying South Asian countries such as Bangladesh and the Maldives are now well known, there is little international awareness of the vulnerability of the Himalayan region. Bohora said the visit would be an opportunity for ministers to gain first-hand information about the effects of climate change on the vast mountain range. "Climate change has hit the Himalayas in general and Nepal in particular," he said. "Its effects are being manifested in different forms, from the rapid increase in the size of the glacial lakes to erratic monsoon patterns and unprecedented forest fires." Bohora also said the government was planning to take some of the world's top mountaineers to Copenhagen to talk about their experiences, among them Apa Sherpa, who has climbed Everest a record 19 times. Sherpa has said in the past that the amount of snow on the world's highest peak has fallen since he first reached its summit in 1990, a trend he blames on global warming.

lamjung · Nov 2, 2009 11:20 AM · 17,514 views

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Sir , you are an idiot to even think such a thing . How about your parents flying on a plane and someone on the ground gets this wild idea , what if that plane crashes ? Feel me brother ....

executioner · Nov 2, 2009 11:57 AM

If this is only way for new generation of "good" leaders. Not a bad idea lamjung.

N · Nov 2, 2009 1:32 PM

I accept your "idiot" if you really mean it. But friend, review the risks about flying in such a high altitude and that extreme topography. Mine is NOT just a crazy idea brother..., we have seen such instances several times, the worst one was a helicopter crash around Taplejung that carried several great conservationists. Think honestly, isn't it just a waste of our tax money? And think twice about the risk of flying so many ministers to such a danger zone. Afterall, you, the executioner, too don't want anyone to die for nothing.

lamjung · Nov 2, 2009 1:34 PM

Air flight is the safest way of travel in the whole world. so this and that plane or helicoper will crash is ludicrous . Compare to the road accidents number of  people actually die of plane crash is very minimal.

no_quiero · Nov 2, 2009 1:58 PM

I am no supporter of the current political leaders , but my concern is for the innocent people who would fly along with them . Do they deserve to die too along with the political people ? Just a conscious effort , to make sure that , lets not hope everyone dies just cause we wish the leaders would die in some hypothetical accident .

executioner · Nov 2, 2009 3:28 PM

What is the size of our cabinet?  I don't think there is any helicopter big enough to carry em all in one flight.  So even if it crashes, we are talking about 10-15 people being involved at the most.  A more realistic range will be 3-4.  It will definitely be a sorrowful event.  Anyways, I think this is a huge waste of taxpayers money. 

f22 · Nov 2, 2009 3:52 PM

Prachanda, Baburam and Girija Mantri nabhaye pani tiniharulai chai meeting ma lagos. they all deserve to die. Sabai neta lai ek shot ma marnu parcha.......

daka · Nov 2, 2009 4:18 PM

People are talking as if the helicoptor will surely crash!! It's not monsoon time but the best season for mountain flights, perhaps. Cabinet meeting ta bahana matrai ho, unnecessary waste of public funds.

naivelyStupid · Nov 2, 2009 9:07 PM

Govt. le chai aafno employees lai salary dina paisa chaina re... and they are planning to have cabinet meet at the Everest base camp!! Isn't this ridiculous and totally irresponsiveness towards public funds?? There are other major things to be done in Nepal if we prioritize the jobs, rather than this! Nepali politicians are really all idiots!!

hit.the.hot · Nov 2, 2009 9:49 PM

लूटको धन फुपु को स्राद्द , They in thinking of Long Term Goal, why worry about general public? They will ask hotel association to provide 5 star facilities and we will be paying for it. It is new way of brain storming, specially to our politicians.

syanjali · Nov 4, 2009 11:40 AM

काठमाडौं, १६ मंसिर http://www.dainikee.com/newsde... मंसिर १९ गते शुक्रवार नेपाली मन्त्रीहरु सगरमाथाको चिसो हावा खादै मन्त्रीमण्डलको बैठक बस्दैछन्। जलबायु परिबर्तनको कारण हिमालयहरु पग्लदैछ भन्ने संकेत बिश्वलाई सुनाउन यस किसिमको कदम चालिएको हो। समुद्री सतहबाट ५,२४२ मिटर उचाइमा रहेको कालापत्थर भन्ने स्थानमा मन्त्रीहरु हेलिकप्टरमा पुग्नेछन्। त्यहाँ करीब २० मिनेटको बसाइमा मन्त्रीहरुले बाताबरण र राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज सम्बन्धि निर्णयहरु लिनेछन्। बैठक बस्न लागिएको स्थानमा चारैतिर हिमालले घेरेको छ। हिमालको बीचमा रहेको घाँसे मैदानमा बैठक बस्न लागेको हो। नेपाल जलबायु परिबर्तनको मुद्दामा संबेन्दनशील छ भनेर देखाउन मंन्त्रीमण्डलका सदस्यहरु जोखिम मोल्न तयार भएका हुन। मन्त्रीहरु अघिल्लो दिन लुक्ला बिमानस्थल हुदै स्याङबोचेमा बास बस्नेछन्। त्यस दिन साँझ त्यहाँ बैठक बस्नेछ। यही बैठकबाट निस्केका निर्णयहरुलाई औपचारिकता दिन भोलिपल्ट मौसम अनुकुल भए पछि कालापत्थरमा जान स्वास्थ्य अवस्था ठिक भएका मन्त्रीहरुले कालापत्थरमा गइ निर्णय पुस्तिकामा हस्ताक्षर गर्नेछन्। २० मिनेट त्यहाँको बसाइ पछि मन्त्रीहरु फर्कनेछन्।

lamjung · Dec 1, 2009 10:57 AM

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