Anish Luitel

Anish Luitel (Nepali: अनिस लुइँटेल; born 1 April 1994) is an Athlete (Mountaineer) and first Boy Scout from Nepal to climb Mount Everest from both the South and North Side. [1]

Anish Luitel
Born1st April 1994
Bhadrapur, Jhapa, Province No. 1, Nepal
NationalityNepali
EducationTribhuwan University
Known forAthlete (Mountaineer)

After climbing Mt.Everest part of an adventurous journey and completing all the sections Anish received the Gold Award of The Duke Of Edinburgh International Award.

During the summer of 2019, Anish Volunteered as Commissioner at Cuyuna Scout Camp. During the summer Anish attended the Fifty lakes Days annual celebration in the nearby town of Fifty Lakes. At this celebration, Anish became the corn eating champion by eating 3 ears of corn in 1 minute.

Everest summits

Luitel made his first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 2015, which failed due to the massive avalanche caused by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. He lost two of his teammates in the disaster.[2]

In 2016, May 21, at the age of 22, Luitel summited Mount Everest from the south side becoming the first scout from Nepal to summit Mount Everest. In this successful attempt, he brought the Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America flag along with him.[3]

In 2018, May 14, he climbed solo from north side carrying flag of the 2019 World Scout Jamboree, the first time the flag had been flown on Mount Everest in the history of Scouting.[4][5][6]

Awards
  • Gold Award holder of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award[7]

References
  1. "Nepali youth Scout climbs Everest for the second time". english.onlinekhabar. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  2. "Taking on Everest". worldready. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  3. "Ascents - Spring 2016 Everest (South)". himalayandatabase. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  4. "Nepalese scout leader who summited Everest with World Jamboree Flag to visit". lakeminnetonkadistrict. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  5. "Nepalese Scout leader who summited Everest with World Jamboree Flag arrives in Minnesota". northernstar. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  6. "Ascents - Spring 2018 Everest (North)". himalayandatabase. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  7. "Taking on Everest | The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award". www.intaward.org. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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