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Уряд Непалу перейменував найближчий до гори Еверест аеропорт, аби вшанувати пам'ять двох першопрохідців, Тенґіза Норґея та Сера Едмунда Хілларі. Вони підкорили Еверест у травні 1953 року. З Катманду - кореспондент Бі-Бі-Сі Чарльз Гавіленд: Except for the purists who walk all the way in from the nearest road-head, most visitors' first experience of Nepal's spectacular Everest region is the airstrip at Lukla. It's a dramatic introduction, as the plane has to drop down almost vertically between the mountains and then lands on a runway which slopes steeply upwards. It was actually the New Zealand joint first conqueror of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary, who died a month ago, who inspired the building of the airstrip in the 1960s. And it's been a motor for the development of health, education and tourism in the area. Now Nepal's tourism minister, Prithvi Subba Gurung, says it will henceforth be known as Tenzing Hillary Airport, also commemorating Hillary's climbing partner, the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who died in 1986. As much as anything it's a tribute to the friendship between the two men and their families, which remained strong, with Sir Edmund visiting Nepal regularly until the end of his life. Charles Haviland, BBC News, Kathmandu the purists lands a runway slopes steeply upwards joint first conqueror of Everest a motor for henceforth Sherpa As much as anything a tribute Try this quiz | Читайте також 12 лютого, 2008 Віч-на-віч з фразовими дієсловами 15 січня, 2008 У словнику такого не знайдеш! 19 лютого, 2008 Everest heroes honoured in Nepal 08 січня, 2008 Слова новин: репортажі кореспондентів з мовними тлумаченнями 22 січня, 2007 П'ятничний кросворд для знавців англійської мови Other Stories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||