NEWS LITE : SUMMIT OF CAREER; NINTH EVEREST TRIP WINS HIGHEST HONOR.Sherpas renowned for their bravery and endurance as mountain climbers honored one their most talented Friday for his ninth ascent of the world's highest peak. Appa Sherpa Apa, often erroneously referred to as Apa Sherpa or Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa, is a Nepali sherpa. He was born between 1960 - 1962, in the village of Thame, Nepal. Apa himself is not sure, as Sherpas do not take strict records of birth dates. , 38, first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 with a New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. team led by veteran mountaineer Rob Hall, who died in an Everest disaster in 1996. Last week, Appa led 20 climbers to the summit of the 29,028-foot peak, capping his ninth Everest trek. ``Every time I leave home for the mountain, I fear for my life. I get scared,'' Appa said in Katmandu, Nepal. ``But I know the mountain gods will take care of me.'' On Friday, the Trekking Association of Nepal awarded Appa this year's Everest International Award. The presentation is made every year on Everest Day, the anniversary of the first ascent In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First ascents are notable because they are the climbs that entail genuine exploration; the risks are higher and the challenge of the mountain by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (born May 15, 1914, Tshechu, Tibet [now Tibet Autonomous Region, China]—died May 9, 1986, Darjeeling [now Darjiling], India) Tibetan Sherpa mountaineer. on May 29, 1953. Before he became a professional mountain guide, Appa and his family depended on potato farming in the foothills of the Himalayas. He dropped out of school in the third grade, not uncommon in Nepal, where young children often abort (1) To exit a function or application without saving any data that has been changed. (2) To stop a transmission. (programming) abort - To terminate a program or process abnormally and usually suddenly, with or without diagnostic information. their studies to help their parents till fields. Appa is now flirting with the record books. He is just one climb away from matching the climbing total set by his hero and neighbor, Ang Rita Sherpa, two years ago. Sherpas were mostly yak herders and traders living high in the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders to tourism in 1950. Their stamina and knowledge of the mountains made them expert guides and porters for foreign mountaineers. Appa gets about $1,400 a climb. The rash of deaths on Everest in 1996 sent a chill through the climbing community and demonstrated to the uninitiated just how quickly danger can turn to the tragedy on the world's highest mountain. No climbers have lost their lives on the Nepalese side of Everest this season, although an American couple died scaling Everest from the Chinese side on May 23. Things not nice for Ginger Spice? The Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. The Spice Girls, consisting of: Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. , or the Splice Girls? The monster girl-power group denied Friday that it was about to split up after Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell, went absent without leave during a European tour. The story has the British tabloids in heat. The Sun says a row erupted in midweek in Helsinki, Finland, complete with bawling in an airport lounge, arguments on a private jet and a flouncing-off upon landing. The flame-haired Halliwell skipped a London television performance, claiming illness, and was expected to miss Friday's performance in Oslo, Norway. The Daily Mail says Halliwell, seen as the brains behind the act, is disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. with the group's volatile way of doing business - read: screaming matches - and is set to go it alone. Her vanishing act has her mates ``shell-shocked,'' says the Sun. Rubbish, reply Posh Spice, Victoria Adams, and Baby Spice, Emma Bunton. Halliwell, they say, is simply ill and resting. What's the deal with a road tour? Jerry Seinfeld will hit the road this summer, and he won't be doing nothing. Now that ``Seinfeld'' is over, the comic is taking his stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. act on the road to prepare for ``I'm Telling You for the Last Time I'm Telling You for the Last Time was a 1998 stand-up comedy special aired by HBO, presenting Jerry Seinfeld. The special was recorded at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, New York on August 6-9, 1998. ,'' an August HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy special in which he will retire the material he's been using for years. Seinfeld will perform in San Antonio; Omaha, Neb.; and Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, . GOP hopeful plans to remain constant Perennial candidate and 91-year-old former Gov. Harold Stassen is ready to run again. He has sent notice that he intends to file for governor this summer. ``I would focus on the combination of integrity and intelligence in public service,'' Stassen said in St. Paul, Minn. Stassen, a former three-term governor of Minnesota The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. , sought the Republican Party nomination for the White House 10 times, first in 1948 and most recently in 1992, when he won one Minnesota delegate. His most recent shot at high office came in 1996, when he offered to be Bob Dole's running mate. Stassen said he wanted to show that Dole, then 72, was ``young enough to be a successful president.'' Anderson thinks of taking Lee back Pamela Anderson appears on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of giving Tommy Lee yet another chance when he gets out of the can for beating on her. ``There's not a minute that goes by that I'm not thinking about him,'' she says in the June-July issue of Jane magazine. ``Part of me just wants to pick up the phone, part of me wants to e-mail him.'' The actress calls the rocker ``a 36-year-old teen-ager.'' --- News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) HALLIWELL (2) STASSEN (3) SEINFELD (4) Nepalese mountain climber Appa Sherpa shows off his 1998 Everest International Award on Friday in Katmandu, Nepal. Binaj Gurubacharya/Associated Press |
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