First Scholarship Students Chosen

The two students who will be the first to receive funding for their scholarships from the Noel Walshe Memorial fund have been chosen. They are:

1) Miss Sarki Sherpa who passed her SLC in First Division from Taksindu (Nunthala) High School. She is enrolled in Solukhumbu Multiple Campus, Salleri with Education as her major subject. The funds will be sent quarterly to her with the mail runner from Ang Rita who is the chief administrative officer of the Himalayan Trust based in Kathmandu. Her course is 2 years. Her home is Ringmo village in Solukhumbu.

2) Nima Tenzing Lama from Junbesi High School passed his SLC in First Division with 75%. He is in Kathmandu studying in Sidhartha Vanasthali college with Hotel Management as his major subject. Nima Tenzing is the top student from Junbesi SLC group for the 2009 results.

Ang Rita will shortly send their photographs which we will put on our website and blog and periodically will let you know how they are progressing.

A Big Thankyou To All

Along with Noel's brother Will, his sisters Liz, Pauline and Tricia and myself (Ann) we would like to thank everyone who has contacted us for their concern, kindness and support. We have been overwhelmed by the wonderful messages and tributes to Noel.

Donations in memory of Noel for the Himalayan Trust have totalled £1200.00 and this money will be used to fund two scholarships in Nepal for one boy and one girl, to be known as 'The Noel Walshe Memorial Scholarships'. We fully intend to keep these scholarships ongoing for many years and hope to be in a position to fund scholarships for many children over the coming years.

More information will be available when the details have been finalised.

Ang Rita Sherpa visits Classic Journeys

Ang Rita Sherpa and his wife Ang Jhangmu recently visited the Classic Journeys HQ. We first met Ang Rita in Nepal many years ago through our association with George and Mary Lowe and the Himalayan Trust, the charity created by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1960. Ang Rita has for many years been the chief administrative officer for the Himalayan Trust in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was a great pleasure to welcome Ang Rita along with his wife, Ang Jhangmu, Himalayan Trust trustee Mary Lowe, wife of 1953 Everest expedition member George Lowe and New Zealander Ed Cotter. Ed climbed with Sir Edmund Hillary in the Himalayas in 1951 and later pioneered adventure tourism in the 1950s in Fiordland, New Zealand. Earlier this year he trekked to Everest Base Camp, at the age of 81!

Classic Journeys has supported the Himalayan Trust for may years and we would certainly encourage anyone to find out more about the charity and if possible make a donation.