vIndianz.com (Dec. 01, 2009) — Nepal will be holding a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to draw attention to the threat global warming poses to glaciers. On 4 December Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and those politicians physically and mentally healthy as much as necessary will be climbing 17,192ft (5,250m) to base camp.
In October the Maldives held a cabinet meeting at the bottom of the sea to caution of the consequence of increasing sea levels. This meeting, to be held prior to the Copenhagen climate conference, aims to draw attention to Himalayan glacier melt.
With ice in the area melting at a fast rate, lakes have been shaped which may possibly flood nearby villages. Melted ice and snow too makes mountain climbing routes more dangerous. At such a high altitude health is a foremost anxiety, so a team of doctors will go together with the politicians.
They will fly to Everest’s single airstrip, Lukla. Doctors will make a final health assessment before a helicopter takes the cabinet to base camp, at the foot of Everest. Once there they will hold a brief outdoor meeting. Mount Everest is the uppermost point on earth, with a peak 29,035 ft (8,850 m) above sea level.
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