Photo Exhibition on Everest Mission
Musa wants to plant 16cr saplings to fight climate change
“When the Bangladesh national flag was flying high on Everest on May 23, 2010 at 5:16am, for the first time, I instantly wanted to jump back to Bangladesh and say look we have done it,” said Musa Ibrahim, the first Bangladeshi to conquer the Everest.
He was sharing his experience on the ascent to the highest peak of the earth at the inaugural ceremony of a photo exhibition titled “Bangladesh on top of the Everest” at Alliance Française de Dhaka yesterday. The photos featured his road to the Everest.
“It was a tough task. There were a lot of obstacles on the way to the Everest. But no obstacle is a barrier indeed for any good job,” he said.
“When we established the North Alpine Club in 2007, we had set a goal ‘Vision 2010, Mission Everest’ and with everyone’s help we have achieved our goal,” he said, adding that now he wants to accomplish the ‘Seventh Summit’, conquering the highest peaks of the seven continents, by 2013.
Musa said he wants to help a female climber from Bangladesh to conquer the Everest and has already started working on it.
He also said he wants to plant 16 crore plants on behalf of the 16 crore Bangladeshis to fight the adverse effects of climate change.
“I first climbed the Keokradang of Bandarban in 2000, went to trek at the Annapurna in 2002 and obtained a training on mountaineering in 2004.
“But I did not imagine at that time that I would conquer the world’s largest peak,” said Musa.
Former chief adviser to a caretaker government Justice Habibur Rahman inaugurated the exhibition.
The exhibition will remain open for all on weekdays from 3:00pm to 9:00pm, on Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm and on Saturday from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, till December 9.
Justice Habibur said Musa dreamt of conquering the Everest and has done it. “I hope that his future dreams will come true,” he said.
The temperature of the whole exhibition room was maintained at 8 to 10 degree celsius while the floor had a snow like substance, taking the atmosphere close to the Himalayas, to give the audience a touch of the Everest.
A man on a dress worn by mountaineers while climbing up the mountains was in front of a makeshift tent at the exhibition room where visitors were roaming and enjoying the moments of Bangladesh’s Everest victory.
Speaking at the inaugural session, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique said Musa has the courage to dream and so all the youths of Bangladesh should have that courage.
Director of Alliance Francaise Saliha Lefevre, Managing Director of Orion Group Salman Obaidul Karim and President of North Alpine Club Anisul Haque also spoke at the programme.
