The first attempt to climb a Himalayan mountain by a team of Israeli mountain climbers is due to get under way shortly, following the receipt of permission from the Nepal government in Katmandu. An eight-member team led by Doron Erel, 27, a geologist from Givataim near Tel Aviv, will try the ascent of mount Kangchutse, also known as Makalu 11, about 28,000 feet high, in the northeast of Nepal and only slightly lower than Mount Everest. The Nepalese Ministry of Tourism said the Israelis had already arrived in the region.
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