--- title: 350 At Everest Base Camp date: 2009-10-15T06:31:00Z modified: 2009-10-16T12:59:41Z permalink: "https://350.org/350-everest-base-camp/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "It was very cool to open up email this morning and find a link saying 350 is in Nepal's largest selling newspaper, the Kathmandu Post!" wpid: 10043 author: Will Bates --- It was very cool to open up email this morning and find a link saying 350 is in Nepal’s largest selling newspaper, the Kathmandu Post! Led by our friends at [Nepalese Youth for Climate Action](https://nyca.net.np/), [YES Nepal](https://www.yes.org.np), [Yatra](), OESW, Nepal Development Foundation, and [1 Degree Initiative](https://www.1di.org) there are tremendous plans in store for the 24th in Nepal. From the Swayambunath temple, a world heritage site in Kathmandu to Lumbini, the place where the Buddha was born — there are incredible actions planned for the day. And to kick things off **Pemba Dorje Sherpa, the world record holder for the fastest climb of Mt Everest**, recently trekked up to Everest Base Camp with a banner that says, "350 — Save Our Himalayas." And he passed on the banner to an expedition that will be attempting to take it to the summit in the coming weeks — weather allowing. Here is the full piece in the Kathmandu Post: [click here](https://www.ekantipur.com/tkp/news/news-detail.php?news_id=1080) Go Nepal for 350! And for anyone in Nepal, our friends there have just launched a petition that you can sign online here: [www.350.org/nepalpetition](https://www.350.org/nepalpetition)