| ashu |
Posted
on 23-Aug-00 01:07 PM
It's sad to hear about this "fall" of Kanak
Mani Dixit. Kanak is a good friend of
the GBNC. Here's wishing him a speedy
recovery!! Kanak's friends in Boston
and elsewhere may wish to send him
a "get well" email at: kanakd@himalmag.com
What follows is a forwarded news-item
from kantipuronline. It's written by
suman pradhan.
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> From: Sagun Karmacharya
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
> Reply-to: sarangi@egroups.com
> Subject: Prominent editor survives fall; rescued after
> three days
> Prominent editor survives fall; rescued after three
> days
>
> KOL Report
>
> KATHMANDU, Aug 23 - A prominent Nepali journalist,
> Kanak Mani Dixit, was lost for several days while
> trekking in the high Himalayas before he was rescued
> early Wednesday.
>
> Dixit, the publisher of Himal Khabarpatrika and editor
> of Himal South Asian maganizes, fell "several hundred
> feet" from a steep mountain face while trekking the
> Annapurna circuit, his family and freinds said. He
> survived the fall but could not climb back to the
> trekking trail due to injuries, forcing him to spend
> three nights in a row down in the ravine without food
> and drink.
>
> Worried family and friends who had not heard from him
> for days then launched a rescue mission, hiring a
> helicopter and notifying the police. Dixit's elder
> brother Kunda Dixit managed to locate his injured
> brother near a village called Bahundanda near the
> Lamjung and Manag border, and he was airlifted to
> Kathmandu Wednesday morning. Dixit is now undergoing
> treatment at a private nursing home in the Nepali
> capital. (sp)
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