Pierre-Andre
Pelletier (2nd left, sitting back row), general manager of the Amari
Airport Hotel, Sompop Boonyaseth (1st left, sitting front), deputy general
manager, Tashi Tenzing (2nd right, sitting front), Raymond Zuest (1st
right, sitting).
The management team of the Amari Airport Hotel hosted a
welcome cocktail party for Tashi Tenzing, famous Mount Everest climber at
Henry J. Bean’s Bar and Grill. Tenzing reached Everest’s highest peak
(8,848 meters) on May 16, 2002 with a Swiss expedition to celebrate the
50th anniversary of Everest.
Tashi Tenzing is the grandson of the famous Sherpa
Norgay Tenzin, who together with Sir Edmund Hillary, were the first men to
reach the highest peak of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.