Shawdesh Desk:

Mountaineers have depicted their memories of thrilling mountaineering expeditions through photographs in an ongoing exhibition under way at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital.

The audience can catch a glimpse of the adventures of mountaineers who risk their very lives to chase their dreams of ascending the world’s highest mountain peaks by visiting the exhibition titled ‘Mountain Memories: Connecting Peaks and People’.

The exhibition, jointly supported by the Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, has been organised by the Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh marking the International Mount Everest Day 2024.

‘Mountain Memories: Connecting Peaks and People’ is featuring more than 100 photographs taken by 18 Bangladeshi and four Nepali mountaineers, trekkers and photographers.

Among the displayed photographs, Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club president MA Mohit’s photograph titled ‘Deadly Crevasses’ shows three mountaineers crossing a deep crack in an ice sheet using a ladder in Solukhumbu.

MA Mohit, who scaled Mount Everest twice, told New Age that the exhibition aimed at spreading mountaineering and trekking experiences among the youths through photographs.

‘People who want to go for mountaineering and trekking but cannot follow through with their wishes, can visit the exhibition to get a glimpse into the adventures and thrills of mountaineering expeditions,’ said MA Mohit.

Nur Mohammad’s photograph titled ‘Descending’ shows three mountaineers descending from Rolwaling Valley while on the way to Nepal-Bangladesh Friendship Peak.

Mahmud Rana’s photograph shows the Mera Peak expedition of three mountaineers while Dandy Sherpa’s photograph shows Bangladeshi mountaineers on the way to Himlung Camp-2.

Arifur Rahman’s photograph titled ‘Stars’ shows the night of the Yak Kharka expedition depicting two tents under the starry sky.

The exhibition was inaugurated on Friday.

Environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury was present as chief guest at the inaugural ceremony.

Foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen and the BSA secretary Salauddin Ahmed were present as special guests at the inaugural ceremony, which was presided over by ambassador of Nepal in Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari.

‘The exhibition is an opportunity for Bangladeshi people to become familiar with the mountains and encourage climbing of mountains,’ said Masud Bin Momen.

The curator of the exhibition Enam Ul Haque delivered welcome speech at the ceremony.

The three-day exhibition will end on June 2.