Believe it or not cheap nike air max 180 , Mount Everest has a long history with Wales, even taking its name from the Victorian geographer, Sir George Everest, who was born Brecknockshire (now Powys). With its strong Welsh connections it?s no wonder that many Cymrics are lining up to trek Everest.

Sir George Everest may never have even set foot on the mountain, let alone attempted the Everest base camp trek, but yet he was granted the honour of having the world?s highest mountain named after him. This came about as it was his line of work, refining and perfecting trigonometrical equipment for the Great Survey of India, which he led as Surveyor General. This enabled the first accurate measurement of the true height of the mountain by his successor Andrew Waugh who named the highest peak in the world in honour of Everest?s work.

Over a century later in 1952, Sir Edmund Hillary extended the Welsh connection by choosing the Pen y gwryd Hotel in the Snowdonia Mountains as the base to prepare him for his Everest trekking mission. The hotel is still functioning to date, as both a popular pub and resting place for walkers attempting to climb the famous Mount Snowdon. In fact, if you visit the Pen y gwryd Hotel, you will even see a pair of Sir Edmund?s famous hiking boots on prominent display in the bar. As the pub was the centre of the Everest trek expedition for six months it is now a Mecca for Everest trekking memorabilia, with newspaper cuttings featuring pictures of the 1953 expedition.

Charles Evans, a surgeon, continues Everest?s Welsh connection. Raised in Wales and a fluent Welsh speaker, he was the designated lead climber of the 1953 Everest trekking expedition and set to be the first man to reach the summit of the mountain. However, just 300 metres short of the peak, he and his climbing partner, Tom Bourdillon, had trouble with their oxygen equipment and sadly had to return back to Everest base camp.

Although many British have successfully completed an Everest trek, it wasn?t actually until 1995 that the first Welshman reached the peak of the mountain. The man in question was Caradog Jones, who later told the press that his team had been under a lot of pressure to persuade those below them that they had the strength to continue with their Everest trekking mission.

However, whilst only a couple of Welshman have ever made it to the peak of Mount Everest, many more have trekked as far as Everest Base Camp. One of the most interesting of these tales is of the Cardiff cricket captain, David Kirtley, who was the organiser of a team that played a 20 over cricket match at the Everest Base Camp and successfully raised ?250,000 for charity. The 31 year old first flouted the idea over two years ago after discovering that the flat plateau of the Everest Base Camp bore close resemblance to the Oval stadium in Twickenham.

The mountain has been successfully climbed by people of all nationalities, but it is still clear that Wales holds a special place in its heart. After all, the country not only provided the mountain with its name, but also with the training ground for one of the most successful Everest trekking missions to date.
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RIO DE JANEIRO? Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Eleftherios Petrounias claimed the men's rings gold here on Monday at the Rio Olympic Games.


The 25-year-old gymnast earned the highest score of 16.000 points in the first final of gymnastics on Monday after a strong performance with perfect landing.


Brazilian veteran Arthur Zanetti failed to defend his title? but brought home a silver in 15.766 points? followed by Denis Abliazin of Russia in 15.700 points.


""I am feeling amazing. I am super excited?"" said Petrounias. ""We worked a lot. We worked very much for this result. It came as I expected. I think we worked a lot in the details? to be stable. It is difficult to move? to hold all your positions a little bit more than normal. And if you have a good landing? like I had? that's how the (score of) 16 came.""


2014 world champion Liu Yang of China finished fourth and his teammate You Hao ranked sixth in the final.


""My aim was to win a gold medal. So the result is disappointing?"" said the 21-year-old Liu? who shed tears in the mixed zone.


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ABUJA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- A technical member of world football governing body FIFA on Thursday called for improvement in Nigeria's women soccer league, suggesting to the football administrators in the countryraise the standard of the local championship.


Adeboye Onigbinde, the FIFA official and former coach of Nigeria's senior national football team, while speaking to reporters in the southwestern state of Lagos, noted the Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL) could be more viable with improved administrative management.


""The league needs to consolidate on the successes of the women's senior team, rise above all adversities and improve on its image. I strongly believe with improved league, many good things will come,"" he said. [ Onigbinde, known to be one of the most sought after soccer tacticians in the West African country, said when the standard of the local football league is raised, the national women soccer team will have an array of stars to represent Nigeria at various levels of competition organized by FIFA.


Last weekend, the senior team of Nigeria, also known as Super Falcons won the African Women Championship in Windhoek, Namibia. He noted few members of the team were drafted from the local women league in the country.

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