May 17: Two climbers from Poland have successfully climbed Mt Dhaulagiri. The 8,167-meters peak is the seventh highest peak in the world. With this, the peak recorded the first climbing of this season.    
According to Seven Summit Trek's managing director Thaneswor Guragai, Bartek Ziemski and Oswald Rodrigo Pereria reached the summit of the mountain at 7: 30 am on Tuesday without the help of Sherpa guides.    
According to the Department of Tourism, 24 males and 11 females have taken permission for the Dhaulagiri expedition this season. Seven Summit has facilitated the expeditions of 26 climbers.    
Mount Dhaulagiri, which lies in Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality- 4 in Myagdi, was first climbed on May 13, 1960 by Austrian Kurt Diemberger, German Peter Diener, Swish Ernst Forrer and Albin Schelbert and Sherpa guides Nawang Dorje and Nima Dorje. -- RSS