A musical tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary

Tabla player Dheeraj Shrestha will make stage show in Sydney, Australia Friday as a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mt Everest.

Special guest for the performance will be Lincoln Hall - Australian Himalayan Foundation Director and Everest summiteers, Andrew Lock - Australia's leading Himalayan mountaineer with thirteen of the world's fourteen 8000m peaks to his credit, Greg Mortimer - first Australian to climb Mt Everest and Mt K2, Sorrel Wilby - adventurer, author and TV presenter together with a host of other mountaineers, adventurers and personalities.

Australia's best Soul, jazz and funk musician Nick Aggs is on the saxophone and together they will infuse traditional rhythms from Nepal with cross rhythms and melody. nepalnews.com ia Aug 28 08