Two Indonesian climbers, Dukut Budiono and Iman Manahrasa, have scaled Imja Tse, or Island Peak, a mountain located in the Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal.

The climbers, who are members the Indonesia Membangun Economics School's (STIE Inaba) Ranger outdoor activities club, put the Red-and-White flag on Imja Tse's peak at a height of 6,189 meters above sea level.

'Iman reached the peak of Imja Tse at 8:06 a.m. local time on May 22,' Ranger expedition team head Dedi Kurniawan told The Jakarta Post in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.

He said the team departed from Indonesia on May 12 and was expected to arrive back in Jakarta on June 2.

'The team completed its mission to climb Imja Tse within nine days,' said Dedi.

Dukut and Iman were accompanied by another team member from Indonesia, Iwan 'Kweceng', as their mentor.

Eric Shipton named the mountain in 1952. The next year, the mountain was climbed for the first time by a team that was preparing to climb Mt Everest. Tashi Tenzing, the grandson of Tenzing Norgay, who together with Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the peak of Everest in 1953, was among the team members.

Island Peak is often climbed by those wishing to conquer Mt. Everest as an attempt to acclimatize themselves. Fewer than 10 Indonesians have managed to conquer Island Peak.

"I thank you for all the support provided by all parties so that this expedition could run well and smoothly," said Dedi. (ebf)

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