Prague mayor honoured for climbing Everest

Prague mayor Pavel Bem was honoured on Saturday evening for having successfully climbed Mount Everest earlier this year. He was presented with an award by the head of the Nepalese Mountaineering Association, Ang Tshering Sherpa. Mr Bem was also given a new state-of-the-art climbing jacket at the ceremony. The Mayor of Prague said after the ceremony that he wasn’t sure he really deserved the award, but that he was very happy with it nonetheless.

Pavel Bem took two months unpaid leave to climb Everest in March of this year. Reaction to Mr. Bem’s expedition was mixed, with some criticising the mayor for neglecting his duties at Prague Town Hall.