Tag: #adventure
Articles tagged with #adventure
Yak Attack: Single Track Edition
https://vimeo.com/383697369?fbclid=IwAR19iBQhXtMidmuMYcGdoy8JBnFs3Ms_Mk5vgTj4ejYTKritL7LdTBxNRmwReigning 3-time winner, and current 3-time…
Nepal’s female guides prepare for trekking season
Eighty women enrolled in the Nepal Mountain Academy’s training for trekking guides this year, more than double the number last year. No doubt…
Satisfying trekker appetite for adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZCkbAzZU4c&feature=youtu.beAn assortment of French cheeses, appetisers and wine sit atop a stately table…
Wider world for women
Photo: Pooja RijalUntil she was 48, Eka Kumari Karki had never travelled alone. Then she heard of a unique project that is trying to encourage…
Expedition brings down 11 tons of Mt Everest trash
All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAAt a time when traffic jam on Mt Everest is grabbing headlines around the world, a clean-up campaign on the…
Hell of a journey
The 1925 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost took a beating but made it to Kathmandu.Driving on the Tibetan plateau was, aside from the altitude, fairly…
Holy Waters
https://youtu.be/-9rP1yNydLsBeat the crowd to Khayer LakeSewa Bhattarai in MyagdiThe Ghorepani-Poon Hill Trek? That is so last century. Now that…
Why we climb mountains
All photos: DAMIEN FRANCOISMountaineers have been asked why they climb mountains for as long as big mountains have been climbed. But for…
Teeing off on a trek? Why not?
When asked why on earth he would want to hit a golf ball at various high passes above 5,000m in the Himalaya, trekking entrepreneur Raj Tamang…
Terrifying assessment of a Himalayan melting
Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile the global media’s attention is on the Greenland ice sheet, the Arctic and eastern Antarctica, a landmark report…
Remembering Boxing Day 2004
After four days on a trek, news of the tsunami sounded like the end of the world
Seti's gorgeous gorges
The West Seti Gorge on the traditional trade and pilgrimage route to Tibet is so scenic, it should be preserved as a World Heritage Site.…