Tag: #mountain
Articles tagged with #mountain
Knowing our mountains
The Himalaya is not just mountains, it is the entire watershed from the plateau to the plains
Snow leopard redux
Photographer Tashi R Ghale's exhibition of the elusive cat in its melting Himalayan habitat
Peak season on Everest during Nepal's Covid peak
Mt Everest Base Camp last month. Photo: Monika DeupalaWith a ferocious second Covid-19 wave raging and a closing weather window lapping at their…
Love it or hate it, it’s abominable
The Visit Nepal 2020 yeti mascot has been met with bewilderment and some outrage
“Business, bureaucracy and politicians all plundering the Chure”
Photo : MANISH PAUDELOn 10 January, 24-year-old Dilip Mahato was killed for opposing the ‘Crusher’ industry in Dhanusha that was illegally…
Nepal's fantastic female runner
Mira Rai is already well known in Nepal and in the international athletic community as a trail runner, and a new book spreads her fame beyond…
Nepal: a family’s destination
Nepal offers a range of real adventure experiences that appeals to all ages, something for everyone
Seize the coming decade
As we hurtle into the 2020s, time to recall a millennium eve 20 years ago and face the clean slate of the future
A personal encyclopaedia of the Himalaya
Photo: PETER DEANIf there is one book you must set aside, either for new year holiday reading or as a Christmas gift to a fellow traveller, it…
The superfoods of the Andes and the Himalaya
Amaranth cultivation in Jumla district in NepalPhotos: LI-BIRDThe nutritious grain that mountain peoples of the Americas and high Asia…
The lure of green
Photos: MARTY LOGANWhen I’ve had enough of the smog, barking dogs, crowds and cacophony of Kathmandu I seek out my ‘oasis’, a small piece of…
Most days, it’s not so crowded on Mt Everest
Karma Tenzing on the Summit of Mount Everest 8848 meters above sea level. Photo: Jangbu SherpaEven as a photograph of the traffic jam on Mt…
Lost in Transition
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs. Indeed, his…
Tibetan music in Nepal's sacred valley
https://youtu.be/OmJUQXfTVlEAfter the 2015 earthquake, many mountain communities in Nepal stopped celebrating festivals because they were in…
Re-measuring Mt Everest
Photo: Mark AistonThe New Zealand government is working with the Nepal government to find out if Mt Everest shrank after the 2015 earthquake,…
Hiking with Jimmy
Little Sangjay was fascinated by the birds: brightly coloured tragopans, garish impeyan monals and strutting Chinese golden pheasants. His small…