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A Himalayan High
Takashi Miyahara was Nepal’s tourism pioneer who founded Himalayan Kanko Kitatsu and built Hotel Everest View and Syangboche Airfield 50 years…
Too many mules on the Everest trail
Mule and mani wall. Photos: ALTON C BYERSThe Sherpas reportedly have a saying that “there’s only one Everest,” meaning that because Everest is…
Not just another book on Everest
It is perfect that Everest: Reflections on the Solu Khumbu should come out this year, the centenary of Edmund Hillary’s birth. The book is a…
More trekkers, more trees
THEN AND NOW: The denuded slope above Namche Bazar in 1983, and the new pine forest.The sound of yak steps on cobble stone streets and their…