Off the beaten track
With more trekkers descending on the Everest region of Nepal, a new amazing trek along the Great Himalayan Range is being explored. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2008/11/28/Nation/15405
With more trekkers descending on the Everest region of Nepal, a new amazing trek along the Great Himalayan Range is being explored. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2008/11/28/Nation/15405
An overview of the 2008 autumn season and a quick summary of groundbreaking new records on the mountains of the Himalaya. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2009/03/6/ADVENTURETOURISM/15736
For many years Nepal has been a popular destination for people from all over the world. Now it has also been discovered by its Asian neighbours. http://www2.dw-world.de/southasia/South_Asia/1.234470.1.html
Weil er in Ostjerusalem schwarz gebaut haben soll, hat die israelische Polizei ohne Vorwarnung das Haus von Abu Aisha gesprengt. Recht oder Rassismus? http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/455/306417/text/
In spring 2008, Spanish climber Inaki Ochoa de Olza died of high altitude sickness on Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2008/06/13/Leisure/14935
In 2008, the Chinese government closed the north side of Mount Everest in Tibet due to its bid to take the Olympic torch to the top of the world. This caused a problem for many other teams. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/393/Nation/14645
Two Brits achieve the unthinkable. They ran from Everest Base Camp at 5,350m in the Khumbu region to Kathmandu in record time. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/372/Nation/14144
Mountaineers give an insight on how climate change has affected climbing routes in the Himalaya http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/371/ClimateChange/14087
Three American extreme skiers set out on an amazing journey that took them to several gigantic peaks in the Himalaya. http://www.mountainreport.ch/eng/2/2_nangpa.php
British adventurer Bear Grylls takes his paraglider to new heights and flies higher than the top of the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6666889.stm
Swiss climber Ueli Steck is set to climb a new route on the treacherous south face of Annapurna http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Swiss_attempts_new_route_on_Annapurna_I.html?siteSect=108&sid=7776856&cKey=1178120151000
About one sixth of the Bhutanese population remains in refugee camps in Nepal, and they have been there for more than 16 years. http://www2.dw-world.de/southasia/Top_Story/1.221211.1.html
In spring 2005, two Iranian women became the first Muslim female climbers to reach the top of Mount Everest. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/26/everest.iran