Nepal
The Diary of a Himalayan Trek # 1
In 1999 I self-funded my first trip to Nepal to tag onto an existing trek from Lukla to Everest Base Camp (Kala Patar) via Gokyo Ri and the Cho La. I was off to find out if I would like to be a Trek leader for one of the UK’s largest Trekking Companies. I was [...]
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Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal
A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. “The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and looked like a human’s,” Yoshiteru Takahashi, the leader of the Yeti Project Nepal, told AFP in Kathmandu [...]
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Gokyo on the trail to the High Mountains
It is nearly 10 years since I last went to Nepal, but hardly a week goes by that I don’t think about it. Just sitting here right now tapping away I am there in spirit, such is the experience embedded in my soul. If ever you get a chance to visit these incredible mountains then [...]
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