To open Machapuchre for mountaineering, or not?
The tourism-dependent municipality below Mt Machapuchre (6,993m) in Nepal wants a decades-old ban on mountaineering expeditions on the iconic Himalayan peak lifted.The...
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Fire and ice
After a month in which the whole of Nepal was shrouded in choking smoke from unprecedented wildfires, the rains finally cleared the...
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 road access makes...
The ABCs of a winter trek in Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaWYJSU5y4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Qnf8iXarhb9omsTAfo3FB-fITc8Z9i8Snve_1T9mfrPCF2_9p5KMvgUgEver since trekking became the mainstay of tourism in Nepal, guidebooks have decreed that hiking in the Himalaya is only advisable in...
Municipalities want to manage Annapurna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who9k1JGrgsEver since it was launched in 1984 the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has been a successful model for using eco-tourism income...
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