Stories about Adventure in Mount Everest
On the Edge of Our Seats at Cinequest 18Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Mystery and suspense take on many forms in the seven Asian entries in San Jose's 18th annual Cinequest Film Festival. Why is everyone looking for Amal? What's in Dashang's suitcase? Will Zhao make it...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Tibet |
Mount Everest |
Hong Kong |
India |
China |
Japan
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A Village AwakensKristi Hemmer - hemmertime [143] Although I’m not a morning person, I really look forward to our morning walk through the daily lives of villagers of Kathmandu Valley and am tolerant of Shivagiri’s habit of telling me everything I...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Kathmandu
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Cycling across the HimalayasColin Hinshelwood - chinshelwood [123] The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, gruelling and wondrous trails for international mountain bikers. Originally an artery of the famed...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Thimphu |
Himalayas |
Tibet |
Bhutan
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Himalayas |
Tibet
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Nepalganj
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AT SIXES AND SEVENSNandini Ray Baruah - nandini [316] It was the onset of the monsoon. The winter chill was still vibrant and the rays of the sun were mild. The slight drizzle and the mist never let the winter bid adieu. Boon took one thorough look at...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Kathmandu
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Nepalganj |
Tibet
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Karnali River |
Tibet
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AT SIXES AND SEVENSNandini Raybaruah - nandini_rb [150] It was the onset of the monsoon. The winter chill was still vibrant and the rays of the sun were mild. The slight drizzle and the mist never let the winter bid adieu. Boon took one thorough look at...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Kathmandu
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Kailash Pilgrimage JournalJeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 16 May - 2 June 2002 * * * * * Day 1: 16 May 2002 / Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line . . . [ more ] Day 2: 17 May 2002 /...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Kathmandu
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