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What to be expecting on a trek to everest base camp in nepal ?

Even though our finest endeavor to arrange group for their trekking trip, there will always be a sense of ambiguity and unanswered queries and expectation. Just Looking through guide books, blogs and other related expose cannot prepare you for the prospect, sounds and smells of Nepal to trek to Everest base ...

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How to trek to Everest Base Camp

Mount Everest has captivated intrepid men and women since the 1920s. The exploits of legends such as George Mallory, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay put the mighty mountain on the map; thousands have followed, making huge sacrifices – many with their lives – in their own attempts to the ...

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U.S. climber survives 70-foot fall in Nepal: ‘Any mistake … I was going to die’

A Western Kentucky University professor is “broken” but alive after surviving a 70-foot fall into a crevasse while climbing in Nepal. John All said he managed to make it out and to his tent, where he was picked up by a helicopter. “It probably took me four or five hours ...

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Nepal opens 104 new peaks for mountaineering

Nepal on Wednesday opened 104 virgin peaks for mountaineering, taking the total number of peaks mountaineers can climb to 414, the Tourism Ministry said. Among the new peaks opened, the Yalung Khang West is the only mountain higher than 8,000 meters. The mountain, located in eastern Nepal, has a height ...

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Nepali Female Climbers in bid to scale Mt. K2, set world record.

Three Nepali female climbers are in bid to set the world record by climbing Mt. K2, the hardest mountain to summit, this spring season. According to Himalayan women welfare Society, experience mountaineers Maya Sherpa, Pasang Lamhu Sherpa and Dawa Yanzum Sherpa will embark on their 90 days journey to K2 ...

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