Mountain Climbing, ascending mountains, most commonly as a recreational activity. Mountain climbing is popular worldwide, wherever hills rise high enough to provide challenge. The activity's rewards include the physical exertion it requires, the satisfaction of overcoming difficulties by working with others, the thrill of reaching a summit, and the unobstructed view from a mountaintop. Exploration and research are other reasons that people climb mountains.
The Himalayan is called the "roof of the world" or the "third polar region." In the Sanskrit language it means the "dwelling of snow." It is a mountain range of tremendous size. Generally speaking, it stretches from the east to the west for about 2,400km or from the big bend of the Brahmaputra River to the Indus River, and from the north to the south for 200-300km or from the line connecting the upper reaches of the Indus and the Brahmaputra to where the Churia Range merges in the Ganges Plain.
The core of this great mountain range is the Nepal Himalaya. It stretches about 800 km east to west and 150-200km north to south and has eight peaks of 8,000m or more, including Mt. Everest (8,848m), the highest peak in the world.
Mountaineeing in the Nepal Himalaya Began in 1950, when Nepal opened its borders. First, the climbers competed to achieve the first ascents of great peaks and then moved on to challenge variation climbs of difficult grades. Now, they live in the day of no-oxygen climbs and winter climbs.
The nation has always been an independent and sovereign country. The land was scattered into different small kingdoms and fiefdoms until unification in the late 18 th century by King Prithivi Narayan of the Shah. Our current monarch More>>
Tibet is known as the Roof of the World. A land of ancient Buddhist cultures, majestic landscapes, richly decorated monasteries full of artistic treasures, and centuries-old caravan trails. Once the forbidden kingdom, Tibet is now More>>
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The nation has always been an independent and sovereign country. The land was scattered into different small kingdoms and fiefdoms until unification in the late 18 th century by King Prithivi Narayan of the Shah. Our current monarch, King Gyanendra is a direct descendant of Prithivi Narayan Shah. He stands as the symbol of national unity. The democratic constitution of the kingdom was promulgated in 1990.
All the world's 14 peaks over 8,000 meters are located in the Himalaya or its sister ranges. Of the top 10 of these, a full 8 are in Nepal - including, of course, the highest of all, Mt Everest, or Sagarmatha, as it is known in Nepali. The country is very rich in bio-diversity, with elevations ranging from a mere 60 m above sea level to the highest point on earth, the 8,850-meter summit of Mt Everest. Nepal can offer everything - from the greatest mountain ranges and high-altitude deserts, to thundering rivers, colorful forests of rhododendron, carefully tended steeply terraced hills, to dense lowland jungles teeming with wildlife. Visitors can delight in the 850 species of different birds, including the Spiny Babbler, which is found only in Nepal ; the 600 species of butterflies, and the wealth of indigenous plants and flowers. |
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