Expeditions impacted by rule to replace cargo helicopters with yak trains
All photos: EELUM DIXITEverest Base Camp is ever-changing. The weather, the comings and goings, new world records — and the ice beneath. The…
The sun rises from behind Lho La on Thursday morning as seen from Base Camp. Photos: EELUM DIXITEverest Base Camp sits on a moving, melting…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALANepal's spring mountaineering season, just recovering from avalanches, earthquakes, and a year of Covid-19 lockdown is once…
Despite Covid-19, Everest is more crowded this spring than at any time in climbing history
Namche Bazar, the gateway to Mt Everest, is currently abuzz with climbers and trekkers as they prepare to head towards Base Camp after the…
With new roads, Edmund Hillary’s favourite vantage point is more accessible to trekkers
https://youtu.be/IBCLqSG_HMMThe Everest Base Camp trek is arduous enough for fit people, but it can be even more difficult for someone over 70.…
(against garbage and bad press)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZl2VlYpWgI&feature=youtu.beGenerally, it is the nature of Canada and the Canadians to be low-key, and that is…
Photos: KUNDA DIXITScan the feedback section of travel sites: they are full of laments from frustrated trekkers stuck at Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMi4Zs-KrEAt 7,193m Gurja Himal is not high by Himalayan standards, and is dwarfed by the rock and ice pyramid…
https://youtu.be/RTnxJKo97DIFor many tourists trekking to Mt Everest Base Camp this autumn, the trip will be an adventure of a lifetime. The…
https://youtu.be/o86akJuUBR8Industrial fire today in Chabahil saw locals using their bare hands to fill buckets with muddy water. It took 27…
