Takashi Miyahara was Nepal’s tourism pioneer who founded Himalayan Kanko Kitatsu and built Hotel Everest View and Syangboche Airfield 50 years…
Mule and mani wall. Photos: ALTON C BYERSThe Sherpas reportedly have a saying that “there’s only one Everest,” meaning that because Everest is…
It is perfect that Everest: Reflections on the Solu Khumbu should come out this year, the centenary of Edmund Hillary’s birth. The book is a…
THEN AND NOW: The denuded slope above Namche Bazar in 1983, and the new pine forest.The sound of yak steps on cobble stone streets and their…
