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Enjoy Mani Rimdu En Route to Everest Base Camp

Enjoy Mani Rimdu En Route to Everest Base Camp

One festival that is certainly worth including on your trip to Everest Base Camp, is the Mani Rimdu Festival. A festival that is celebrated annually in accordance with the dates of the Tibetan lunar calendar.... Read more

Charity Chef to Serve Caviar on Everest

By Guest Blogger - 14th October 2009
in The Himalaya , Everest Base Camp

Charity Chef to Serve Caviar on Everest

Arriving at Everest Base Camp tomorrow is a charity expedition aiming to raise money for the support of people with severe learning disablities by cooking.... Read more

Copenhagen Climate Conference

By Guest Blogger - 21st September 2009
in Bhutan, Nepal & Tibet , Walking & Trekking , The Himalaya , Walking and Trekking

Copenhagen Climate Conference

With the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen approaching, campaigners hope to tackle the problem of increased glacial melting in the South Asia region. The general degradation of mountain landscapes threatens to... Read more

Maltese Climbers on Cho Oyo

By Guest Blogger - 14th September 2009
in Bhutan, Nepal & Tibet , Walking & Trekking , The Himalaya , Walking and Trekking

Maltese Climbers on Cho Oyo

A team of climbers from Malta are breaking national records in the Khumbu. They are currently undertaking altitude training on the mighty Cho Oyu, the sixth highest of the world's peaks, ahead of their planned 2010 ... Read more

A photographic Everest trek

By Guest Blogger - 17th August 2009
in The Himalaya , Everest Base Camp

A photographic Everest trek

I spotted a post about the "world's highest photography" the other day. A photographic workshop is running a programme for cameramen who want to shoot footage of the amazing Everest trekking environment. ... Read more

Apa Sherpa Cleans Up Mount Everest

By Guest Blogger - 12th June 2009
in The Himalaya , Everest Base Camp

Apa Sherpa Cleans Up Mount Everest

Following up on my earlier post on the heroic Apa Sherpa, I've found a nice ecology related post about cleaning up the world's highest mountain - Mount Everest.... Read more

The Edmund Hillary Trust

The Edmund Hillary Trust

As it's the anniversary of Hillary's famous first summit success on Everest, I thought he deserved a mention. Sadly, he died last year, but he left behind The Edmund Hillary Trust.... Read more

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