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Adventure Travel
Building the World’s Highest Hotel
Constructing a hotel at 3,880 meters is not an easy task. Back in the 1960s it was monumental. In 1968, entrepreneur Takashi Miya...
Hiking
Hiking Hearth to Hearth
An afternoon storm sends us scuttling under the eaves of a sari shop and clears the road in Besi Sahar. Only a few buses trundle over the uneven stone surface of the road in this mountain town, the starting point for many of Nepal’s most popular treks.
People
Q&A with Peter Hillary
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mt. Everest with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay. The names Everest and ...
Mountain Biking
Where the Trail Ends
The Upper Mustang District in Western Nepal is on the radar of most adventure travelers. However, due to high permit costs and th...
Adventure Travel
Adventure and Tranquility is The Last Resort
The Last Resort is the perfect diversion from manic Kathmandu. A short, but exciting drive up a deep river gorge brings you t...
Trekking
Summit Day
On the scale of great enthusiasms and devotions it’s hard to think of anything physically, emotionally or symbolically grander th...