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17 Tones of Garbage Collected at the Bottom of Everest

Thu, 07 May 2009 22:31:00 -0400

The staff members of Nepalese airline have cleared of garbage the outskirts of Lukla village, which is the main trailhead, leading to the alpinist camp at the highest point of the globe � Everest mountain; they have collected 17 tons of empty beer bottles and cans, has reported the Reuters agency with the reference to the representatives of...

Tilicho Peak

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:22:00 -0400

Tilicho peak or tilicho mountain is a little bit hard to climb than the other mountains having height of the around 7000m. The way to this mountain climbing has two ways up to it�s base camp. One route goes via Marshyangdi valley route and another route goes via Kaligandaki valley route. If the teams go through Kaligandaki valley then it is very...

Gauri Shanker

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:18:00 -0400

Gauri Sankar is a mountain in the Himalayas, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Menlungtse (7,181m). The name comes from Sanskrit for the Goddess and her Consort, denoting the sacred regard to which is afforded it by the peoples of Tibet and Nepal. Alternate names for the mountain include Gaurishankar and Jomo Tseringma (the...

Pumori

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:15:00 -0400

Pumori (or Pumo Ri) is a mountain in the Himalaya on the Nepal-Tibet border. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori, which means "Ummarried Daughter" in the Sherpa dialect, was named by George Mallory. Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter".

Chamlang

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:12:00 -0400

Chamlang is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, near Makalu. Chamlang is an impressive mountain in the Himalayas. This unique landscape shelters some of the last pristine mountain ecosystems on earth. Rare species of animals and plants flourish in diverse climates and habitats, relatively undisturbed by human kind.

Barun'tse

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:07:00 -0400

Barun�tse is a mountain in eastern Nepal, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier. The mountain was first climbed May 30, 1954 via the south ridge by Colin Todd and Geoff Harrow of a New Zealand expedition.

Annapurna

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:51:00 -0400

Annapurna (Sanskrit, Nepali, Nepal Bhasa: अन्नपूर्ण) is a series of peaks in the Himalaya, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft),...

Nuptse

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:46:00 -0400

Nuptse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalaya. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif.

Ngadi Chuli

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:34:00 -0400

Ngadi Chuli (also known as Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, or Dunapurna) is a high peak in the Mansiri Himal (or Manaslu Himal), also known as the Gurkha Massif, in Nepal. It is flanked by Manaslu to the north and Himalchuli to the south.

Manaslu

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:10:00 -0400

Manaslu (also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas. Manaslu is derived from the Sanskrit word Manasa and is translated as "Mountain of the Spirit".