Himalaya

Parallel universes create the Himalaya expedition scene where species live by their own rules within their own reality in a nature that appears the same but treats each sort differently. And they seldom mix. There are the adventure trekkers, the Everest baggers, the big-summit collectors, the alpinists tackling unclimbed faces on lower peaks and the mountaineers attempting 8000ers via new routes and/or during difficult seasons. This week at ExplorersWeb, focus was on the world of Himalayan sport climbers; bagging several firsts this fall. As for the 8000er mountaineers; word arrived that Urubko and Dedeshko won the Asian Piolet d’Or. Newsflash: Urubko and Dedeshko win ... Read Full Story

I would like to invite you to watch one of movie of Everest collection… Puja Ceremony at Mount Everest Base Camp. A Puja Ceremony is always held at Mount Everest Base Camp. Until this ceremony is held, no climber or Sherpa is allowed on the mountain, for fear of angering the gods. A lama, a Buddhist holy man, usually oversees the ceremony. During the Puja, the climbers and Sherpa’s pray to the gods for their permission to climb Mount Everest and for a blessing for a safe and successful expedition. A small temple, known as a chorten, constructed from rocks, is where the whole ... Read Full Story

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest this month to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's U.N. negotiations on climate change, a minister said on Monday. The base camp is located about 5,300 meters (17,400 feet) up the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) mountain and is the point from where climbers to the Everest summit begin their ascent. "The cabinet meeting is meant to draw the attention to the adverse impact of climate change to the Himalayas including Sagarmatha," Forest Minister Deepak Bohara told Reuters, using the Nepali name of ... Read Full Story

Nepal is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, a minister said Monday. The entire cabinet will travel to Everest base camp at an altitude of 5,360 metres (17,585 feet) for the meeting, to be held later this month, forests minister Deepak Bohora told AFP. The announcement comes just weeks after the government of the Maldives held an underwater cabinet meeting to focus global attention on rising sea levels ahead of the key UN summit on December 7-18. "The melting of the glaciers in ... Read Full Story

Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday. The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base camp later this month, just ahead of an international climate change conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark, Forest and Soil Conservation Minister Deepak Bohara said. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and other Cabinet members will fly by plane to the 17,400-foot (5,300-meter) camp, the starting point for mountaineers attempting to climb the world's highest mountain. Bohara said the meeting is an attempt to highlight the problem of ... Read Full Story