Himalaya

I Recommend…. http://www.guidenepal.com/nepal/ MOUNTAIN EXPEDITIONS – MOUNTAINEERING IN NEPAL with Mountain Sherpa Trekking and Expedition s, Sherpa Guides Company. Mountaineering is considered the keystone activity that Nepal offers to the climbers than any country in the world. The eight out of the fourteen 8000m peaks lie in Nepal including Mt. Everest (8000m), the highest peak in the world. Ever since, the country opened its peaks to climbers in 1949, the mountaineering activity has become the most popular trend of alluring thousands of adventures seekers to Nepal every Year. The pioneer of all, this Mountaineering was the major starter of tourism in Nepal that dates ... Read Full Story

Not only Indians but also the visitors from all over the world, everybody has a desire to explore the Himalayas. Himalaya with its exciting expeditions always has attracted people. Himalayan peak is paradise for trekkers which offer highest peaks of this range to be climbed. The peaks of Himalayas set about 8,850 m in elevation. Himalayan peaks will give you deep insight into nature and its surroundings. Trekking in Himalayan is one of the major attraction for the foreign tourists. Himalayas are regarded as world’s highest peak which houses ten gallant summits of world. Other fourteen peaks are beyond 8000m in altitude. Some of ... Read Full Story

A Slovenian climber recognised as one of the world's greatest-ever mountaineers has died after a daredevil solo attempt on a Himalayan peak, his expedition organisers said Saturday. Tomaz Humar, 40, had been missing on the colossal south face of Langtang Lirung, a 7,234-metre (23,700-foot) peak in northern Nepal. His last communication was on Tuesday, when he radioed to say he had been injured. "He had clearly fallen during the climb and broken his spine and leg," said Asian Trekking's Dawa Sherpa, who coordinated the rescue effort. "He was climbing alone, with no guides or porters." Sherpa said Humar's body was found early Saturday during ... Read Full Story

A well-known Slovenian mountaineer who went missing during a solo climb in Nepal's Himalayas has been found dead, his expedition organisers said Saturday. Asian Trekking said rescuers discovered Tomaz Humar's body during an aerial search of the 7,234-metre (23,700-foot) Langtang Lirung peak early Saturday. He had not made contact since Tuesday, when he radioed to say he had been injured. "He had clearly fallen during the climb and broken his spine and leg," said Asian Trekking's Dawa Sherpa, who coordinated the rescue effort. "He was climbing alone, with no guides or porters." Humar, who was aged 40, shot to fame in the climbing world ... Read Full Story

I would like to invite you to watch one of movie of Everest collection… Jerzy Kukuczka: Greatest Polish Alpinist Tribute . Jerzy ‘Jurek’ Kukuczka, the famous Polish climber, has entered mountaineering history as ‘the second man to conquer all 14, 8000ers” after Reinhold Messner, lost on Lhotse in 1989. There have been a lot of rivalries surrounding Everest over the years, some so subtle they went unnoticed, some so blatant they erupted into a full-fledged battle-of-wills at base camp. Few however endured as long or seemed as heroic as the battle between Jerzy “Jurek” Kukuc zka and Reinhold Messner during the early 80s. Both ... Read Full Story