Rara Lake trekking

 Rara lake is a clear high altitude lake ringed with paine sprule and juniper forests and snowcapped Himalayan peaks in winter there is often snow on the ridges surrounding the lake . Experienced trekkers can visit the Rara national park via any of theses routes. The rara lake ( 2980mt ) is the face point of Rara National park and a good  destination for a westewn Nepal trek . The route is well off the beaten frack and affords glimpses of cultures and scenery very different from those in the rest of Nepal

The Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly has finally been dissolved after four years in existence and a date has been set for the election of a new one. There is great public disappointment that the political process that started with the coming together of the Maoist party and non-Maoist parties in 2005 in New Delhi failed to deliver on its mandate. There are a number of areas that will require attention.
First, the failure has made it clear that leaders across party lines lack the ability to work together and reach compromise, even though they have been working together for over five years. They continued to hurl acrimonious statements and maintained hard-line positions to the very end and failed to prevent a major crisis. There is a danger here that Nepalis will harbour resentment towards fellow Nepalis with opposing political views and blame one another for blocking the constitution. This may be a cause of social conflict. Measures need to be taken to prevent this.
Second, the failure may lead to an upheaval within the Maoist party that will be damaging to the broader process. The Constituent Assembly has been on the Maoist agenda since 2005. Its dissolution means that disgruntled elements (Mohan Baidya faction never wanted ‘peace and constitution’) within it will try to change the party’s direction. There will be a great impetus to go for another mass uprising. The Maoist party as a whole may even get radicalised. It is to be hoped that this is contained and this does not lead to instability that Nepal can’t afford. Third, it is likely that positions will harden among the other parliamentary parties. The Nepali Congress and the UML will seek to gain the support of constituencies of Pahadis across the country, including in the contentious Far West and Eastern Tarai and will be unwilling to compromise with Madhesi demands for pan-Tarai states, as will be other right-of-centre parties. For their part, the Madhesi parties will try to raise public anger towards the older parliamentary parties; identity-based politics could harden further. Fourth, the failure of the CA gives the royalists an opportunity to raise a ruckus against measures that have been adopted over the past five years. They will question the legitimacy of other decisions that have been taken through the CA or the interim parliament and likely demand a referendum on secularism and the monarchy.
It is clear that our “transition” is set to continue for much longer than expected. It will have all of the problems seen during the past few years. The only thing that can be hoped for is that things do not get much worse. In order to prevent the negative scenarios outlined above, all parties need to introspect about their roles that last few years. If it is too much for them to ask to be flexible, they should at least be cognisant of the dangers that lie ahead and be able to come together to mitigate them.

TAAN unvites nominations for foure awards.

Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal has issued a public notice, seeking nominations from individuals and organization for four awards that it is giving away on the occasion of its 34^th anniversary and international sagarmatha Day on May 29. Every year, TAAN sagarmatha Dr Harka Gurung Award, TAAN sagarmatha passing Lhamu Award and TAAN sagarmatha pemba Doma Education Award. Anyone can nominate persons or organizations if they think they deserve the awards. The award sub-committee of TAAN will study the nominations and declare the winners. TAAN sagarmatha journalism Award, which carries a purse of Rs 50, 000, will be given to journalists making significant contribution in the promotion of mountain tourism through their respective media.  

Begnas Lake, the second largest lake of Pokhara Valley is situated at an altitude of 650m. It is located in the Siswa village on the eastern part of Pokhara and is 13 km away from the Pokhara city. It covers an area of 3 sq. km. Average water depth of the lake is 9.37 and the maximum water depth is 13.84m. The capacity of the lake is 29.05 million cubic meter. It is comparatively deeper in the northern and western part in the comparision to eastern and southern part. The lake water is drained out by Khudi Khola from the western part.

Tilicho lake

Tilicho lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. It is 4,949 m high in the Annapurna range gh (16,138 feet).

Mountain lakes are known to geographers as tarns if they are caused by glacial activity. Tarns are found mostly in the upper reaches of the Himalaya, above 5,500 metres. Due to the extremely inhospitable surrounding terrain and the difficulties associated with reaching the area, this lake is rarely visited by outsiders.

It was also the site of one of the highest ever altitude scuba dives. A Russian diving team consisting of Andrei Andryushin, Denis Bakin and Maxim Gresko conducted a scuba dive in the lake in 2000.

Trekkers attempting the Annapurna Circuit route usually cross the watershed between Manang and Kali Kandaki valleys over the 5414 meters high Thorong La pass. The alternate route skirting Tilicho Lake from the north has been gaining popularity. This route is more demanding and requires at least one night of camping. New lodges have been built between Manang and the lake, but there are no teahouses or lodges past the Tilicho BC lodge some kilometers east of the lake and the next village of Thini Gaon in the Kali Kandaki valley. Most groups spend two nights between these places. There are two passes leading to Thini Gaon and Jomsom; Mesokanto La and Tilicho North pass known also as Tilicho "Tourist pass". These routes via Tilicho Lake are more often closed by snow than the higher Thorong La

Mt Everest traffic jams raise fears

Mt Everest traffic jams raise fears

Mountaineering experts warned on Tuesday that potentially dangerous levels of overcrowding were expected on Mount Everest after four climbers died as traffic jams clogged up the worlds tallest peak.

Some 200 people will attempt to scale the 8848 meters summit this weekend when the weather is expected to provide the next safe window for the ascent said Nepal tourism official Gyanendra shrestha.

There were a similar number of climbers attempting the summit last weekend he said with four climbers dying of exhaustion and altitude sickness on Saturday on one of the deadliest ever days on the peak.  

German national Eberhard schaaf 61 south Korean song wonbin 44, 33-year-old Nepali- born Canadian shriya shah and Chinese climber Ha wenyi, 55, were all found dead near the summit.

A Sherpa mountain guide had been reported missing but shrestha said the information turned out to be false

Due to an increased numbers of climbers in recent years, there is a bottle-neck every season at the Hillary step, a rockface near the peak that climbers from the Nepal side have to ascend and descend with the help of ropes.

The climbing season runs from late march to the first week in june but this seasons first clear condition for reaching the peak were on Friday two weeks later than usual.

The window had closed by Saturday afternoon due to high winds, shrestha said, leading to a rush of climbers attempting the summit.

The climbers have to rely on a single rope and the traffic jam there will delay the ascents for hours he said by telephone from base camp.

some Sherpas who returned have told me that they had to wait for up to three your hands or feet will be frostbitten Then there is the issue of oxygen high up you tend to use more.

Zimba Zangbu Sherpa president of the Nepal mountaineering Association said climbers were increasingly taking unnecessary risks when time was running out or condition were poor. Now there are so many people trying to reach the top vying for this or that record he said.

Some climbers near the peak most of whom have paid tens of thousands of dollars on the expedition often ignore the advice to expert guides to turn back he added in some cases they don’t even heed the suggestions of their Sherpa guides. The sherpas can not advise them otherwise because their clients will think I am so close to the mountain, why shouldn’t I try a bit more?

Nearly 4,000 people have climbed Everest since 1953 when Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand first scaled it.

Today, Nepal Banda

Today, Nepal Banda :

The endogenous people announce the Nepal Banda since thee days. Nepal is going to federalism so they want own identical and powerful state. It is not suitable in Nepal. In Nepal almost 113 different cast, own language and identity. How to give the own state for endogenous people. Nepal is small country, I thing it is not suitable.