Guide to Nepal Trek and Tour Adventures in the Himalayas

                                            Above base camp   The Rongbuk base camp is usually much less busy than the Nepalese equivalent on the khumbu glacier, and while from the latter base camp Everest cannot be seen at all at rongbuk the view of the world’s highest mountain is simply stunning . The North face where all the pre-war attempts took place- can be seen rising majestically out of the Rongbuk glacier. Behind changtse ( the north peak now named bei peak) now named bei peak) lies the North col, with the north Ridge rising from that to the summit ridge ( North –East Ridge). Writing in 1998 of the view of Everest Bill Tilman said seen from Rongbuk it looms up magnificently filling the head of the valley. The final pyramid with or without its streami...

                              Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri is the world’s seventh highest mountain (8167m/26, 795ft). In Sanskrit its name means white mountain Admired by thousands of trekkers from the kali Gandaki and poon hill Dhaulagiri rested the attempts of mountaineers for longer than comparable peaks. In 1950 Herzog’s French expedition had initially hoped to summit it but after lengthy reconnaissance decided it was too dangerous turning their attention to Annapurna I instead six attempts on Dhaulagiri via the west ridge followed but it was not until 1960 that a swiss expedition finally won through albeit in controversial style. They used a light aircraft to ferry won through albeit in controversial style. They used a light aircraft to ferry food, Equipment and even climbers to the northeast col at around 5700m (18,700ft). The Pilatus ...

Himalayan Flowers                                  Buttercup Family The buttercup family Ranunculaceae, includes some of the most delicate and beautiful Himalayan flowers like anemone, larkspur marsh marigold monkshood, columbine trollius, pulsatilla, marsh marigold, monkshood columbine trollius, pulsatilla, etc. many of these are indeed familiar garden plants in temperate land and in hill in Nepal.     Trollius acaulis with horizontal stout underground rootstock densely clothed with dry bases of old petioles and palmate leaves flowers solitary, with sepals 5-10 or more , golden yellow and petaloid, the petals are minute and also yellow blooms at 3300-4500m.             A grassymeadow, near a melt- water stream at elevations of 3900-4200m, crowded with masses...

                              Chhairo Gompa   This Nyingma- pa monastery originally called tsherok is 400 years old and was founded by Nawang Tiling a Tibetan monk. It is now under the guardianship of the Thakali family of subba Bhatarchan. SO far the restoration has taken eight years with the project highly rated by the National Geographic world volunteer tourism programmed. The gompa has superb imagery, including chenresig sakyamuni and Guru Rinpoche with the donor the golden figure in front. There are many terracotta idols and some tablets. The other chamber has a large, imposing guru Rinpoche with frescoes of ashets. A festival takes place annually in December to placated the powerful local deity Gyalwa puja. Dhekepchey a masked dance festival where astrological predictions are made, is also celebrated here.     ...