Travel Guide:nepal
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Nepal After the Earthquake: Is it Safe to Visit?
The Namche Bazaar, once packed with travelers, was mostly empty on this day even though it’s open for business since the April earthquake. (Photo: Bill Fink)
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16 Towering Facts About Mount Everest
Everest, in all its glory. (Photo: iStock) by Michael Arbeiter Mount Everest is the tallest and highest peak on Earth. Or is it? Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous mountain. 1.
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Just Back From Nepal: 5 Things You Need to Know After Quake
Sanjay Saxena, founder of Destination Himalaya and a Trusted Travel Expert for Asia on Wendy’s WOW List, is just back from Nepal, where he went right after the April 25 earthquake to help with relief efforts. Saxena was relieved to see that the city has not been leveled — as he’d been led to believe by initial media reports. Saxena even felt totally safe spending a night on the fifth floor of the Yak & Yeti.
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A 17-Year-Old Trapped But Alive on Everest
Seventeen-year-old climbing wunderkind Matt Moniz of Boulder, Colo. is one of the 150 people stuck along on Mount Everest — without his parents. Moniz and his team — including experienced climbers Willie Benegas and Jim Walkley — were at Everest Base Camp (or “EBC,” as the climbing community calls it) on Saturday when an avalanche swept through the community of climbers and killed at least 17, or, by some accounts, more than 30.
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Watch: Terrifying Video Footage of Everest Avalanche
As a massive avalanche of snow, ice, and rocks came barreling into Mount Everest base camp on Saturday, German climber Jost Kobusch was there to record the horrifying destruction. “The ground was shaking from the earthquake and as soon as we saw people running we were running ourselves to save our lives,” he wrote on YouTube.
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Watch: Woman vs. Mountain — Diary of an Everest Trek
It’s my answer when friends and family inquire about my trek to Everest Base Camp. Trekking through the Khumbu Valley in the Himalayas and seeing eight of the 15 tallest mountains in the world up close was indeed inspiring, beautiful, and, quite literally, awesome.
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WATCH: A Typical, Perfect Day in Nepal
I wake up in Ghorepani with sore legs from yesterday’s 14-hour hike. Without leaving the bed of the teahouse, I gaze out the window as Annapurna South and Hiunchuli come into focus, dripping with morning sunlight. In that semi-conscious state of daybreak, the words start to flow: “wonder at the window,” “florescent spindrift,” “iron ridges and swirling mists.” These are the landscapes I’ve dreamed about for years and after three days of walking among them, it still doesn’t seem real.
