Accidental Tourist : To Mount Kailas and Back
Reaching 28,028 feet aboven the far western Tibetan plateau, Mount Kailas touches the heavens like a jewel from a sea of sand and rock, assured in her divinity. For millennia,...
Issue 78 | May 2008
Both the history of naming the great snow-blown pyramid known as ‘Everest’ and early attempts at climbing are compelling stories. The Himalayas consist of a bloody great profusion of...
Reaching 28,028 feet aboven the far western Tibetan plateau, Mount Kailas touches the heavens like a jewel from a sea of sand and rock, assured in her divinity. For millennia,...
When I am about to put an amalgam filling these days some of the patients ask me: “Is it safe”? Others have had a bad experience with a white filling...
‘How can this book be introduced?’, ask the authors in their introduction, sidestepping a number of definitions, since all of them fall short. After careful reading, I think I have...
It gets frustrating to be in Thamel if one wishes to have a taste of Nepalese culture. No doubt, Nepali art hangs everywhere on the streets. We have to shield...
Tashi, grandson of the Tenzing Norgey Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mt Everest, does not exude the sophistication that one expects to come from someone born...
When Chandra Ale, founder and director of Initiative Outdoor,offered to give us a first hand demonstration of the gear used in mountaineering, we instantly agreed to join him at the...
If you’ve trekked in the Himalayas above 13,000 feet (4000m plus), you’ve reached the Alpine Zone, between the upper treeline and permanent snowline. Trekkers to Mt Everest Base Camp, Gokyo...
Do you listen to music while you write? I do, but no lyrics please: too dis tracting. Some music serves as a source of inspiration, my muse. If the music...
At sacred sites and in religious forests all across Nepal we see monkeys. There are monkeys at Pashupatinath, at Gokarna forest, at Swayambhunath and at Thapathali near the Bagmati Bridge....
They are considered altars of the gods, and as such, they are sacred. In lofty Nepal they are a world unto themselves and here, in the ‘Abode of...
Trying to listen to the guide’s safety briefing was proving difficult, with the sound of my heart pounding furiously in my ear. After collecting our equipment, we gingerly climbed into...