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Kathmandu
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Patan
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Around
The Kathmandu Valley
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Outside
The Kathmandu Valley
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Durbar
Square
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Nagarkot
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Lumbini
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Swambhunath
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Kumbheswar
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Dhulikhel
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Krishna
Mandir
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Nagarjun
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Chitwan
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IndraChowk
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Mahaboudha
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Kakani
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Jomsom
/ Muktinath
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Freak
Sreeet
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Bhaktapur
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Kirtipur
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Gorkha
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| Ason |
Durbar
Square |
Surya
Binayak |
Jumla
/ Humla |
| Thamel |
Nyatapola |
Changu
Narayan |
Ilam |
| Royal
Palace |
Dattatrya |
Bajra
Barahi |
Janakpur |
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Siddhi
Pokhari
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Shivapuri
|
Mustang |
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Phulchowki |
Namch
Bazaar |
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Dakshinkali |
Nuwakot |
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Budhanilkhantha |
Tansen |
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| Mountains
& Trekking: |
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Lt.
Col. Jimmy Roberts was the first to be inspired to ply a trade from
the booming interest in mountain tourism. An officer in the British
Indian army, Roberts was a pioneer of numerous first ascents of
peaks in Nepal and Pakistan, and had organised logistical support
for major Himalayan expeditions. Roberts borrowed the new sport's
name from South African Boer "trekkers" and refined the
camping concept from Kashmiri sheep hunting trips enjoyed by his
friends in the west Himalaya. He advertised his first trek in Holiday
Magazine. Three sporting middle-aged American women responded and
in 1964 Nepal's trekking industry was born. Roberts called Nepal's
first trekking agency, Mountain Travel Nepal, and it still flourishes
today.
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| Mountaineering: |
Nepal
is a country well known for its Himalaya mountains. Among the 10 highest
peaks in the world, eight, including the highest peak Mount Everest,
crown this country. Nothing on earth can beat the exhilaration of
scaling them. No wonder Nepal is the favourite destination for mountaineers
and every year more than 600 expeditions trudge up the Himalaya, including
the trekking peaks.
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Top
Of The World
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| Seasons:
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are four mountaineering seasons; Spring (March-May), Summer (June-Aug),
Autumn (Sept-Nov) and Winter (December-Feb). A total of 153 Himalayan
peaks are open to mountaineers. Climbing permits are issued by the
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) for 135 peaks known
as mountaineering peaks and by the Nepal Mountaineering Association
(NMA) for 18 smaller peaks, known as trekking peaks, which range from
5,587m to 6,654m in altitude. |
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Top
peaks of the world
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Mountain
|
Country
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Height
|
Date
of Ascent
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1.
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Mt.
Everest
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Nepal
|
8848m
/ 29028ft
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29th
May 1953
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2.
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K2
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Pakistan
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8611m
/ 28251ft
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31st
July 1954
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3.
|
Kanchanjunga
|
Nepal
|
8586m
/ 28169ft
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25th
May 1955
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4.
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Lhotse
|
Nepal
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8501m
/ 27890ft
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18th
May 1956
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5.
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Makalu
|
Nepal
|
8463m
/ 27765ft
|
15th
May 1955
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6.
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Cho-oyu
|
Nepal
|
8201m
/ 36906ft
|
19th
Oct. 1954
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7.
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Dhaulagiri
|
Nepal
|
8167m
/ 26794ft
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13th
May 1960
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8.
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Manasalu
|
Nepal
|
8156m
/ 26758ft
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9th
May 1956
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9.
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Nanga
Parbat
|
Pakistan
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8126m
/ 26660ft
|
3rd
June 1953
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10.
|
Annapurna
|
Nepal
|
8091m
/ 26545ft
|
3rd
June 1950
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