Annapurna II

On tour with the monsters of rock

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May 16th 2007
Warning: never heed travel advice from a stranger on a plane, particularly if she's doling it out while chucking up into a bag. This may sound like the bleedin' obvious, but it didn't occur to Adele and I until we were three-quarters of the way up a 6400-metre Himalayan peak, kicking our crampons and trying not to contemplate the drops into snowy oblivion on either side of us. Only then did we co ... read more

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more