Along the Trek

Kagbeni with Upper Mustang in the distance. I was fortunate to be able to go to Upper Mustang because it has been open to the public for only the past 6 months. There was a monk ceremony on it's second to last day, which was amazing to witness. It was about another hour past Kagbeni so I was the only foreigner there.

Into Thin Air

May 19th 2008
As I was conquering seemingly insurmountable peaks at 8,000 meters with my ice pick in hand and looking over the clouds and down on the rest of the world... Okay, maybe it was mildly thin air and I was admiring those peaks while standing at half that elevation and did not see an ice pick the entire trek, but still, the views and everything were incredible. Pictures can do no justice to witnessi ... 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

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