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“I climb into the void and let Fate decide whether I should live or die.” Some mountaineers are just normal people who love the challenge. Some are egomaniacs. Some are just depressed.

A long, winding and narrow road runs alongside the beautiful, emerald green Trisuli River with its many white sandy banks lies between Kathmandu and Pokhara. Many trucks, tourist buses and cars ply this road day and night. This scenic road …

The 10th edition of Coca -Cola Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon is scheduled to be held on May 29th, 2012. Organising a press conference in Kathmandu on Thursday, organisers Himalaya Expeditions Inc. and Adventure Sports Nepal said that race starts from expeditionary …

That’s one ingenious way to get the passengers’ attention while screening the safety video on board a flight. Air New Zealand’s safety video breaks all the rules. You definitely won’t see anything like this on SIA. Oh, don’t rush to …

Keith Wright, a pensioner from Queensland in Australia, will fly out to Europe on May 28, his eighth backpacking trip since he started travelling solo at the age of 85. Read more about it over here. Started at 85? It …

“Why are you so anxious to get yourself killed?” It’s a memorable line but I can’t remember exactly which fictional character said that. I think it’s the book entitled The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock …

KATHMANDU – A small plane crashed near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people while six others miraculously survived, police said. The aircraft belonging to local carrier Agni Air ploughed into the ground just outside …

Two Singaporeans have died on a trip to Mt Kailash (aka Kang Rinpoche) in Tibet. You can find the news reports here. Apparently, the unfortunate two have died of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). AMS ought to be well known to …

The tour operator who took the two Singaporeans who died of altitude sickness up Mount Kailash is believed to have been detained by the Tibetan authorities. Nepali Prakash Shre, whose company also organises such tours, said word in the industry …

Altitude sickness is seldom suddenly fatal. More often than not, it gives you ample early warning. It even gives you a final warning before it kills you. Do not ignore the early warning signs.