Gokyo-Everest Base Camp - Kalapather spring 2010

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Nepal Govt and Tourism Board (NTB) launched Tourism Year 2011 (NTY). on 26 Feb 2010

Nepal Tourism Year [NTY] 2011 will be very fruitful for our country's economy and to the people of Nepal.

The government is placing high priority on the tourism sector in its new economic development policy. As there is a favorable political situation in the country, the government is all geared towards economic revolution in next 10 years for the up-liftment of the masses. In this connection, government of Nepal in consultation with Nepalese Tourism Industry, concerned organizations and experts decided to launch a national tourism campaign "Nepal Tourism Year 2011". This announcement reflects the government’s anticipation to bring into at least one million international tourists in Nepal by the year 2011 and spread the benefits of tourism to the people at large. The national campaign also indicates the tourism industry’s exigency to organize a tourism promotion campaign having wider impact.

Nineteen political parties have on Friday officially vowed to refrain from calling strikes and bandhs to facilitate the Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 which, with the slogan 'Together for Tourism', aims to bring in one million tourists in the country during the year.

It was great adventure to cross 2 high pass with in 3days

Laila,Renan,Cory,Pete ,Jiban, Steve & Conrad --Renjo La Pass - Jiban

Cho La pass - Jiban---------------------------Mingma & Jiban at Thame

I went to Khumbu on 19th January with Peter Athans to help Khumbu climbing School building project at Phortse. After complete my paper work with KCS to KCC then start my own adventure trip to two high passes called Cho La Pass & Renjo La Pass". Mingma and I hiked quite a trip within 4 days from Phortse. 1st day - Phortse- Dzong La, 2nd day - Cross Cho La pass then Gokyo, 3rd day - Cross Renjo La pass then Thame & 4th day - Lukla. I had great time

in Khumbu.

Perfect weather for mountain flight - Cory & Renan is heading to climb Mt. Tawoche before Khumbu Climbing School Program

The Everest Experience Flight is the awe-inspiring Mt. Everest, in its entire majestic splendor, is at your disposal on this spectacular "Everest Experience" flight. On this flight, we fly past other high peaks like Dorje - Lakpa, Chhoba - Bhamare, Gauri - Shankar, Cho-Oyu, Pumori, Nuptse, Lhotse, and Amadablam. This is the closet and highest view of Mt. Everest you can ever hope to see in your lifetime. Do not miss it! As you'll find yourself saying, " I did not climb Mt. Everest but I touched it with my heart".

Mt. Everest & Mt. Makalu. Photo by Jiban Ghimire

Cory Richards -Mt. Dorjee Lakpa
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Namaste !!

Seasons Greeting
and
Best Wishes for
a
Happy New Year 2010

Jiban Ghimire & Family

TAAN, MEDEP organise trekking guide training in Chautara

A total of 69 participants from Kavre, Ramechhap, Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha, Nuwakot and Rasuwa attended the training. Classes were conducted on History, Culture, People & Religion; Basic Tourism & Tourism Management, Trekking & Mountaineering Management; Mountain Sickness and HIV/AIDS; Health& Hygiene and First Aid; Food & Beverage and Hospitality Management; Eco-Tourism; Protected areas and Conservation; Geography, Map Reading and Flora & Fauna; and Communicative English Language.

Chewang Nema Sherpa, Gopal Magar & I are very pleased to teach about expedition management with orientation class. Thank you for inviting us. We had great time to met new faces.

Melting Himalayan glaciers threaten lives in Asia

Claire Cozens/AFP
KATHMANDU: More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent.

Glaciers in the Himalayas provide headwaters for Asia's nine largest rivers, lifelines for the 1.3 billion people who live downstream. But temperatures in the region have increased by between 0.15 and 0.6 degrees Celsius each decade for the last 30 years, accelerating the rate at which glaciers are shrinking.

As world leaders gather in Copenhagen this month for a crucial climate change summit, campaigners warn that some Himalayan glaciers could disappear within a few decades.

"Scientists predict that most glaciers will be gone in 40 years as a result of climate change," said Prashant Singh of WWF's Climate for Life campaign. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN body on climate change, has warned Himalayan glaciers could "disappear altogether by 2035" and experts say the effects of global warming are already being felt in the region.

In Nepal and Bhutan, the receding glaciers have formed vast lakes that threaten to burst, devastating villages downstream.

A interview with Peter Athans on leadership, setting and achieving goals, and the rewards of philanthropy.

Peter Athans - Legendary Everest Climber

Legendary mountain climber who has summited Mt. Everest seven times. Peter is also a high altitude film maker, working on films for NOVA, National Geographic, and in the featur e film, "Seven Years in Tibet". Peter was awarded the highest honor from the American Alpine Club for the rescue of Beck Weathers in the 1996 Everest tragedy

Dr. Geoff Tabin - "Dr. Extreme"

Dr. Tabin has summited the East Face of Mt. Everest. He was the fourth person to climb the highest peak on each of the earth's seven continents. Geoff, an ophthalmologist, has also been instrumental in establishing clinics to help eradicate blindness in the Himalayas and other third world areas.

Baruntse Summit - 25 November 2009 - Exploradus Baruntse Expedition

A little after noon, all seven of us stood on the summit. My GPS called it 23,535 feet above sea level. It was a crystal clear day, and we could easily pick out 5 of the 6 highest mountains in the world all around us. My only complaint was that the wind was relentless, and although the ambient temperature was perhaps warmer than what might be expected in late November, it was just too cold to hang out on the summit.

Jiban Ghimire
Outfitter in Nepal
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