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Searcher
January 2007
Linnea Christiani |
Online on Everest The world feels a lot smaller when you can have an interactive e-mail exchange with someone in your family half a globe away and half a day behind or make a satellite phone call from an elevation that can barely sustain life.   |
Adventure
Jun/Jul 2005
Rachel Scheer |
Nepal on the Brink Photographer Samantha Appleton treks through the adventure travel classic to experience the austere natural beauty coexisting with the harsh political reality. |
Outside
May 2003 |
Everest's Destiny Hold on to your crampons. May 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mount Everest, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Record crowds of climbers, trekkers, and gawkers are expected to cram the mountain. |
High on Adventure
February 2004 |
Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture |
Outside
January 2003
Jenny Dubin |
Into Big Air Hoping to snag high-rolling adventurers, Nepal green-lights its first full-time heli-skiing operation. |
Outside
March 2007 |
Best Trips 2007 Whether you want to raft an unknown Himalayan river or link a few Colorado peaks in your own backyard, here are 30 adventures to stoke your wanderlust. |
Real Travel Adventures
September 2006
Julie Thompson |
Trading Home Comforts For Dreamy Mountains in Nepal Nepal is home to the breathtaking Himalayan mountain range which contains eight of the world s ten highest peaks including Mt Everest, not to mention spectacular scenery and wildlife. |
Outside
January 2009
Alex Crevar |
What Itinerary? With outfitters opening up more and more exploratory trips to their experienced clients, we picked out 2009's four most intriguing options. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 6, 2007
Martha Lagace |
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal Nepal, the home of Mount Everest, has been gripped in recent years by civil war. A new paper looks at the roots of Nepal's conflict from a variety of angles and concludes that investing in poverty reduction is a key for peace. |
Outside
December 2005
Nick Heil |
The Light of Seven Mountain Suns The Himalayan Cataract Project is curing blindness overnight in the most remote villages of Nepal and India. |
Outside
April 2003
Jenny Dubin |
Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas |
AskMen.com
December 12, 2000
Pamela Bode |
Mountain Climbing In Nepal Having decided that my next holiday would be trekking in Nepal, I found that training for altitude climbing when you live right on the coast in Sydney is impossible... |
Smithsonian
July 2006
Seidensticker & Lumpkin |
Building An Arc Despite poachers, insurgents and political upheaval, India and Nepal's bold approach to saving wildlife in the Terai Arc just may succeed. |
Outside
September 2006 |
What the Pros Know: Mount Everest Guides Debate The experts weight in on the risks and rewards of climbing Mount Everest. |
AskMen.com
December 24, 2002
Harry Marks |
Tibet: A Wonder In The Mountains With a challenging landscape and tumultuous political situation, the culture and sights Tibet has to offer are often overlooked, despite being of great interest to inquisitive travelers. |
Outside
January 2009
Jason Daley |
You Really Need a Vacation A recession -- this recession -- is the best time to travel |
Outside
April 2010 |
The Best Adventure Trips of 2010 Our mission: Sort through 763 of the world's most spectacular new outfitted adventures and choose 20 that will blow your mind, but not your savings. |
Outside
April 2003 |
(Epic) Sean Glaccum has his eye on all eight of Nepal's 8,000-meter peaks, but he's not after the summits. A 25-year-old river guide from Ketchum, Idaho, Glaccum is on a quest to become the first person to kayak the major rivers that drain the highest mountains in the Himalayan kingdom. |
Outside
February 2005 |
Volunteer Vacations There's a renaissance of creativity and innovation in our world as travel outfitters, gear companies, and adventure athletes roll up their sleeves, open their wallets, and donate their time to help change our planet for the better. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
A Lofty Take on Leadership: Mountain Climbing and Managing Companies Wharton management professor Michael Useem has just published a book using experiences in mountain climbing to describe how business leaders reach their summits. |
Outside
September 2008
Joshua Hammer |
Baker in the Palace with the Statuette Was a famous American scholar and self-styled curator up to no good in Nepal, or is he just a scapegoat for all wealthy expats? |
Outside
July 2007
Kevin Fedarko |
High Times You were told that Everest base camp is an insult to the true spirit of mountaineering. But why weren't you told about the excellent bars, the butter people, and that friendly playboy bunny from Poland? |
Salon.com
June 12, 2001
Jeff Greenwald |
Murder and intrigue in Katmandu The massacre of the royal family in Nepal threatens the stability of a nation that has struggled toward democracy for over a decade... |
Adventure
November 2004
Robert Young Pelton |
Peace Dividends Great trips lurk in former zones in which travel was not recommended. |
Outside
September 2006
Ed Douglas |
Over the Top David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. |
Outside
May 2003
Jenny Dubin |
Lucky 13 Meet Apa Sherpa, who will attempt to break his own record of 12 Everest summits this month |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2006
Mary McIntosh |
The Living Goddess of Nepal Nepal is an exciting and exotic blend of the ancient and the modern. |
Outside
January 2002 |
Fresh Tracks GowithaPro, a new travel company that matches clients with pioneers of extreme outdoor sports... Two new eco-experiences in South America's most stunning national parks invite guests to explore remote scenery... etc. |
AskMen.com
April 26, 2001
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Spiritual Places This list will take you to some of the more traditional religious capitals of the world, as well as some more informal spots for those wishing to find answers: so sit back, close your eyes, and let your mind take you on a sacred journey... |
Outside
January 2007
Tim Neville |
Be Afraid. Please. After initial fears of travel, Americans are traveling more adventurously than ever before, disregarding political instability, monsoon seasons, and malaria. |
Outside
June 2007
Eric Hansen |
Dead Weight When our man dons a tumpline and dhoko for a five-day trek in the Himalayas, he discovers two things: Nepali porters may be the toughest workers in the universe, and there's simply no way he can measure up. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Exhilarating Activities For 2008 Whether it's skiing down a mountain or hot-air-ballooning across the skies, you've got to "up" the excitement level in your life. Here are 10 activities to increase your excitement level. |
AskMen.com
December 7, 2000
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Adventures For Thrill Seekers It's nice to see that you're relaxed after that cruise you just went on. Perfect, why? Well, it's time to pack light and update your will, because we are taking you around the world at the speed of light. Join us for the ride of a lifetime as we look at 10 adventure destinations... |
Outside
September 2003
Maria Coffey |
The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow |
Geotimes
November 2004 |
Connecting People to Science in the Himalaya An educational and cultural exchange between Nepali and Californian schools exemplifies how geologic research can be successfully combined with enriching student learning. |
Outside
June 2007
Bryant Urstadt |
The Grudge Report Expedition bloggers Tom and Tina Sjogren love a great adventure. But if they don't like yours, get ready for a fight. |
Outside
December 2005
Conrad Anker |
Improving the Odds for Sherpas This all-star pantheon created the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ALCF) to teach Sherpas more about avalanche forecasting and crevasse rescue. |
