Everest’s most extraordinary false summit claim

November 20, 2013 Humour aconcagua, alan arnette, argentina, augusto ortega, everest, everest base camp, false summit claims, ladakh, media sensationalism, nepal 14 Comments

Everest’s most extraordinary false summit claim

Last week the world’s mainstream media were awash with stories about the world’s first dog to climb Mount Everest. It was a heart-warming tale about a cute little doggie who had been rescued from a garbage dump in India and went on to become a pioneering canine mountaineer. But how on earth could it be true?

Is this the finest view in the Himalayas?

April 20, 2011 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, annapurna, annapurna circuit, bhutan, gangapurna, himalayas, karakoram, ladakh, marsyangdi river, mountain panoramas, naar and phu, nepal, pakistan, tibetan khampas, tilicho peak, trekking, viewpoints 2 Comments

Is this the finest view in the Himalayas?

The photograph below was taken just beneath the Kang La pass in the Annapurna region of Nepal, and shows practically the entire northern sweep of the Annapurna range from Annapurna II on the left to Tilicho Peak on the right.

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