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Langtang Trek – Langtang Valley Trekking.

The Langtang valley trekking is great trek in Nepal. Langtang valley treks also called “the valley of glaciers trek”. Mountain View is excellent and surrounding spectacular views of mountains. On either side of valley, mountains rise, soaring in to the sky. The valley offers pain forest, slow moving rivers and swift mountain streams, rugged rock and snow- capped peaks.. In the upper part of valley there are snow bridges spanning angry torrents, high passes enveloped in mist, tiny lake with icebergs floating on them and water of crystalline brightness. There are also high mountains of solid ice.

Langtang Trek – Langtang Valley Trekking.

Langtang valley trek is on the area of Tibetan culture and home of Yak. The trek starts from Dhunche or Syabru Bensi and ends at Dhunche or Syabru bensi again. From Sybru Bensi, you will follow the Langtang River to the east until you get to Kyanjin Gompa (3,049.). When you arrive in Kyanjin Gompa we recommend you to stay one extra day for the climb Tserkuri (5184m) from where you see nice view of the Himalayas.

Langtang valley trek route have good network of teahouse lodge facilities so you can arrange teahouse basis trek or camping (tent camp) trekking as your wish. Langtang valley trek is easy trekking that means Langtang valley trek is not so difficulty trekking where any one possible to make successful their journey to the Himalaya. Langtang valley trekking itinerary we will deign short or long as trekkers demand.

Permits for Langtang valley trekking only apply to have Langtang National park entry permit it cost RS 1000 per person and Trekkers’ information management system (TIMS).

Facilities:

Langtang trekking itinerary we make short and long as your demand. This Trekking area has good Trekkers lodge (Teahouse) facilities Managed by Langtang Hotel / lodge management committee and tented camping trip also can be organized. Lodge management committees make good camping site for the tent camp.

Langtang Valley Trekking Itinerary:

Option No: 01 Langtang valley Trekking Itinerary.

Day 01: Arrival and transfer to hotel
Day 02: Sightseeing around Kathmandu valley
Day 03: Kathmandu to Dhunche Bazaar (2030m)
Day 04: Dhunche trek to Thulo (big) Syabru (2200m)
Day 05: Thulo Syabru Trek to Lama Hotel (2480m)
Day 06: Lama Hotel Trek to Langtang (3541m)
Day 07: Langtang Trek to Kyanjing Gompa (3900m)
Day 08: Day trip to Tserkori (5184m) return Kyanjing Gompa
Day 09: Kyanjing Gompa Trek to Lama Hotel (2480m)
Day 10: Lama Hotel trek to Syabru Bensi (1450m)
Day 11: Syabru Bensi drive bus to Kathmandu
Day 12: Free day for shopping or relax
Day 13: Drive to airport for return flight

Option No: 02 Langtang valley Trekking Itinerary.

Day 01 Arrival and transfer to hotel/welcome dinner
Day 02 Sightseeing around Kathmandu Valley
Day 03 Drive to Syabru Bensi (1450m)
Day 04 Trek to Lama Hotel (2480m)
Day 05 Trek Hotel to Langtang (3541m)
Day 06 Trek to Kyangjing Gompa (3900m)
Day 07 Day trip to Tserkori (5184m) Langshisa (4100m)
Day 08 Trek to Lama Hotel (2480m)
Day 09 Trek to Sybru Bensi (1450m)
Day 10 Drive to Kathmandu/ Hotel
Day 11 Free day for shopping or relax
Day 12 Drive to Airport for flying your own destination

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Mt.Everest

View Everest and the surrounding Himalaya from favourite Sherpa viewpoints in the spectacular Thame and Gokyo Valleys. From jagged, snow-capped peaks, to Nepal’s largest glacier pouring down from the flanks of Mt Cho Oyu (8018m). Flying into Lukla we hike up to the Sherpa Capital of Namche Bazaar, visit the Hillary Hospital and Schools in the nearby villages of Kunde and Khumjung . Then we turn off the tourist trail and into the stunning Gokyo Valley – flanked by soaring peaks and turquoise lakes we will go to the some of the best and least visited Everest viewpoints in the Khumbu. We will then cross the beautiful Renjo La Pass and visit the monasteries of Thame, looking up to the still used Tibetan trading route of the Nangpa La (Pass).
This walk is designed to take you to some of the most incredible mountain scenery in the world, with the time to acclimatise safely and to be able to stop, absorb the view and take your photos. You will be accompanied by both highly experienced local Sherpa guides and an Australian guide/doctor.

View from Gokyo

Accomodation will be in comfortable teahouses and porters will be provided to carry your personal belongings and extra photographic equipment (in accordance with the Porter Protection Society Guidelines).

Brief Itinery
Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu – greeted at the airport and escorted to your accomodation at the Tibet Guest House in Thamel (link). Group dinner provided.
Day 2: Kathmandu Sightseeing – Boudinnath, Pashaputinath, Swayambbunath, Kathmandu Durbar Square. Escorted by our guide you may choose any or all of these sights to visit.
Day 3: Fly to Lukla – hike to Phakding. Accomodation in teahouse
Day 4: Hike to Namche Bazaar
Day 5: Acclimatisation Day/Hike to Kunde/Khumjung for photos/visit to Hillary hospital and school.
Day 6: Hike to Dole in Gokyo Valley
Day 7: Hike to Macchermo
Day 8: Hike to Gokyo
Day 9: Gokyo Ri/ Rest Day
Day 10: Hike to 5th Lake/ Everest-Cho Oyu Viewpoint return Gokyo
Day 11: Cross the Renjo La to Lungde
Day 12: Hike to Thame/ Monastery
Day 13: Rest Day
Day 14: Monjo
Day 15: Lukla
Day 16 Kathmandu
Day 17-18 Kathmandu (allows for flight delays out of Lukla)
Home: guides will take you to the airport for international departures

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MSRP: $99.95

Weight: 235 grams (8.3 ounces)

This past winter in Patagonia I was fiddling with my helmet straps a few pitches below the summit of Poincenot. Forgetting to buckle up the chin strap, I started climbing again. Predictably, the helmet fell off and rocketed down a chossy gully. Back in camp, I scrounged up my spare helmet, an older Petzl Ecrin Roc, for the next adventure into the alpine. At 445 grams, the Ecrin Roc was by no means lightweight, and moving my head felt like exercise.

I picked up the Petzl Meteor III from the Moab Post Office in April and promptly took it to the tottering towers of River Road to climb Dolofright, Infrared, and Iron Maiden. At 235 grams the Petzl Meteor III is extremely lightweight, and throughout the day I had to tap my head to make sure the helmet was still on. The day was warm, and though my shoes threatened to slide off the creaky sandstone, my head stayed cool and dry. I was impressed.

Since then the Meteor III has been my faithful companion on long routes in Squamish as well as when teaching anchors on the Smoke Bluffs. Squamish in the spring can be unbearably humid, and this spring was no exception. Yet, the Petzl Meteor once again amazed me with its outstanding ventilation. The polystyrene impact liners are not only comfortable, but they also help the helmet stay firmly anchored to my head, never shifting or slipping sideways. Also, the helmet adjustment slides back into the helmet for easy storage and therefore doesn’t get caught on anything.

Durability is however an intrinsic problem with any lightweight helmet. My spare Ecrin Roc has taken volleys of small stones over the years, but remains sturdy and strong. The same can’t be said for the Meteor III, and such helmets need to be retired once hit by a big stone. I would therefore stick to a heavier helmet in places exposed to lots of loose rock and save the Meteor for areas offering more solid features.

The Meteor III is the best helmet I have ever worn, and it’s so light and comfortable that I no longer have any excuses to leave my helmet behind on any adventure, local crag or big alpine route alike.

Pros: Light; comfortable; breathable; cool orange racing stripes for speed.

Cons: Durability is questionable, but hey, that’s just the trade-off with lightweight helmets.

Rating:

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Kask Meteor III – PETZL.

Nowy kask Petzla. Wyjątkowy design, idealny dla wspinaczy, którzy chcą podkreślić swój styl.
- ultralekki kask wspinaczkowy (235g), znakomicie przewiewny – aż 87 cm2 powierzchni wentylacyjnej
- komfort zapewniony przez wewnętrzną wkładkę ze spienionego polistyrenu
- prosta i skuteczna regulacja wszystkich parametrów: obwodu i położenia opaski na głowie, regulacja przód / tył.
- cztery zewnętrzne zaczepy do mocowania czołówki oraz osłony na twarz VIZION
- dostarczany z workiem do transportu
CE /UIAA
jeden rozmiar: 53-61 cm.

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From Booklist :

The year 2006 recorded Mount Everest’s deadliest season on record since 1996 (the killer season that spawned Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air).

To tell the story of the 2006 season, which made global headlines due to the troubling circumstances surrounding the death of a climber, journalist Heil, a climber himself, gives us extensive background (more than half the book is a prologue to the 2006 season, and while the backstory will be pertinent to aficionados, it may prove frustrating to those waiting for the real story). There is plenty of fascinating material here, especially the excellent profiles of the key players (including flamboyant Russell Brice, Everest’s most successful commercial operator, a larger-than-life figure who seems to belong on a movie screen), but as a chronicle of the mountain’s “most controversial season,” the book feels padded, as though the author felt he had only enough material for a long article. Recommend this one to mountaineering devotees only, but don’t expect it to attract the kind of general audience that found Krakauer.
- David Pitt.

Review :

“In this authoritative, colorful look at the grimmest Everest season in years, Dark Summit carries forward Outside magazine’s formidable tradition of high alpine literature. Nick Heil is alive to Everest’s majesty but fiercely skeptical of those hubristic souls who attempt to ‘conquer’ her. Through rock-solid reporting and vital prose, Heil leads us up into this rarefied world, step by hypoxic step.”— Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder.

“Here is humanity itself, personified in exemplary fashion by Nick Heil, addressing the Everest culture’s lack of compassion and coming up with the right answers. Dark Summit is an extraordinary tale, ribboned with wisdom and profound insight, delivered by a first-rate storyteller. I consider the book not a sequel to Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, but an equal.”— Bob Shacochis, author of The Immaculate Invasion.

“Dark Summit illuminates the nuanced personalities of Everest’s modern commercial age accurately, with neither heroic romanticism nor guile. Nick Heil takes a critical yet objective look at Everest and the community of Everest climbers, and then leaves you to pass judgment. If you couldn’t put down Into Thin Air, you must read Dark Summit to understand what it means to climb Everest today and why anyone might accept the risk.”— Peter Athans, seven-time Everest summiter and The North Face athlete.

Product Description :
The inside story of the deadly 2006 climbing season on Everest.

On May 15, 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall’s death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.

If David Sharp’s death was shocking, it was hardly singular:  despite unusually good weather, ten others died attempting to reach the summit that year. In this meticulous inquiry into what went wrong, Nick Heil tells the full story of the deadliest year on Everest since the infamous season of 1996. He introduces Russell Brice, the commercial operator who has done more than anyone to provide access to the summit via the mountain’s north side—and who some believe was partly accountable for Sharp’s death. As more climbers attempt the summit each year, Heil shows how increasingly risky expeditions and unscrupulous outfitters threaten to turn Everest into a deadly circus.

Written by an experienced climber and outdoor writer, Dark Summit is both a riveting account of a notorious climbing season and a troubling investigation into whether the pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize has spiraled out of control.

About the Author

Nick Heil first wrote about the 2006 climbing season for Men’s Journal. Now a freelance journalist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he was a senior editor at Outside from 1999 to 2006. He has also worked as a climbing and skiing instructor, and has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America.

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Editor’s Note: Blake Herrington is one of few young climbers pushing boundaries in the remote Cascades. Last year he completed a major first on the east ridge of Mt. Goode (read the Mt. Goode´s Megaladon Ridge.), on the heels of establishing the four-peak Gunsight traverse (read the Gunsight Range Traverse). Below, Herrington tells of his latest expedition, to the north face of Castle Peak, where he and Peter Hirst accidentally climbed a new route, Fight or Flight (IV 5.10+, 1,400′).

Fight or Flight (IV 5.10+, 1,400′), north face of Castle Peak, North Cascades, Washington. Blake Herrington and Peter Hirst established the route accidentally on August 3, 2008, while trying to climb the Colorado Route. The Colorado Route lies right of the new climb. [Photo] Blake Herrington collection

The clock on the wall showed 1:30 a.m. as the US border patrol agent sauntered across the office and up to the desk. Under the glare of fluorescent lights and overweight customs officers, having to admit that we’d forgotten a passport suddenly seemed morally equivalent to citing kitten-drowning as a frequent hobby. My climbing partner and I weathered the predictable litany of questions, stated our thoroughly non-terrorist occupations, and tried to deflect verbal blows with a steady return fire of “yes sir” and “no sir.” Unlike the other angry late-night travelers at this remote border crossing, Peter and I displayed an odd satisfaction that seemed as out of place as the ominously smiling portraits of Dick Cheney and George Bush overhead. We knew this passport issue was only a temporary delay, not a real obstacle. Not something that would prevent our progress or do us harm. And to a couple of caffeine-hyped climbers twenty-two hours removed from an alpine start, our late night border interrogation was, in retrospect, the most calming part of our whole day.

Peter Hirst and I had left Bellingham, Washington on the morning of Saturday August 2, and driven several hours to Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia. From here, seven miles of trail brought us to an 8,000′ pass and a gathering rain storm. As the drops became more snow than rain, we caught a view of our objective, the North Face of Castle Peak. From the well-maintained trail, beautiful alpine ridges led directly to the glacier below the peak, and the storm abated in time for us to dry out at camp that evening. We intended to climb the Colorado Route, a (likely unrepeated) 5.11 climb tackling the granitic north face of Castle Peak, just south of the USA/Canada border. Fred Beckey had recruited a trio of Colorado climbers to attempt the project fifteen years ago, but he had stayed at camp due to hip troubles while they completed the climb.

This year a large snow patch lingered at the base of the route, seemingly on top of its first pitches. Armed with an excitement fueled by the visions of clean granite overhead, we decided to simply follow whatever features offered protectable and compelling climbing up the wall. After an exciting wakeup crossing the glacial moat, we began just left of the clean buttress face, climbing across to the top of the snow patch in two pitches. Rising up from the belay was a stretch of some of the cleanest alpine granite I’ve ever seen. Though lacking in long corner or crack systems, the appearance of face holds allayed our fears and we set out hoping for adequate protection. The first pitch off the snow (our third) linked balancy face features, a thin crack, and show-stopper crux moves to the belay ledge. On Pitch 4, Peter started with a long stretch of unprotected but positive face climbing before pulling into the twin cracks of a steep dihedral we’d noticed from the glacier below. From the pedestal above these cracks, face climbing continued up and left to a finger crack which provided good protection as the moves again became more difficult and the route was forced up and around a few left-facing corners to the left-edge of the wall. From the belay at the base of pitch seven, we questioned the route ahead and debated, aloud and internally, how best to proceed. I decided to try straight up the arete above, which began with a long stretch of difficult and nervous climbing where the thought of a fall had me wishing for more than the occasional purple TCU for protection. Peter led the next pitch, finding a fantastic and powerful left-facing corner with difficult but manageable finger locks.

From here the rock became more mossy, especially in the obvious dihedral systems. Luckily we were able to follow flakes and cracks onto to an amazing quartz dyke system. This stripe of bright rock–the golden staircase–carried us on for most of two pitches and provided a continuous line of perfect holds, really fun climbing, and occasional gear. From a small ledge below the summit, Peter used double ropes, our lone ice tool, an overhanging pullup move, and all the tricks in the book to get us up a hidden snow patch and through the final rock wall to the summit.

Our entry into the summit register was the first in 2008 and kept this year on pace with 2006 and 2007, which both also feature one entry. However, it was a good thing that the register couldn’t hold our attention for long. With both of us expected to show up for work the next morning, we soon began the descent to camp and hike out. Hitting the trail as stars emerged, we pounded down the final seven miles to the car–assuring each other that the inventor of the two-day weekend simply could not have been an alpinist.

After some email and photo sharing with the Colorado climbers, it sounds like we were never on their route at all, so now the Central Buttress on Castle Peak has a couple routes awaiting second ascents. Don’t forget your passport.

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Editor’s Note: Blake Herrington is one of few young climbers pushing boundaries in the remote Cascades. He completed a major first on the east ridge of Mt. Goode (read the Mt. Goode´s Megaladon Ridge.). Below, Herrington tells of his expedition, to the four-peak Gunsight traverse.

In early July, Dan Hilden and I, both from Washington State, made the short trek to one of the most remote spots in the lower-48—the southern end of the Ptarmigan Traverse in Central Washington—to attempt the unclimbed four-peak Gunsight traverse. The peaks are located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area near the southern boundary of North Cascades National Park. Despite their difficult-to-reach location, the granite has been called (by Fred Beckey) some of the best in the Cascades.

Getting into the area is an enormous undertaking from any direction, but we chose the “easy” approach that took only two days from the east. Getting to the Gunsights required a fifty-mile boat ride up Lake Chelan, a ten-mile shuttle bus ride, ten miles of hiking by trail and 5,000 feet of vertical, off-trail bushwhacking and glacier travel. Due to high winds this past winter, more than 600 large trees had fallen across the trail, and wilderness restrictions in the area preclude the use of power tools for trail clearing. Consequently Dan and I became expert log climbers on the approach to our camp on the east side of the peaks, just below the Blue glacier.

On the morning of July 9, we circled along the west side of the Gunsight Peaks along the Chickamin glacier to the northern terminus of the ridge. Beginning with a pitch of steep, splitter granite hand cracks, we gained the ridge crest and began climbing north. We completed the traverse of all four named summits: Northeast, North, Middle and South Gunsight (all between 8,000 and 8,200′) by climbing the obvious line. We ascended the north faces on solid rock with good protection and rappelled the south sides.

We encountered three pitches of 5.10 crack climbing; we used one point of aid to pendulum out of a dead-end fist crack near the summit of the North Peak. The lack of a headlamp forced us to do the final pitch on the South peak and the descent, which included a free-hanging rappel over a moat onto the Blue glacier, in almost total darkness.

It is exciting that our route, Gunrunner (IV 5.10 A1, 18 pitches, ca. 1,500′ of gain and .75 miles long), had never been climbed despite the quality of rock and amazing location. Then again, only a handful of climbers are willing to carry heavy gear into such a remote destination. Of the eighteen pitches on Gunrunner, it is possible that only three (in the notch between North Gunsight and Middle Gunsight) had been climbed previously.

We made two other ascents during our trip: a new route, Accidental Discharge (II 5.10, 3 pitches), on the east face of South Gunsight on July 8, and the second ascent of Middle Gunsight’s east face (III 5.10d, 7 pitches) on July 10. Avoid Accidental Discharge unless you are looking for a broken, scary offwidth/chimney/dike.

Dan Hilden and myself have a combined age of just forty-one, less than half as old as Fred Beckey, whose 1940 first ascent signature still resides in the tiny register atop North Gunsight.

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Editor’s Note: Blake Herrington is one of few young climbers pushing boundaries in the remote Cascades. He completed the first traverse of the Gunsight Range in the Cascades of Washington State (read the Gunsight Range Traverse). Below, Herrington tells of his expedition (summer 2007), to the the east ridge of Mt. Goode.

Earlier this summer Dan Hilden and I decided to begin a major enchainment with a trip up the unclimbed east ridge of Mt. Goode (9,220′), a peak in Washington’s North Cascades National Park. The peak is frequented because of the famous Beckey route on its north side (Northeast Buttress: IV 5.5). Grossly underestimating the size of the east ridge, we bailed after completing only a few pitches of the route.

Ambition is a good thing, and for a climber, maybe even a necessary thing. However, once I realized just how big Goode’s east ridge was—and after we made an exposed ten-rappel descent down an unclimbed, unknown face—I began questioning my ambition. But thoughts of this “big fish” would not go away. So Sol Wertkin and I, both from Bellingham, WA, returned to Mt. Goode on September 5, with an eye on climbing the line.

Goode’s brittle rock does not have a stellar reputation. Nevertheless, it is amazing that such a major line on one of the range’s largest peaks had not been climbed. Most pictures don’t do the scale and exposure justice—the route is long and committing, with 5,000 feet of exposure to the north and 4,000 to the south. True to its reputation, much of the rock is “distinctly alpine,” but the harder pitches offer excellent gneiss.

Sol had dubbed it the Megalodon Ridge, in honor of the largest fish ever to swim the seas, and on this attempt, unlike my initial foray, we came fully equipped—with the right hardware and weather forecast—for a demanding, grade IV/V route.

Although the tallest peak in the park, Mt. Goode cannot be seen from any road. After hiking twelve miles along the Pacific Crest Trail we reached the north fork of Bridge Creek, which deposited us below slide-alder thickets, hidden cliff bands, and rumbling glaciers 6,000 feet below Mt. Goode’s summit.

We soloed some fifth class rock along the east ridge that night to where the vertical terrain began. The next morning on September 6, we began climbing from our exposed bivy 4,000 vertical feet below the summit. Clouds passed overhead and occasionally allowed glimpses of looming gendarmes and the distant summit. After two hours of simulclimbing, we made one 50-meter rappel from the first tower of the ridge. From there Sol and I swapped leads and did running belays along the crest of exposed gneiss, finding climbing up to 5.8. As we neared the headwall of the southeast peak, the rock steepened abruptly and the climbing became more difficult. The direct line on the crest yielded two pitches of 5.10 crack climbing, and we afforded ourselves the luxury of a ten-minute break atop the southeast peak, the only such one we would take all day. From that sub-summit we scouted a path around the high glacial ice, and climbed through a moat atop the Goode Glacier to reach more technical rock that headed to the main summit.

The final crux of the day came when we attempted to descend into Black Tooth Notch, the last major gap before the summit. The traversing nature of this pitch prevented a rappel, forcing Sol to downlead an overhanging pitch of 5.10, which I, moments before, had dismissed as an option that “would not go.” My initial reluctance to lead the pitch meant that I now had to follow the downclimb across an overhanging face, with 5,000′ of snow and rock beneath my heels. Using perfect beta, which Sol shouted to me as I climbed, I was able to reach his sheltered belay alcove, and after a few more pitches of easier climbing we were on the summit, just as the sun was setting.

Our adventure on Megalodon Ridge (IV+ 5.10, 12 hours of climbing, simuling up to 5.8) was topped with an amazing sunset, a meteor shower and a perfect bivy: that night our heads were the highest point in North Cascades National Park.

The next day we took the standard descent via Black Tooth Notch and the southwest gully. This descent brought us to the south side of the peak and meant that we would have to skirt a forest fire and endure twenty miles of trail before reaching the car. For that ridge—or for any number of other unclimbed objectives, of which there are plenty—the long day of tramping is entirely worth it.

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Not surprisingly, the individuals present were from the some of the most important mountain film festivals in the world, along with the Museo della Montagna staff. Film Festivals in Autrans, France; Banff, Canada; Cervinia, Italy; Graz, Austria; Lugano, Switzerland; Les Diablerets, Switzerland; Torello, Spain; and Trento, Italy were present at that first gathering, becoming the founding members of the alliance.

The challenge was to create an association that not only emphasized mountain film issues common to all festivals, but that also recognized and promoted the festivals’ unique qualities. After many hours of multi-lingual discussion, a number of initiatives were articulated for the group to focus on. A name was chosen – The International Alliance for Mountain Film, and the whole exercise was concluded with a wonderful Italian dinner, consumed with gusto!

Several months later, and the venue has moved a few hundred kilometres east – to the ancient city of Trento in the Italian Dolomites. Site of the oldest mountain film festival in the world, the momentum is building as a slightly extended group gathers for the second meeting of the Alliance and of course to attend the Trento festival. The new festivals at the table include Dundee, Scotland; Kendal, England; Poprad, Slovakia; Telluride, U.S.A. and Teplice in the Czech Republic. Apart from the unveiling of a new logo, the Alliance determines that one of its first priorities is to inform audiences and filmmakers about the global film festival opportunities. As well, information is shared on films, programming and technology, promotion and ticketing and funding challenges.

An agreement emerges to take every opportunity to cross-promote mountain film festivals around the world and to meet twice a year at member festival events.

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Mountain Film Festivals :

• Banff Mountain Festivals
• Dundee Mountain Film Festival
• Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
• Fort William Mountain Film Festival
• Trento Film Festival.
• Krakow Mountain Film Festival.
• Zakopane Mountain Film Festival
• The 14th Andrzej Zawada Mountain Film Review in Lądek Zdrój

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Ganesh Himal trekking – Ganesh Himal trek.

Ganesh Himal, not frequented by many tourists and it situated in central Nepal, northwest of Kathmandu the terraced hillsides seem to climb to the sky. Many interesting ethnic groups a mixed of lifestyle offer you a glimpse into real Nepali life and this gives visitors an opportunity to observe the rich Nepalese cultural tradition from the closest quarter and intermingle with locals, hence giving the visitor a sense of satisfaction.

Ganesh Himal – Central Nepal.

Besides it’s the area also offer you, an excellent habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals; 526 species of plants (including 40 species of orchids), and 300 species of birds. Other interesting wild animals are the Himalayan Thar, Gaur, many kinds of Monkeys and musk Deer. There are some interesting panoramic viewpoints, which are called Singala pass, Pangsang Bhanjyang, Jaisal Kunda, Jyamrung. These places offer more than 40 mountains over 6000m (19′680ft.). We start our trek from Betrawati, after driving almost 4 and half hours from Kathmandu. Going through picturrsque village and unspoiled area of the country lead us to Singalala where mountain views are superb. From here we descend through beautiful village and finally get to Arughat where we catch our bus to Kathmandu.

Ganesh Himal Trekking Itinerary :

Day 01 Arrival and transfer to hotel/welcome dinner)
Day 02 Sightseeing around Kathmandu valley
Day 03 Drive to Betrawati & trek to Chapdanda (1220m)
Day 04 Trek to Bhalche (2020m)
Day 05 Trek to Gonga (2800m)
Day 06 Trek to Rupchet (3720m)
Day 07 Acclimatization day, and hiking around the valley.
Day 08 Trek to Phedi (3546m) via Singla pass (4750m)
Day 09 Trek to Pansang Bhanjyang (4000m)
Day 10 Rest and hike around the valley
Day 11 Trek to Tipling (2500m)
Day 12 Trek to Sertung (2050m)
Day 13 Trek to Sapchet (1500m)
Day 14 Trek to Darkha (1250m)
Day 15 Trek to Lapang (1000m)
Day 16 Trek to Khahare (900m)
Day 17 Trek to Arughat (700m)
Day 18 Drive to Kathmandu/Hotel
Day 19 Free day for shopping or relax
Day 20 Drive to airport for flying your own destination

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* Source :  – http://www.nepal-guide.com/trekking/

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The Tsum Valley is a sacred Himalayan pilgrimage valley situated in a trans-Himalayan region of Gorkha, Nepal. The Tsum Valley’s acquaintance with Tibet, natural beauty and its pristine culture make this trekking unique. Tsum comes from the Tibetan work ‘Tsombo’, which means vivid. Against the majestic backdrop of the Ganesh Himal, Sringi Himal and Baudha Himal ranges, this serene Himalayan valley is rich in ancient art, culture, and religion. The local people are mostly of Tibetan origin and seak a unique dialect. Trails are strewn with artistic chortens and lined with mani walls made of thousands of stone slabs carved with deities and prayers. The Tsum valley has a long history of Buddhism. The Buddhist saint Milarepa is believed to have meditated in the caves of there mountains. Traditionally Tsum valley was a culturally distinct geographical area called ‘Tsum Tso Chuksum’, which means thirteen provinces ruled as a single territory. The ancient remains of the Tsum Kingdom are still visibletoday. Due to its remotemness and inaccessibility, this sacred valley and its people have been bypassed by mainstream development for centuries. As a result, the unique culture of this valley has remained intact.

Day By Day Itinerary:

Day 1:Arrival Kathmandu, transfer to Hotel & well come Diner.
Day 2:Sightseeing of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur city
Day 3:After breakfast drive to Tripureswor. Overnight at Khahare.
Day 4:Trek to Fulkarka Village.
Day 5:Trek to Manbu.
Day 6:Trek to Tatopani.
Day 7:Trek to Lokpa.
Day 8:Trek to Chhekam.
Day 9:Trek to Nile.
Day 10:Trek to Mu-Gumpa.
Day 11:Trek to Chhekya.
Day 12:Trek to Bhajyo.
Day 13: Trek to Kalung.
Day 14: Trek to Rachen Gumba.
Day 15: Trek to Gumba Lungdang.
Day 16: Trek to Ripchet.
Day 17: Trek to Philim.
Day 18: Trek to Machha Khola.
Day 19: Trek to Arughat.
Day 20: Drive to Kathmandu and Check into hotel.
Day 21: Departure to Airport.

* Source :  – http://www.sherpaclimbing.com/Nepal/Trekking/

** zapraszam na relacje z wypraw polskich himalaistów.