Nepal Category

Check out these two indie trips that you can’t do on your own – a trip to Halong Bay in Vietnam and a trek on the world’s highest mountain – Mount Everest!

For trekkers and adventure seekers, it’s the ultimate. The pinnacle of hiking experiences. The highest place on the planet Earth. Mount Everest.   There are several ways to experience the power that is Mount Everest, and you don’t have to pay tens of thousands of dollars and risk your life to try hiking to the summit of the world’s highest [...]

Every other week we take the opportunity to highlight one of the many awesome adventure trips we offer here at BootsnAll. We have been lucky enough to partner with Global Basecamps to offer some amazing trips for adventure travelers of all types. This week’s featured trip is a 17 day overland Himalayan journey. If you have ever dreamed of seeing [...]

Shyam K.C. details information on trekking some of the world’s highest peaks.

Riding on elephant back in the Nepalese jungle, Mari Gold encouters a rhino. She freaks, but the elepahant triumps.

Courtney S. Ries examines the signs of altitude sickness and looks at the side effects of a popular prescription used to avoid the illness.

Jane Tantanstar treks through jungles in Nepal.

Charles Beauzay cleanses his mind, body and spirit.

According to tour organizer Bishnu Subedi, Nepal is open for business again. Sure the Maoists are there, but they like tourists too!

Ian Reynolds went to Nepal to trek through some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world and to get as close as possible to Everest without actually climbing it.

Keith Hearne discovers the warmth of coal buckets.

Keith Hearne becomes a little bit more spirtual – in the heavens of Nepal.

Keith Hearne analyzes the uses of a horn in Kathmandu.

On his first trip outside of Europe, Keith Hearne’s senses are awakened while strolling around Kathmandu.

On his pilgrimage from Kathmandu, smart ass Bear Falugo tries to convince an immigration official that he is from the fictious country of Dengue in South Africa.

Bear Falugo treks to Everest Base Camp in his Tevas. The best part of waking up is Folgers in his cup – and running from the Maoists.

Sprinting to the outdoor bathroom in his boxer shorts, Bear Falugolocal entertains the village of Deurali in Nepal.

Charles P. Beauzay gives us his best advice for trekking to base camp on Everest. Don’t get upset if you can’t make it to base camp, and make sure out the plane windows when you are landing in Lukla!

Four climbers from the Mazamas, Portland’s climbing club, reached the summit of 22,500ft Ama Dablam in Nepal. Ama Dablam sits about nine miles south of Mt. Everest and has considerably harder climbing than many higher peaks. Chris Cosgriff, 40 and Monty Smith, 43, summited on October 29 and David Byrne, 38 and Nancy Miller, 39, summited on October 31. Monty [...]

Nepal is trekker friendly, but the Annapurna Circuit is even friendlier to those to take the time to enjoy it.