 Out
of the 10 highest peaks in the world, eight, including
the tallest peak Mount Everest, lie in Nepal. No wonder
Nepal is the favourite destination for mountaineers,
with more than 600 expeditions trudging up the Himalaya
each year.
It is only from 1949,
as far as the history of mountaineering achievements
go, that any human tasted success in the Nepalese Himalaya
when the team consisting of Bill Tilman, Peter Lloyd
and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa scaled Mt. Paldor 5,928m.
Tenzing Norgay, of course, went on to become one of
the two men, the other being New Zealander Edmund Hillary,
to blaze the first ever successful trail to the top
of Mt. Everest in 1953.
Since there are much
more facilities and amendments being made in favor of
the climbers, it is beginning to woo more and more people.
There are so many tall tales to be a part of and as
many records to try to beat. Most of all, there is the
silent beckoning of these lofty creations which have
been there before man, challenging him, and they will
continue to tease and test his spirit as long as they
are there. |
