“Pic of the Week”. July 19, 2013. Himalayan Sunrise, Nepal

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Much more than any place I’ve ever visited, the Himalaya are a landscape more vertical than horizontal.  The mountains in the Khumbu are towering masses that because of their altitude are always covered in snow.  The valleys are steep and narrow, completely impractical for roads.  The only way for people to get in or out is on foot over steep terrain; all goods are either carried by porters or beasts of burden walking the same paths (there are a few places helicopters can land but this is extremely expensive and somewhat dangerous).  Just a few suspension bridges (all built by Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Trust) provide access across the roaring rivers to the other side of …

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