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A stunning alternative to the Annapurna Base Camp or Everest Base Camp treks, Mardi Himal is a 5-day journey in a quiet corner of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri region.

The post ‘The Last Forbidden Kingdom’: How to Trek Nepal’s Mardi Himal appeared first on GearJunkie.

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A hapless guide, poison tea, and fatal flooding — these are the hard lessons we learned about the avoidable dangers of trekking in Nepal. After getting a glorious 105 miles through the Upper Mustang region of Nepal under our belts, the sky seemed the limit to our Himalayan hiking endeavors.

The post We Almost Died Trekking Nepal: Here’s What Went Wrong appeared first on GearJunkie.

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In a rain-shadow region of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain ranges lies one of the last Tibetan utopias, unknown by the masses as Upper Mustang, Nepal.

The post Adventure to the ‘Last Forbidden Kingdom’: Trekking Nepal’s Upper Mustang appeared first on GearJunkie.

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Two enterprising climbers take a nearly hidden line up a previously unclimbed and unnamed 21,000-foot peak.

The post ‘The Phantom Line’: A Striking New Route in Nepal’s Jugal Himal Region appeared first on GearJunkie.

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Could you climb 7,400 feet in 7 hours to reach a 23,379-foot summit? 'Cause that's what Benedikt Böhm and Prakash Sherpa accomplished on Sept. 4.

The post New Speed Ascent by Benedikt Böhm, Prakash Sherpa on Himlung Himal appeared first on GearJunkie.

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