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If you've been lucky enough to trek in the Everest region, you've almost certainly passed by this man. You will have walked in some of the paths he built. https://explorersweb.com/mourning-pasang-lama-seru-the-khumbu-trail-builder/

One of my favorite poems ❤️

Do you use your mobile phone or another device to navigate in the hills?
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A great outcome, but also an interesting warning about travelling too light.

Another consequences of climate change.

Nepal to move Everest base camp from melting glacier Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Last call for Summer 2022 for the Alta Via 1, the flagship trek of the Italian Dolomites. Come and experience for yourself the area world-renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner describes as "The Most Beautiful Mountains in the World." We've got some lovely rooms reserved in the best mountain rifugil which we reserved for clients who've since had to cancel. Most rifugi on the AV1 are now fully booked for summer 2022, so claim these last available spaces for yourself now! 6-13 July. From £890 per person. https://www.trekmountains.com/italy/alta-via-1-italian-dolomites-traverse/

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This is about to make map reading so much easier for anyone who finds contour lines hard to visualise...

Ordnance Survey team begins painting real-life contours on Britain's hills https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2022/04/01/ordnance-survey-team-begins-painting-real-life-contours-on-britains-hills

I've always advised clients not to start trekking across a Himalayan bridge when there are yak on it. Do you think I now need to update that advice to include snow leopards?

Snow Leopard Walk through Suspension Bridge in Annapurna Region | Big Cat | WalkForSnowleopard First time ever in Manang, Nepal.YES, indeed!! The Snow Leopard walked across the suspension bridge 1st time in Nepal. ...

A great weekend at Kendal Mountain Festival. Here's a list of the films which were voted the award winners. Have you seen any of them yet?

A Facebook post has been doing the rounds recently advising people what to do if they find themselves lost or stranded with low battery or no phone signal. It involves changing your voicemail message to give your approximate position and circumstances so that anyone who calls you will receive this information even if you totally run out of battery or signal.
Whether or not this would actually work, it’s hardly the best use of a failing battery.
Mountaineering Scotland’s Mountain Safety Advisor Heather Morning says: “If you are in an emergency situation the most important thing to do is dial 999, ask for Police, and then for Mountain Rescue. A 999 call will get through on any network, even if your own is not available.
“If the signal is poor, it may still be enough to allow you to send a text message to 999, with your position and brief details of the problem. Although you have to pre-register your phone to be able to do this, it’s quick and easy to do.
“You can also find out your exact location using the free OS Locate app, which gives your position in the tried and tested format used by Mountain Rescue Teams.”
Find out more about calling Mountain Rescue and how to register your phone for 999 texts at: https://www.mountaineering.scot/safety-and-skills/essential-skills/mountain-rescue/calling-for-help
Find the OS Locate app: https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-locate/

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Pokhara's new airport is nearing completion...

Pokhara Info

Pokhara International Airport

Domestic flight to be started from January 1,2022

So its goodnight for the season from the Dolomites, but here at trekMountains we're already taking bookings for next summer for our Dolomites trips. Get in early... we expect demand for those lovely private rooms in the mountain rifugi to be high!

Ci godiamo gli ultimi tramonti della stagione... 🌄 Benvenuto autunno! 🍁

Vi aspettiamo fino a domenica 26! 🍂

For those of you planning trips to the UK's Lake District...

If you're planning to visit Wasdale this summer, you can now park in Nether Wasdale and jump on two new low-cost shuttle buses to head into the valley.

Funded by Cumbria’s Tactical Visitor Management Group, the shuttle will run every 30 minutes daily until the end of August and on weekends throughout September.

Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/WasdaleShuttle

And some interesting news just out today...

I've been told (on good authority) that over the next couple of years, all the mountain rescue boxes in the Lake District are to be equipped with phone charging sockets, WiFi and a chocolate bar vending machine. It's believed the action will help prevent call outs for people who have used up all their phone battery navigating, lost with no signal or too tired and hungry to get off the fell.

Interesting 🤔

What do you think?

A very readable article about the recording of Himalayan summit achievements from Billi Bierling

Billi Bierling on the No-O2 Debate and Manaslu The trekkers have not returned to an unusually quiet Kathmandu, but the climbers are arriving in num