Scientific Facts Behind the Sacred Peak of Mount Kailash
Did you know that no one has ever climbed Mount Kailash? Despite being just 6,638 meters (21,778 feet) high, much lower than ...
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The world’s greatest unclimbed mountains: virgin summits that have yet to be conquered
Perhaps the world’s holiest mountain, Tibet’s Mount Kailash holds significant spiritual significance to Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Bonpo. While the peak remains untrodden, the land around the ...
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Kailash Mansarovar: Is It a Portal to Another Dimension?
Mountains are meant to be conquered. That’s what we’ve been told. Humans have an obsessive need to plant flags on peaks, as ...
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner climbed the world’s 14 highest peaks without oxygen or porters
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian-born mountaineer, became the first woman to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without the help of oxygen or porters.
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Tibet: a ring road around Mount Kailash?
International campaigners for Tibet have voiced their growing concern about a planned ring road around Mount Kailash, Tibet's most sacred mountain. International campaigners for Tibet have voiced ...
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Kishtwar Kailash: first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden
In October 2013 British alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden made the first ascent of Kishtwar Kailash (6,451m), Indian Himalaya. The strong British alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have just ...