by amrit | Dec 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
As the saying goes, it’s been a minute since we wrote our last update. This year has flown by and as we write this listening to Christmas carols drifting through the window from a local nursery school, we can’t quite believe 2023 is just around the corner. In our...
by amrit | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Cuckoo is once more singing her distinctive song here in Kathmandu, heralding the arrival of spring in Nepal, and with the spring comes mountaineers as the expedition season opens and the world’s highest peaks become the focal point of the great outdoors. In...
by amrit | Jan 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Man and Nature In the early days of trekking the Annapurna circuit, you had to start from Pokhara— Nepal’s second largest city. It used to take around 24 days, double the time our route took us. Nowadays however, a dusty road winds its way around a significant...
by amrit | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
And it’s a wrap! We have just closed a very successful autumn season (given the circumstances) and the 3-month Adventure Guide Programme we were running on behalf of Pure Exploration, New Zealand. 13 students from 8 different countries spent 60 nights under canvas;...
by amrit | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 1: Mulharka – Chisapani For me, like many of the group here, the trekking aspect of the program was what drew me to Nepal. After a week of quarantine in Kathmandu, our Advanced Wilderness First Aid course and introduction to rock climbing in Hattiban—I was...
by amrit | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I thought of coming to Nepal the first thing that came to mind was my expectation of beautiful scenery, epic mountains, and challenging trekking. What I didn’t expect was to take such a liking to wilderness first aid. After our week in quarantine we took an...
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