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...

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 portion...

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;...