Forty million years ago, a collision between two plates
of the earth’s crust resulted in the creation of the
earth’s highest mountain Himalayas. The magnificent
range of the Himalayas harbors breathtakingly beautiful
scenery and dramatic environment. The high Himalayas constituting
a spectacular mountain scope are being able to attract the
heart of any new comer who is in search of challenge and
grandeur.
The beauty, mystery and majesty of these
mountains are due to the thick layers of ice and snow that
perpetually cover them up. Since time immemorial, the Himalayas
has captured the dream, desires and Imagination of human
beings. Even the early Aryans looked upon these mountains
as the abode of gods and goddess and the extra ordinary
objects of beauty, scenic grandeur, peace and tranquility.
These towering mountains have aptly been called the “Top
of the World” and “ The Third Pole” on
the basis of the fact that they constitute the latitudinal
extremity.
Nepal, renowned all over the world for
its scenic and panoramic peaks, is the land of supernatural
virgin beauty and a real paradise for nature lovers.
In 1852 the highest mountain in the world
was determined by and later named after Sir George Everest.
After determination of Mt. Everest, no climber had been
a scaled mountain of Nepal till 1949. But, it is fact that
the history of trekking in Nepal is started after climbing
and expedition of many majestic peaks.
In 1949 the Swiss who had been earlier
refused permission to attempt Dhaulagiri, entered-east Nepal
by way of Darjeeling. The team who led by Sutter –
Lohner and they explored Ramtang Glacier, Kang Bachen peak
(7902m) and the triangle of Drohmo (7008m) Jongsang peak
(7473m) and Nupchu (7028) on the Nepal – Tibet –
Sikkim border. They also climb Tang Kangma (6249m) on outlays
of Drohmo as well as Dzange peak (6709m) before they returned
to Darjeeling on the nineteenth day of their expedition.
In 1949 Nepal opened its frontiers to
the outside world and within eight years ten of the fourteen
8000m peaks had been climbed, Annapurna (8091m) was the
first to be climbed in 1950, this was followed in 1953 by
Everest (8848m) and Nanga Parbat (8125m). From then on the
number of expeditions coming from many different countries
of the world multiplied and by 1964 all these Himalayan
giants had been climbed, one being Shisa Pangma (8046m)
scaled by the Chinese in 1964.
The highest Peak
Mt. Everest of the world and other numerous peaks have been
climbed many times now. Tenzing Norge Sherpa and Edmund
Hillary reached at top of the world Mt. Everest in 1953.
Sir. Edmond Hillary stated “Nepal is the only country
in the world which is also one of the world’s great
trekking paradises and one of the nicest countries in the
world for trekking.”
In addition to
its lofty mountains, Nepal provides beautiful displays of
its resplendent flora and fauna.