Videos tagged with "base"

Everest Base Camp Trekking, EBC Trek, Everest Kalapather Trek, Hike in Everest [01:33]
Everest Base Camp Trekking offers wonderful opportunities of countless mountains view including top of the world "Mt. Everest" and unique experience with cul...

Nepal 2012 - Kathmandu - Annapurna Base Camp-trek - Chitwan [13:18]
Kathmandu - Pokhara - Annapourna Base Camp trek - Pokhara Parasailing - Chitwan NP - Kathmandu.

Honey Hunting Festival Nov 2012, Lamjung, Nepal [05:59]
From above, a honey hunter descends the cliff harnessed to a ladder, not your usual ladder, by ropes. As his mates secure the rope and ladder from the top, they ferry tools up down as required. The honey hunter fights territorial bees as he cuts out chunks of honey from the comb.The harvest ritual, which varies slightly from community to community, begins with a prayer and offering of chicken, fruits, and rice. Then a fire is lit at the base of the cliff to smoke the bees out from their honeycombs. Here we show you how it's been done. Footage of Harvesting Nepal's Cliff Bee honey from Lamjung Honey Hunting Festival 2012.

Helicopter Crash on Mountain a Russian MI-17 Crashes on Takeoff from Mount Everest Base Camp Nepal [00:59]
Helicopter Crash on Mountain a Russian MI-17 Crashes on Taking off from a Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, on May 28th 2003. An accident report on AERO News Network states -- "A Russian Mi-17 turbine helicopter, enroute to Base Camp with porters on their way to the 50th anniversary celebrations of Mount Everest's (29002 feet) first climb, crashed Wednesday with at least three fatalities and seven reported injuries/survivors. The Mi-17 was based in Kathmandu and chartered from Simrik Air. On board were five porters, a mountain guide and four crew members. On its return the helo was to have picked up climbers that had just returned from having climbed the mountain in celebration of the May 29, 1953 ascent by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. The accident, seen on video, shows the Mi-17 on approach to landing and veering off to the left, suddenly, in a descent to disappear beyond a ridge line. The sight of parts flying about, shortly thereafter, occurs (apparently) at impact. Two of the dead were reported as mountain porter Phudorji Sherpa and cabin attendant Anup Dewan. An airport official claimed that, "The chopper left Kathmandu in the morning but because of bad weather it stopped at Lukla airport (in NE Nepal) for some time. It later proceeded to the Base Camp and crashed nearby." Among the injured was a German woman, who had the misfortune to be walking near Base Camp when the helicopter crashed. Listed in serious condition are Cris Lising (of Germany), the ...

NEPAL, Ampulapcha La, octubre 2012 [37:09]
Aproximació al camp base 5220 m, ascens per la glacera al coll de Ampulapcha La, de 5787 mts i posterior descens