Videos tagged with "broad"

Lukla Airport ... Gateway to Everest [01:15]
Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Luka Airport is the gateway to the Everest region, Solukhumbu, Nepal. Gateway to Everest, the world's highest mountain and many other Himalayas was rates featured in a program titled Most Extreme Airports broadcasted in The History Channel in 2010. The airport is where you start your once in a life time trek to Everest Base Camp or many more climbs to follow. The airport is located at an elevation of 9100 feet (2800m) with a single runway of 1500 feet (460m) with a gradient of 12%. The airport's paved asphalt runway is only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing-takeoff-and-landing aircrafts.
Tags: Nepal, Everest, Mt. Everest, Airport, Mount Everest (Mountain), Mountains, Sagarmatha, Tenzing Hillary Airport, STOL Airport, STOL landing, Amazing Airports, Amazing Landings, Extreme Airports, Dangerous Airports, Dangerous Landing, Airplane

Global Crossroad Volunteer Grant Parisi Nepal Testimonial [01:11]
Global Crossroad Volunteer Grant Parisi Nepal Talks about his Trip Global Crossroad's Volunteer in Nepal Program offers volunteers a wide range of adventure while opening their hearts to the country's hospitable people. Famed for its adventurous terrain and lovely ambiance, Nepal is the dream destination for volunteers who wish to make a permanent, positive change in the lives of the disadvantaged.
Tags: global crossroad, Volunteer in nepal, Volunteer abroad

The Everest Podcast - Episode 25: "Final Thoughts and the Dalai Lama" [10:57]
Join Erick as he broadcasts "live" from his trek to Advanced Base Camp 3 of Mount Everest. This video is built around an audio podcast Erick recorded each day along his journey from Kathmandu, Nepal, through Tibet, and then along the Mount Everest North Col, as he ascended the mountain's North Face. The photos you see were taken by Erick during the trek. In this episode: This 25th episode marks the end of the Everest Podcast. Erick shares some final thoughts about his trip, as well as some follow-up takeaways after attending a presentation by His Holiness The Dalai Lama at Stanford University in November 2005.
Tags: mount, everest, mountains, nepal, tibet, trekking, adventure, mountain, climbing, hiking, travel, visiglow, himalaya, himalayan, sherpa, base, camp, trek, shangri, la, Mount Everest (Mountain), Sherpa People (Ethnicity), China, dalai, lama, his, holiness,

The Everest Podcast - Episode 24: "The Tibetan Negotiation" [13:05]
Join Erick as he broadcasts "live" from his trek to Advanced Base Camp 3 of Mount Everest. This video is built around an audio podcast Erick recorded each day along his journey from Kathmandu, Nepal, through Tibet, and then along the Mount Everest North Col, as he ascended the mountain's North Face. The photos you see were taken by Erick during the trek. In this episode: Erick shares more of the negotiation that took place at Everest Base Camp over the yak fiasco. Listen to his Tibetan guide getting into a heated argument with the Bhuddist monk who supplied the group's yaks.
Tags: mount, everest, mountains, nepal, tibet, trekking, adventure, mountain, climbing, hiking, travel, visiglow, himalaya, himalayan, sherpa, base, camp, trek, shangri, la, Mount Everest (Mountain), Sherpa People (Ethnicity), China

The Everest Podcast - Episode 23: "Exploring the Tibetan City of Gyantse" [08:26]
Join Erick as he broadcasts "live" from his trek to Advanced Base Camp 3 of Mount Everest. This video is built around an audio podcast Erick recorded each day along his journey from Kathmandu, Nepal, through Tibet, and then along the Mount Everest North Col, as he ascended the mountain's North Face. The photos you see were taken by Erick during the trek. In this episode: Erick explores the city of Gyantse, and immerses himself even more in the richness of Tibet's Buddhist culture.
Tags: mount, everest, mountains, nepal, tibet, trekking, adventure, mountain, climbing, hiking, travel, visiglow, himalaya, himalayan, sherpa, base, camp, trek, shangri, la, Mount Everest (Mountain), Sherpa People (Ethnicity), China