Videos tagged with "sky"

Poonhill [00:51]
The trek to Ghorepani - Poon Hill which is located in Annapurna region, is truly called as all the best of the trekking in Nepal.The trek offers the spectacular mountain scenery along with charming villages inhabited particularly by the Gurungs & Magars, dense rhododendron forests full of birds and deep sub-tropical valleys, all set below the Annapurnas with the picturesque peak of Machhapuchhare (Fishtail Peak) dominating the skyline. One of the important highlight of this trip is to make a climb on Poon Hill, possibly the most spectacular mountain scapes on Earth. When sun rises, it touches the snow-capped summits the Himalayan giants, Dhaulagiri (8167m) and Annapurna (8091m) along with a maze of other peaks gradually appear, just like magic that your eye could not believe. Besides, during journey, you are rewarded by the natural beauties in your each & every footsteps.
Tags: Himalayan Social Journey, Ghorepani Poonhill Trek, Trekking in Nepal, Nepal Trekking, Ghorepani Ponhill Trekking

Wonders of Nepal - Time Lapse [02:10]
Time lapse and pictures of Nepal. Original music composed by myself especially for this video. To see more, visit my Nepal portfolio degrotte.magix.net Featured Time lapse : 15 Minutes in Thamel 30 Minutes in Asan 90 Minutes in Sundhupalchowk 45 Minutes in a Monastery in Pokhara About 1 hour in Kirtipur - view from Kathmandu Ring Road All time lapses are shot with Canon EOS 550D and Sigma EX 10-20mm
Tags: nepal, kathmandu, country, sky, star, startrails, thamel, asan, night, time, lapse, road, light, city, cities, long, exposure

Episode 168: The Kangshung Face [36:43]
Third Side's A Charm. This morning Everest finally revealed her last secret as we were able to get a clear view of her East Side, the mysterious Kangshung Face. The weather was as clear as it could possible be and the white snow covering her flanks looked dazzling in contrast to the deep blue sky. We call this tallest mountain on the planet by three names. Westerners refer to her as Everest in honor of Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor General of India during the mid 19th century. In Nepal, she's officially called Sagarmatha which literally means "forehead of the ocean" but generally interpreted to mean "Goddess of the Sky". Interestingly enough,very few actually use Sagarmatha because the name was created by the Nepali government in the 1960s as a way to infer ownership over the peak. Ah, politics. In general, the local peoples surrounding the world's tallest mountain call her by the Tibetan name of Chomolungma or Qomolanma. Of course Chomolungma means different things to different people. Some believe it to mean "Goddess Mother of Snows" or "Highest Mountain". I've also heard that it means "Big Hen" as in a female chicken with it's feathers all puffed out. Luckily, the most adhered to definition of Chomolungma is "Mother Goddess of the Universe". Whether you call her Everest or Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, the tallest mountain in the world has 3 distinct sides (the South Face, North Face and East Face) and is therefore large enough to accommodate all of them. Jon ...
Tags: Everest, the, other, side, Mt., Mount, Mountains, Mountaineering, climbing, expedition, camping, hiking, backpacking, adventure, outdoors, travel, Nepal, Kathmandu, Katmandhu, Tibet, Sherpa, Monk, yak, Buddhism, Hinduism, Spirituality, documentary, film,

skywalk Video Competition 2011+Nepal [07:29]

Tags: Skywalk, Nepal, Outdoor Sports, paragliding

NEPAL YATRA (nepal tour) [01:18]

Tags: nepal, travelling, kathmandu, mechi, mahakali, bike, gopro, 7d, travel, visit, motor, vedetar, holidays, paraglading, pokhara, palpa, lumbini, friends, short, video, docementary, film, karnali, river, up, sky, nanglo, bakery, tensen, chadani, dhodhara, br