Videos tagged with "slope"

How to descend from Meso Kanto La Pass (5100m) in Nepal: human sleigh [01:10]
Sliding down from the heights of Meso Kanto La Pass in Nepal after visiting Tilicho Lake: very steep snow slope, proved easier to descend on one's bottom than by carefully walking/slipping/sinking thigh-deep into snow... Marcus Sorensen is accompanied by the two sherpas Syange and Dorchi. At the bottom, they all changed into dry socks, and enjoyed the higher oxygen pressure in the air!
Tags: Nepal, Himalayas, Meso Kanto La, Annapurna, snow

Charming Bhaktapur [01:41]
Few shots of the beautiful city of Bhaktapur. One of the world heritage sites in Nepal, this is one of the most well preserved piece of Nepalese culture and architecture. Of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley (in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur), this is the most well preserved. It takes less than an hour to get there from the centre of Kathmandu city and its worth the effort. Not only are the temples and palaces well preserved, the houses too are well kept. Its an open museum of traditional Nepali architectural style with finely carved windows and sloped roofs. You can also see potters and Thanka artists at work.
Tags: Bhaktapur, Nepal, durbar square, world heritage, palace square, History

An ode to Sagarmatha [03:01]
Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpas on the summit. This is the largest number of summiteers on Mount Everest in an Indian expedition. The mighty mountain ranges of the Himalayas have, over the centuries, inspired not only man's imagination and spiritual quest, but also his spirit of adventure. Mount Everest, the tallest of the peaks of the Himalayas as also the whole world, stood in its unattainable isolation for thousands of years, till Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary conquered it in 1953. Since then, at least a thousand climbers have set foot on it. That at least 200 have lost their lives while trying to scale the peak speaks of the infinite dangers involved in the task. The Indian Army Mount Everest Expedition was flagged off by the Chief of the Army Staff on 1st March 2001 at New Delhi. It was led by Col. Krishan Kumar. After flagging off, the team moved to Nepal and after a long trek from Jiri, reached Base Camp of Everest on 3rd April 2001. The stocking and establishment of various camps was completed by 10th May 2001 and summit attempts were planned for 14-15 May. However, bad weather forced the team to return to Base Camp from Camp-II. Weather remained bad for a few days. Finally on 19th May the team started from the Base Camp for their final attempt to reach the summit. On 20th May the first summit team reached Camp-HI and the next day ...
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Take off from Lukla Airport, Nepal [00:46]
Lukla Airport is at 2840m altitude, with a 12% downhill slope on its take off run of just 640m. Will the plane get airborne before the massive drop at the end of the runway?
Tags: Lukla, Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Nepal

Nepal - Marshyangdi River rafting [09:03]
Locally, it is used to say that Marshyangdi is the raging river in Nepal and describes one of the best whitewater runs in the world. It is also one of the most outstanding grade IV Kayaking Rivers in the world that Continuous, exhilarating white-water with magnificent mountain backdrops and drains the northern slope of the Annapurna Himal
Tags: Nepal, Marshyangdi, River, rafting