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The Himalayas are the
huge mountain range stretching 3000km
east to west. The Nepal portion of the
Himalayas is the largest and highest,
stretching about 800km and includes
eight peaks that rise above 8000m
including Mt. Everest (known to Nepalese
as Sagarmatha).
The Nepal Himalaya has become a great
theatre of mountaineering activities.
There are many Himalayan peaks open for
mountaineering expeditions. In the Nepal
Himalaya, there are 240 peaks above
6000m and more than 1300 peaks of 6000m
and below.
After Nepal opened its doors to foreign
travelers in 1950, it became possible to
challenge these mountains. In the
beginning, it was simply a matter of
conquering the 8000m peaks, but
gradually climbers began to attempt
various untried routes. Today, people
have been attempting to climb the
mountains without auxiliary oxygen and
many of them have even set world records
such as Kailash Tour's Late Chairman Babu Chiri
Sherpa who successfully entered the
Guinness Book of World Records 2000 for
the longest stay of 21 hours on the
summit of Mount Everest without
auxiliary oxygen and summited Everest
with an incredible speed of 16.56hrs.
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