In memoriam Roman Bascuñana (mountain guide) [dec. Swiss Alps, March 31th. 2018] RIP The Swiss botanist, meteorologist and geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799) is traditionally considered the intellectual father of mountaineering, by propitiating with his economic sponsorship the first historical ascent to Mont Blanc (15,781 ftm...
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Categoría: Himalaya
Alpes / Grandes Viajes / Himalaya / Viaje a Laponia / Viajes Alpes / Viajes Islandia / Viajes Nepal / Viajes Noruega / Viajes Tanzania
The profesional mountain guide: enthusiasm, expertise and courage
Untamed mountains: in the domain of Annapurna
Located in the heart of the Himalayas is the amazing massif of Annapurna (“goddess of the harvest/abundance” in Sanskrit), an orographic complex 55 km long in Nepalese territory, delimited by the Pokhara valley (south), the Marshyangdi river (north, east) and Kali Gandaki canyon (west), with...
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