Himalayan trail takes trekkers across top of world focus 04/23/2010

Himalayan trail takes trekkers across top of world

focus 04/23/2010 KATHMANDU — It is being billed as the ultimate trek, a thigh-busting 157-day walk over the spine of Nepal’s mighty Himalayan range that will take its participants to some of the most remote spots on the planet. From next year, adventurers seeking to push themselves to their limits will be able to take part in the first guided walk along the Nepal section of the Great Himalayan Trail. The 1,700-kilometer (1,050-mile) trek, which kicks off in February 2011, is being run by World Expeditions, a global adventure travel company that has been taking trekkers to Nepal for more than three decades. But the trailblazer is British trekker Robin Boustead, who has spent much of the last decade trying to put together a viable walking route across the top of the world. Last year Boustead finally completed the arduous walk along the length of Nepal’s Himalayas, fulfilling a long-held ambition to forge a viable route through the mountains.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100423com3.htm

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