International Mountain Guides

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Adam has worked with the world famous International Mountain Guides (IMG) since 1999.

NEW TRIP with International Mountain Guides! Upper Dolpo to Mustang, Nepal. Crystal Mountain Kora and the Great Himalaya Trail.

This is simply the ultimate trek for the traveler who's done it all and is still seeking a truly special and rewarding experience. Our trek begins in a region south of the Himalayan Crest known as Lower Dolpo. We then cross the crest to the north into Upper Dolpo, which is bordered by Tibet and is one of the last vestiges of pure Tibetan culture. At the core of the region Shey Phoksundo National Park contains what is known as the Crystal Peak, the "Mount Kailas" of Nepal. Each year hundreds of pilgrims kora around the Crystal Peak making this a culturally intriguing trek. To make this journey even more exciting, we are upping the ante: our trek will depart the regular routes and traverse over to the other also once "Forbidden" Kingdom of Mustang along the soon to be famous Great Himalaya Trail.

"You won't see the highest peaks in the world, or dangle from your fingertips, but you will have one of the most genuine experiences I can imagine. Lush valleys and wild rivers mark the first part of our journey and are culturally Nepalese. When we cross our first of nine passes, we enter another region altogether, geographically, geologically, and culturally Tibetan. Over the course of the trip we will bob back and forth between these two worlds, meeting new people, taking in some of the most beautiful scenery you will ever lay eyes on, and settling into a new reality for 25 days."
~Adam

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance;
To understand its form, one must move around it;
To experience its moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset,
At noon and at midnight, in sun and in rain,
In snow and in storm, in summer and in winter
And in all the other seasons
He who can see the mountain like this comes near to the life of the mountain.

Mountains grow and decay, they breathe and pulsate with life.
They attract and collect invisible energies from their surroundings
The forces of the air, of the water, of electricity and magnetism;
They create winds, clouds, thunderstorms, rains, waterfalls
And rivers. They fill their surroundings with active life and give shelter and food to innumerable beings.

Such is the greatness of mighty mountains.

~ Lama Govinda

Why climb a mountain?
Look! a mountain there.

I don’t climb mountain.
Mountain climbs me.

Mountain is myself.
I climb on myself.

There is no mountain
nor myself.
Something
moves up and down
in the air.

-Nanao Sakaki