Mountain

Monday, December 13, 2010

Mountains and Tourism









Mountains are one of the world's most important tourist destinations. Their soaring peaks and beautiful landscapes are becoming increasingly attractive as a place of escape in a stressful, unbanized world. Tourism present many opportunities for mountain regions. Mountain can aid tourism and bring in money for the people who live there. many mountain area around the world depend on tourists to support them. People in that area provide fooding and lodging for tourist who come to enjoy the nearby mountains.


More than 50 million people visit mountain each year. they are drawn to these area by the physical beauty of alpine environments, the many forms of recreation available inmountains terrain and the opportunities for experiencing cultural heritage in the communities found there. The clean, cool air and awe-inspiring scenery of mountain areas combined with the unique customs, art, crafts different traditions of the communities that live there make trip to mountains attractive holiday options.


Tourists are attracted to mountains for many reasons:

# the climate and clean air

# varied topography

# beautiful scenery

# local tradition

# simple life styles

# sports that require steep slops or winter snow


Typical mountain activities

# Mountaineering

# Paragliding


Summer activities

# walking

# hiking

# bird watching

# rafting

# mountain biking


Winter activities

# skiing

# snow boarding

# sledging/tobboganing

# icefall climbing

#snow-shoe trekking

# winter walking

# ice skating




Thursday, February 11, 2010

First Indian Woman To Climb Mount everest

Bachendri Pal
The first Indian woman and the fifth in the world to summit Everest the highest peak in the world is Bachendri Pal. She was initially trained as a teacher, but later on got her higher education in the mountains and that continued to teach her about potential, limits and humbleness. Bachendri Pal, was born in 1954 in Nakuri village, Garhwal, India. She surmounted the peak on 23rd May in the year 1984. At 1.07 p.m. IST, stood at the Sagarmatha (Nepali version of Mt. Everest and remained there with one of her co-mountaineers, for 43 minutes.


At the age of 12, she was first exposed to the mountaineering. It took place during a picnic where she along with several schoolmates climbed a 13,123 feet high peak. It had already become dark, they could not climb down as. They had to spend the night at the peak without any food or cover. In her memory, the experience remained deep-rooted. It started heightening her love for adventure and the mountains. She carried on her schooling and accomplished it successfully despite many constraints. Her parents sent her to college on being swayed by the principal of her school. After completing her graduation, she become the first girl of her village to do so.

First Chinese Woman To Climb Mount Everest

Lei Wang
Lei Wang is determined to become the first Chinese woman as well as the first Asian American woman to climb the highest mountain.She didn’t grow up climbing mountains. She wasn’t really much of an athlete either. Plus she doesn’t have a major handicap. But her story is extremely inspiring because she is a testament of how a seemingly ordinary person can accomplish unimaginable feats.


Lei Wang grew up in China, then emigrated to the United States for college and graduate school. The first time she ever wielded an ice ax was during her MBA studies. As Lei describes it, she’s “just a normal city girl” but she’s got a “strong will and a ‘never give up’ spirit.” What she has already accomplished is far from ordinary

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Top Ten Mountain Of China

1- Namjagbarwa Peak - Ngingchi Tibet
2- Gonggo Mountain - Sichuan
3- Mt. Qomolangma/Everest - Tibet
4- Meili Snow Mountain - Yunnan
5- Huangshan Mountain - Anhui
6 - Three HOly Mountains - Daocheng, Sichuan
7 - Chogori Peak - Xinjiang
8- Mt. Kailash - Nagri, Tibet
9 - Mt. Taishan - Shandong
10 - Emei Mountain - Sichuan

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