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

First Indian Woman To Climb Mount everest

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 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

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

First Neapli Woman To Climb Mount Everest

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepali woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, on April 22,1993. The achievement of Pasang Lhamu not only proved the Nepalese woman are brave, but also show their determined and resolute character. For many Nepalese woman, pasang Lhamu is a fugue that they will try and emulate for a long, lomg time.

Pasang Lhamu reached the top of the peak with other 5 Sherpas, Sonam Tshering Sherpa, Lhakpa Noru Sherpa, Pemba Dorje Sherpa and Dawa Tashi Sherpa. Meanwhile, a member of the team and five times Everest sumitter, Sonam Tshering Sherpa got seriously sick at south summit and despite Pasang Lhamu's effort to help did not survive his illness. While descenting from the summit, tragedy struck the team. The weather also suddenly turned bad, causing to lose her life on the south summit. She was fully aware of the peril, but that did not deter Pasang from getting to her goal, even if it meant sacrificing her life.

First Lady To Climb Mount Everest

Junko Tabai was the first woman to reach the summit of Everest on May-16-1975. She was born in Japan. She was attracted to mountain climbing by the experience of climbing Mt. Nasu with her teacher when she was 10 years old. She began climbing around 1962 after her graduation. First formed women's mountain climbing club"Ladies climbing club-Japan" (LCC) in 1969. Junko became the first woman to reach the Everest peak. Since then, she has climbed many mountains all over the world, and is the first woman to have achieved the summits of the highest peaks on all seven continents.

Glaciers

Huge masses of ice moving along mountain valleys are known as glaciers. There are several glaciers in Himalaya mountain of Nepal. Most of them occur in the eastern Himalaya. The biggest glacier of Nepal is the Khumbu Glacier of Mahalangoor Himalaya. On the other hand, the Langtang Glacier of Langtang Himalaya is the longest one. Other important glaciers of Nepal are the Kanchanjunga Glacier and so on. These glaciers are important, because these give rise to perennial rivers like the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali Rivers.