Mountain Resources on
the Web:
Trip Planning
(and a million other helpful resources)
- AMAA Nepal Information
- Provides a "virtual library" on Nepal, useful lists
of Nepalese diplomatic missions and organizations, a Kathmandu
phone book, etc.
- GORP Page - Travelers' tales
(follow Asia links).
- Mercantile Communications
- Links to the Kathmandu Post, Rising Nepal and
other media.
- Nepal Festival
Calendar - Courtesy of Friends in High Places
- The Nepal Home Page
- An extensive FAQ on travel in Nepal, articles from Travellers'
Nepal, directories of trekking agencies and embassies, a festival
calendar and a bunch of other stuff, plus links to every other
Nepal-related site.
- Nepal
Search - Search engine for 200-plus Nepal-related sites.
- Shangrila
- Extensive information on Himalayan natural history and the environment.
- Nepal Information
Center - Updated weather and news from Nepal.
- Trekinfo.com - Information
on arranging walking trips in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
- Visitnepal.com - Travel
Information Guide with over 100 alphabetic topics related to visiting
the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Kantipur Online
- Updated news from Nepal with great links to newspapers, business,
weather, and more.
- Silk Road Trading Concern
- Online catalog of Himalayan handicrafts.
- US State
Department travel advisory - Warnings of epidemics or unrest
(when appropriate).
- CIWEC Clinic in Kathmandu
- Excellent articles on diarrhea, rabies, inoculations and other
health matters.
- Arlene Blum.com - Information
about Arlene Blum, plus language tapes, t-shirts, etc.
- ActionAsia.com - Good
travel information for all of Asia, including the Himalayan region.
- Karakoram
& Hindukush - Information, photos and articles about northern
Pakistan's Karakoram and Hindukush mountains, including mountaineering
and trekking statistics.
- NepalTourism.info
- Nepal Travel Information Guide and Agents
listing Trekking, Hotels, Travels, Rafting, Jungle safari, Biking, etc.
Postings to the Usenet Discussion Groups
- rec.travel.asia - Unmoderated
news group with a small portion of postings devoted to Nepal.
- Stego's Pages
- A topical selection of postings to newsgroups.
Guidebooks/Advice
- Lonely Planet - Overview
information and maps of Nepal and the Kathmandu Valley.
- Rough Guides - Extensive
pre-departure info, chatty updates, interesting background essays.
Climbing Stuff
Outdoor Clubs
- The Mazamas -
Comprehensive climbing program with activities that focus on
participant and environment.
- The Mountaineers -
Dedicated to the preservation, exploration and enjoyment of outdoor
and wilderness areas.
NGOs and INGOs (Nonprofit Organizations)
- Himalayan Rescue Association
(HRA) - Good overview of altitude sickness and related topics.
- Kathmandu Environmental Education
Project (KEEP) - Useful resource for environmental info as
well as trip planning.
- International Porter Protection
Group (IPPG) - Working to improve the health and safety for
trekking porters.
- Inka Porter Project
(IPP) - The Inka Porter Project/Porteadores Inka Ņan works
to improve conditions for all porters in Peru in a sustainable
manner, based on porters' own input while ensuring they understand
the full impacts of any changes they ask for.
- Educate the Children
- Conducting educational and community development projects in
Nepal.
- Everest Base Camp Clinic
- Project of Himalayan Rescue Association intending to prevent
deaths in the Everest region.
- Free a Child - Free
A Child is dedicated to supporting indigenous organizations
in rescuing and protecting
children from child prostitution and trafficking.
- Green Volunteers
- Provides information on volunteering for conservation and wildlife
related organizations.
- Anatoli
Boukreev Memorial Fund - Promoting mutual understanding
and friendship across cultures through a shared love of mountains
and to support the styles of high-altitude training, ascent, and
environmental sensitivity that Anatoli exemplified.
- Sharing Warmth Around the Globe
- The National Ski Areas Association's SWAG (Sharing Warmth Around
the Globe) program is dedicated to the distribution of retired
ski resort uniforms to those in need in cold weather countries
throughout the world.
- SherpaFund - Raises
funds for schooling Sherpa children from remote areas of Nepal
where access to education is extremely limited. To give these
children greater opportunities, the Foundation provides scholarships
at a first-class private school which is supportive of Sherpa
culture. All funds are raised through contributions and fund-raising
events.
- ISSM - International Society
for Mountain Medicine brings together physicians, scientists and
allied professionals interested in mountain medicine, to encourage
research on all aspects of mountains, mountain peoples and mountaineers
and to spread scientific and practical information about mountain
medicine around the world .
- Alex Lowe Foundation -
The Alex Lowe foundation was
created to preserve Alex's legacy by providing direction and financial
support to sustainable, community-based humanitarian programs
which are designed to help the people who live in remote regions
of the world. This foundation will carry on Alex's spirit of adventure.
- Central Asia
Institute - Supporting community-based programs in
education, women's empowerment, public health and conservation
in remote mountain regions of Central Asia
- K-2 Peace Park - Promoting
a peace park in Kashmir to bring an end to the hostilities between
India and Pakistan in Kashmir. The park will cover an area surrounding
K2, the second
highest mountain on the planet.
- Karing for Kids -
Karing for Kids (KFK Nepal) runs a Mother and Child Health Clinic
(MCH-Clinic) in the rural mountain communities of Rasuwa, Nepal.
KFK Nepal is a non-government charity organization working to
save the lives of children in Nepal since 1997. KFK-Nepal's MCH
Clinic has been providing the medical services to approximately
7,000 people of remote Gatlang, Goljung, and Chilime villages
of Rasuwa district since late 2000
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