" The home of the snow ", the Himalayas, has fascinated men since the time immemorial. In the name of Himalayas alone, the image of the world's roof appears to be like a mirage. Various photos move in the lead: Everest snowy, the portrait of his first conqueror, Sir Edmund Hillary… With the arrival of a new kind of adventurers, the trekkeurs, the flanks of the mountains are no longer reserved for the great explorers. The Himalayas now welcome beginner walkers, like seasoned walkers, to swallow the kilometers. With its 2 400 km long, the snow house, is undoubtedly a unique exploration ground for trekkeurs around the world.HimalayasThe time of pioneers: Coming from all over the world, the expeditions of the 1950 s can conquer most of the highest peaks. It was by the songs of the Sheathed (itinerant troubadours) that the news of the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Sherpa turned Nepal. Radio stations were rare in the 1950 s, and the old of minstrels were the best way to announce the beginning of a new era, that of conquering the Himalayas through large expeditions. Now, man could rise up to the domain of Shiva and Parvati and reach the altitude of the gods… With ten of the fourteen mountains exceeding 8 000 m altitude located on his territory, Nepal reveals to the world his privileged heritage, the kindness of his people and the exceptional competence of his porters, his sherpas and his local guides. During the next decade, "himalayisme" moves national expeditions that do not spare on the necessary means to plant a flag at the top… For evidence: fuelled by Mao's thought, in 1960, a Chinese expedition succeeded in raising a plâtre's plaster bust. American, British, Japanese, Austrian, Swiss, French see new competitors from India, Russian, Polish, Yugoslav and Korean. Climbers at international level play the national fiber to get substantial budgets, for the great happiness of sherpas that equip themselves well.Time for new records: With the conquest of the South face of Everest by Chris Bonnington, the Himalayan mountain climbing favours more technically difficult races with the support of lighter logistics. This trend grew in the 1980 s with the reign of Reinhold Messner, climber in the Italian Tyrol. Alternating with oxygen-free ascents and media revelations, he will be the first man to align the 8 000 peaks of more than m. The style of climbers has changed and the equipment that is used to cope with extreme conditions has undergone similar evolution. With the first winter ascent of Everest by Lesek Cichy and Krystof Wielicki, under temperatures of 60 ° C and a wind of more than 150 km/hour, the race towards the extreme is moving towards new dimensions. Sporting prowess is accompanied by technical exploits and, as a result, the first live television broadcast of the world's highest peak was realized in 1993. High-level mountaineering also follows another evolution. It is becoming more democratic, a growing number of montagnards are beyond their limits, and the trekkeurs are making their appearances at more reasonable altitudes. Many trekking summits make it possible to practice mountaineering in the mountains.Treks in the HimalayasLarge spaces, the highest peaks in the world, a unique flora and fauna and a people constituting a genuine multicultural patchwork: everything in Nepal invites to discover.Few roads, but a network of trails unique in the world. You have to take steep paths, climb long series of stairs that swallow the slopes in the shortest, or browse plats… or real. A journey, the walker discovers the joys of trekking, the lighthouse activity in Nepal. In the heart of the Himalayas, the mountains take thousand faces, from their feet, to the tigers, to the immense Tibetan plateau where the yaks protect themselves from the cold away from their long hair. Trekking does not, however, constitute a survival experience in a wild world, with the mountain almost everywhere inhabited. On average, it can be entirely carved into terraces on inverted sides. Higher, the smallest grassland becomes pasture for yaks and, even more so, prayer flags mark the passage of the collars. Trekking is above all a human adventure.Some are leaving, ready to give a lot of themselves, while others, novice but no less courageous, are sparing their forces to undertake another kind of travel: an initiation journey to the country of walking on foot. The real discovery of the Himalayas is the encounter of its people, diverse and welcoming. Time has never had an sway in these villages, it even seems to have stopped at the gates of Kathmandu and Pokhara. Trekking, in fact, has evolved with the taste of its sponsors. Nepal's trails have become cosmopolitan. American, Japanese, Australian, German and French cross on the trails. As Americans embark on Everest's base camp, the French, patriots, progress in the footsteps of Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal to carry out the «Tour des Annapurna».

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