Bikesh Deshar

Aspiring climbers, seeking adventures and opportunities to test their strength and skill, attempt to penetrate the Himalayan wilderness and push their limits to reach the summits. However, the grandest excursion of all to be made hereabouts is to the heart of the Himalayas, covered with icy crowns. Those towering peaks laden with glaciers that are terribly roughened and interrupted by crevasses and ice cliffs are very high, which render comparisons with our own height meaningless. Only good climbers should attempt to gain the summit, led by a sherpa of proven nerve and endurance. Well-established mountain, forest, and river trails wind down the mighty Tamakoshi River to the place where our trek was for, Rolwaling Valley. © Bikesh Deshar Rolwaling, a remote mountain valley at an altitude of 4000 meters, lies northeast of Kathmandu, near the Tibetan border and to the west of the Khumbu region.  The Rolwaling Valley in the Gaurisankar Conservation Area stands as a tribute to the maje...

Dolpa rises in solitary grandeur from the northern extremity of the sea of mountains in western Nepal and maintains a far more impressive and commanding individuality than any other place within the limits of Nepal having a region of free mountains where the peaks are laden with fresh snow, and the wild Phoksundo Lake emerges as a sacred place among the followers of Buddhism. Finally, my friend John and I made it to one of the major national parks of Nepal, Shey Phoksundo National Park in Dolpa. It is one of the iconic mountain parks in the world, situated at an elevation of 3660 m. The travel story begins like this: during the last week of the Nepali Calendar 2079 BS, my school friend John asked me to go trekking. After agreeing on the destination, we decided to visit Shey Phoksundo National Park, located in the remote wilderness of Dolpa. We met after 20-21 years, and it was a whole new perspective to recall our school days. He is one of my great friends who has traveled to most of ...