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Himalayas

The Himalayas — where legends say the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, roams.
Science
In DNA testing, ‘Yeti’ samples come up bears, bears, bears
A research team crossing an ice plateau in the Indian Himalayas faced risks of hidden crevasses, storms, avalanches and earthquakes.
Science
Climate change research can be risky. But not doing it is even riskier.
World-renowned mountain trail runner Mira Rai on a training run outside Hong Kong.
Conflict
How ‘adventurer of the year’ Mira Rai went from child soldier to ultrarunner
A man with a child walks in front of the Gankar Punsun glacier at Dochula in Bhutan.
Environment
Himalayan glaciers are granted ‘rights of human beings’ for protection
A woman carries her belongings as she walks over a collapsed house in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 27, 2015.
Science
Nepal’s quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings
The architecture at the University of Texas at El Paso owes a lot to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It all dates back to a National Geographic article in 1914.
Culture
Tourists spend thousands of dollars to schlep to Bhutan when they can just go to El Paso
Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain, is seen from the viewing point at Lukla in northern Nepal.
Environment
Mount Everest has a problem — with poop