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Machhapuchhre mountain

Mount Machhapuchhre is incomparable, thanks to its fish-tailed pinnacle. This features makes it one of the most renowned mountains in Nepal Himalayan range. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the snow-blanketed, needle-pointed mountain is a visual feast, to be least said. Mafestically protruding out in the skyline, the view of the mountain provides wings to the thoughts of the poets. Climbing on the mountain has been restricted, for it is considered sacred by the locals. Machhapuchhre mountain is known not only in Nepal but all over the world for its magnificence. Machhapuchhre' means fishtail and comes from two Nepali words Machha (Fish) + Puchhre (Tail).

Overview

Location	Pokhara, Western Himalayas
Height	6,993 m
Climbing	Not allowed
Range of Mountains	Annapurna Range
Attraction	Majestic View

Striking Features
Considered to be sacred by the local inhabitants, the Fish tail mountain is a treasured spiritual site of the Nepalese.

• Machhapuchhre or Fishtail is the second highest mountain of the Annapurna Range.
• It has supposedly never been climbed.
• It is considered holy by the people of Nepal as it has been untouched and therefore is pure.
• It lies across Modi Khola in Pokhara.
• Reflecting sunlight at early dawn, the holy mountain of Machhapucchre is an unforgettable sight.
• The Fishtail mountain lies only 28 killometres to Phewa Lake.
• It is one of the most photogenic mountains in the world .

Best View
For viewing Machhapuchhre from a close up, take a mountain flight from Pokhara that takes you on an aerial sightseeing tour of the Western Himalayas. Although the highest among the Western Himalayas is Annapurna I (8,091 m), it is Machhapuchhre which dominates all others in this neighborhood.

Annapurna

Annapurna, a collosal masiff is placed as the tenth tallest mountain in the world. Kali Gandaki river segregates Annarpurna mountain range from the great gorge that slices through the Himalayas. Range of Mount Annapurna holds huge glaciers on its slopes.
Fast Facts

Location	Central Nepal Himalayas
Altitude	8,091m
Importance	10th Highest Mountain In The World
Best Time To Visit	April To October

Major Peaks of The Annapurna Range

Annapurna I	26,545 ft.	8,091 m.
Annapurna II	26,040 ft.	7,937 m.
Annapurna III	24,786 ft.	7,555 m.
Annapurna IV	24,688 ft.	7,525 m.
Gangapurna	24,457 ft.	7,455 m.
Annapurna South	23,684 ft.	7,219 m.

Highlights The trek to Annapurna mountain takes the tourists very very close to nature. The trek is a marvellous combination of being spiritually soothing and highly adventurous. The following places are the trek's highlights.

• Pewa Lake Pokhara
• Gurung Villages, Langdrung and Gandrung
• Hinko Cave
• Bamboo Forests
• Machapuchare Base Camp
• Annapurna Base Camp

Trekking in Mountains

Peoples and tribes of himalayas

The population, settlement, and economic patterns within the Himalayas have been greatly influenced by the variations in topography and climate, which impose harsh living conditions and tend to restrict movement and communication. People living in remote, isolated valleys have generally preserved their cultural identities.  However, improvements in transportation and communication, particularly satellite television programs from Europe and the United States of America, are bringing access from the outside world to remote valleys. These outside influences are affecting traditional social and cultural structure.

Nearly 40 million people inhabit the Himalayas. Generally, Hindus of Indian heritage are dominant in the Sub-Himalayas and the Middle Himalayan valleys from eastern Kashmir to Nepal. To the north Tibetan Buddhists inhabit the Great Himalayas from Ladakh to northeast India.

In central Nepal, in an area between about 1,830 and 2,440 m (between about 6,000 and 8,000 ft), the Indian and Tibetan cultures have intermingled, producing a combination of Indian and Tibetan traits. The eastern Himalayas in India and nearby areas of eastern Bhutan are inhabited by animistic people whose culture is similar to those living in northern Myanmar and Yunnan province in China. People of western Kashmir are Muslims and have a culture similar to the inhabitants of Afghanistan and Iran.

For the mountain people living in these states of Indian Himalaya, the Himalayas continue to be the predominant factor in their lives. Having acted as a natural and political barrier for centuries, the Himalayas have isolated a number of communities, cultures and customs.

List of mountains in Nepal

Mountain/Peak	metres	feet
Mount Everest	8,848	29,028
Kangchenjunga	8,586	28,169
Lhotse	8,516	27,939
Makalu	8,462	27,765
Cho Oyu	8,201	26,906
Dhaulagiri	8,167	26,794
Manaslu	8,156	26,758
Annapurna	8,091	26,545
Gyachung Kang	7,952	26,089
Ngadi Chuli	7,871	25,823
Nuptse	7,861	25,790
Chamlang	7,319	24,152
Langtang Lirung	7,227	23,711
Baruntse	7,220	23,688
Chamar	7,187	23,326
Melungtse	7,181	23,555
Pumori	7,161	23,494
Gauri Sankar	7,134	23,405
Api	7,132	23,399
Tilicho Peak	7,134	23,405
Salasungo	7,110	23,326
Machapuchare	6,993	22,943
Kang Guru	6,981	22,904
Dorje Lakpa	6,966	22,854
Kanjiroba	6,883	22,580
Ama Dablam	6,812	22,349
Cho Polu	6,735	22,096
Num Ri	6,677	21,906
Thamserku	6,623	21,729
Khumbutse	6,640	21,725
Taboche	6,501	21,329
Mera Peak	6,476	21,246
Hiunchuli	6,441	21,132
Cholatse	6,440	21,128
Kusum Kangguru	6,367	20,888
Kongde Ri	6,187	20,298
Imja Tse	6,160	20,210
Pokalde	5,745	18,848
Kala Pattar	5,545	18,192
Nirekha	6,069	19 911
Baden-Powell Peak	5,825	19,111

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is so famous for being so high that you've probably heard of it before. It has been known the world over since the early 1950s when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay first climbed to its awesome summit. Hillary surveyed Everest at the time and determined that it was 29,000 ft/8840m high - a figure amazingly close to the current reading of 29,035 ft/8850m, which was confirmed using radar and global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.

Using state-of-the-art technology Professor Brad Washburn of the Boston Museum of Science, the world's foremost mountain cartographer, and his team have calculated that earth's highest elevation is actually 7 feet higher than the previous record. That makes the official height 29,035 ft/8850m. Thanks to some engineering whizzes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who developed really light, high-tech gear, the work of Washburn was made easier because he was able to hand carry a radar device to the top of Everest where it could be positioned to measure the actual height of the mountain - underneath all that snow. GPS technology was also deployed near the summit, which uses satellite signal relays to take readings from the top of Everest. After months of crunching numbers Washburn's team arrived at the new, official world-record elevation.

They've also determined that the Himalayan Mountains are still growing higher, at a rate of about 2.4 in/6.1cm per year. That's twice as fast as previously thought. A growth rate of 2.4 in/6.1cm per year doesn't sound like very much. But, if you think about it, that means in the last 26,000 years the Himalayans have risen almost a mile into the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere!

List of Mountains

Rank	Mountain	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Range
1	Mount Everest/ Sagarmatha / Chomolungma	8,848	29,029	Mahalangur Himalaya
2	K2/ Qogir/ Godwin Austen	8,611	28,251	Baltoro Karakoram
3	Kangchenjunga	8,586	28,169	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
4	Lhotse	8,516	27,940	Mahalangur Himalaya
5	Makalu	8,485	27,838	Mahalangur Himalaya
6	Cho Oyu	8,201	26,864	Mahalangur Himalaya
7	Dhaulagiri I	8,167	26,795	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
8	Manaslu	8,163	26,781	Manaslu Himalaya
9	Nanga Parbat	8,126	26,660	Nanga Parbat Himalaya
10	Annapurna I	8,091	26,545	Annapurna Himalaya
11	Gasherbrum I	8,080	26,509	Baltoro Karakoram
12	Broad Peak	8,051	26,414	Baltoro Karakoram
13	Gasherbrum II	8,034	26,362	Baltoro Karakoram
14	Shishapangma	8,027	26,335	Jugal Himalaya
15	Gyachung Kang	7,952	26,089	Mahalangur Himalaya
	Gasherbrum III	7,946	26,070	Baltoro Karakoram
16	Annapurna II	7,937	26,040	Annapurna Himalaya
17	Gasherbrum IV	7,932	26,024	Baltoro Karakoram
18	Himalchuli	7,893	25,896	Manaslu Himalaya
19	Distaghil Sar	7,884	25,866	Hispar Karakoram
20	Ngadi Chuli	7,871	25,823	Manaslu Himalaya
	Nuptse	7,864	25,801	Mahalangur Himalaya
21	Khunyang Chhish	7,823	25,666	Hispar Karakoram
22	Masherbrum	7,821	25,659	Masherbrum Karakoram
23	Nanda Devi	7,816	25,643	Kumaon Himalaya
24	Chomo Lonzo	7,804	25,604	Mahalangur Himalaya
25	Batura Sar	7,795	25,574	Batura Karakoram
26	Kanjut Sar	7,790	25,558	Hispar Karakoram
27	Rakaposhi	7,788	25,551	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram
28	Namcha Barwa	7,782	25,531	Assam Himalaya
29	Kamet	7,756	25,446	Garhwal Himalaya
30	Dhaulagiri II	7,751	25,430	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
31	Saltoro Kangri	7,742	25,400	Saltoro Karakoram
32	Jannu	7,711	25,299	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
33	Tirich Mir	7,708	25,289	Hindu Kush
	Molamenqing	7,703	25,272	Langtang Himalaya
34	Gurla Mandhata	7,694	25,243	Nalakankar Himalaya
35	Saser Kangri I	7,672	25,171	Saser Karakoram
36	Chogolisa	7,665	25,148	Masherbrum Karakoram
	Dhaulagiri IV	7,661	25,135	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
37	Kongur Tagh	7,649	25,095	Kongur Shan Kunlun
	Dhaulagiri V	7,618	24,993	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
38	Shispare	7,611	24,970	Batura Karakoram
39	Trivor	7,577	24,859	Hispar Karakoram
40	Gangkhar Puensum	7,570	24,836	Kula Kangri Himalaya
41	Gongga Shan/ Minya Konka	7,556	24,790	Daxue Shan
42	Annapurna III	7,555	24,787	Annapurna Himalaya
43	Muztagh Ata	7,546	24,757	Muztagata Kunlun
44	Skyang Kangri	7,545	24,754	Baltoro Karakoram
45	Changtse	7,543	24,747	Mahalangur Himalaya
46	Kula Kangri	7,538	24,731	Kula Kangri Himalaya
47	Kongur Tiube	7,530	24,705	Kongur Shan Kunlun
48	Mamostong Kangri	7,516	24,659	Rimo Karakoram
49	Saser Kangri II E	7,513	24,649	Saser Karakoram
50	Ismail Samani Peak	7,495	24,590	Pamir (Akademiya Nauk Range)
51	Saser Kangri III	7,495	24,590	Saser Karakoram
52	Noshaq	7,492	24,580	Hindu Kush
53	Pumari Chhish	7,492	24,580	Hispar Karakoram
54	Pasu Sar	7,476	24,528	Batura Karakoram
55	Yukshin Gardan Sar	7,469	24,505	Hispar Karakoram
56	Teram Kangri I	7,462	24,482	Siachen Karakoram
57	Jongsong Peak	7,462	24,482	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
58	Malubiting	7,458	24,469	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram
59	Gangapurna	7,455	24,459	Annapurna Himalaya
60	Peak Jengish Chokusu	7,439	24,406	Tian Shan
61	K12	7,428	24,370	Saltoro Karakoram
62	Yangra (Ganesh I)	7,422	24,350	Ganesh Himalaya
63	Sia Kangri	7,422	24,350	Siachen Karakoram
64	Momhil Sar	7,414	24,324	Hispar Karakoram
65	Kabru N	7,412	24,318	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
66	Skil Brum	7,410	24,311	Baltoro Karakoram
67	Haramosh	7,409	24,308	Rakaposhi Karakoram
68	Istor-o-Nal	7,403	24,288	Hindu Kush
69	Ghent Kangri	7,401	24,281	Saltoro Karakoram
70	Ultar Sar	7,388	24,239	Batura Karakoram
71	Rimo I	7,385	24,229	Rimo Karakoram
72	Churen Himal	7,385	24,229	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
73	Teram Kangri III	7,382	24,219	Siachen Karakoram
74	Sherpi Kangri	7,380	24,213	Saltoro Karakoram
75	Labuche Kang	7,367	24,170	Labuche Himalaya
76	Kirat Chuli	7,362	24,153	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
	Abi Gamin	7,355	24,131	Garhwal Himalaya
77	Nangpai Gosum	7,350	24,114	Mahalangur Himalaya
	Gimmigela (The Twins)	7,350	24,114	Kangchenjunga Himalaya
78	Saraghrar	7,349	24,111	Hindu Kush
79	Chamlang	7,321	24,019	Mahalangur Himalaya
80	Jomolhari[11]	7,315	24,000	Jomolhari Himalaya
81	Chongtar	7,315	23,999	Baltoro Karakoram
82	Baltoro Kangri	7,312	23,990	Masherbrum Karakoram
83	Siguang Ri	7,309	23,980	Mahalangur Himalaya
84	The Crown	7,295	23,934	Yengisogat Karakoram
85	Gyala Peri	7,294	23,930	Assam Himalaya
86	Porong Ri	7,292	23,924	Langtang Himalaya
87	Baintha Brakk (The Ogre)	7,285	23,901	Panmah Karakoram
88	Yutmaru Sar	7,283	23,894	Hispar Karakoram
89	Baltistan Peak (K6)	7,282	23,891	Masherbrum Karakoram
90	Kangpenqing	7,281	23,888	Baiku Himalaya
91	Muztagh Tower	7,276	23,871	Baltoro Karakoram
92	Mana	7,272	23,858	Garhwal Himalaya
	Dhaulagiri VI	7,268	23,845	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
93	Diran	7,266	23,839	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram
94	Labuche Kang III / East[12]	7,250	23,786	Labuche Himalaya
95	Putha Hiunchuli	7,246	23,773	Dhaulagiri Himalaya
96	Apsarasas Kangri	7,245	23,770	Siachen Karakoram
97	Mukut Parbat	7,242	23,760	Garhwal Himalaya
98	Rimo III	7,233	23,730	Rimo Karakoram
99	Langtang Lirung	7,227	23,711	Langtang Himalaya
100	Karjiang	7,221	23,691	Kula Kangri Himalaya
101	Annapurna Dakshin	7,219	23,684	Annapurna Himalaya
102	Khartaphu	7,213	23,665	Mahalangur Himalaya
103	Tongshanjiabu[13]	7,207	23,645	Lunana Himalaya
104	Malangutti Sar	7,207	23,645	Hispar Karakoram
105	Noijin Kangsang / Norin Kang	7,206	23,642	Nagarze Himalaya
106	Langtang Ri	7,205	23,638	Langtang Himalaya
107	Kangphu Kang	7,204	23,635	Lunana Himalaya
108	Singhi Kangri	7,202	23,629	Siachen Karakoram
109	Lupghar Sar	7,200	23,622	Hispar Karakoram