Down to Namche - Nepal Hiking down to the terraced circular village of Namche, at 12,300 feet, after a day hike up to the neighboring village of Kunde.

Powdered Dyes, Katmandu - Nepal Nepali Hindus use many vivid colorful dyes for celebrations and ornamentation. These are sold by the spoonful, from wooden boxes, on the streets of Kathmandu.

West Wall of Nuptse, Khumbu Valley - Nepal The West Face of Nuptse, part of the ring of peaks that forms the Everest cirque, stands at 7,742 meters - and has only been climbed once. In 1997 two climbers from Slovenia, Tomaz Humar and Janez Jeglic, spent four terrifying days on wall, climbing without camps in alpine-style. Once on the summit ridge, Jeglic torn from the mountain in the hurricane winds, leaving Tomaz to descend, frostbitten and weak, alone.