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The Annapurna Sanctuary is a mile-high amphitheatre ringed by six peaks over 6,400m, with exactly one way in. No outsider found that gap until a…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 24, 2026
For centuries, the only way into this valley was rumour. No foreigner had a map of it, a name for it, or a photograph of it — because, as far as anyone outside a handful of Gurung villages in central Nepal knew, no foreigner had ever stood inside it. It took…
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What this means for you The same three-day bamboo gorge Roberts hacked through in 1956 is now a maintained trekking trail — the final approach of the Annapurna Base Camp trek, one of the most walked routes in Nepal. You won't need a machete; you'll need an…
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