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GPS trackers finally proved how bar-headed geese cross the world's highest mountains twice a year, nonstop, at altitudes that would leave an…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 6, 2026
Twice a year, a grey-brown goose barely the size of a house cat leaves the wetlands of India, climbs past the altitude where an unacclimatized human passes out from lack of oxygen, and crosses the highest mountain range on Earth in a single overnight push. A…
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What this means for trekkers Spring (March–April) and autumn (September–October) — exactly when most Everest Base Camp and Gokyo trekkers are on the trail — are also when bar-headed geese funnel through the same mountain corridors on their way to and from…
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