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The Great Himalaya Trail crosses the entire country beneath all eight of Nepal's 8,000-metre giants. Over a decade on, the number of people who've…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
More than 7,600 people have stood on the summit of Everest. Far fewer have walked the length of their own country underneath it. The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) runs roughly 1,700 kilometres across Nepal, from the slopes of Kanchenjunga on the Indian border in…
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What this means for you You do not need five months to experience the trail's most spectacular sections. The GHT's route was built from real regional treks that already exist as standalone trips — the remote east around Kanchenjunga Base Camp , the far-west…
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