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A retired psychologist from a small Utah desert town turned one Himalayan trek into Village Light — a nonprofit now supplying food, medicine and…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 4, 2026
Ten years ago, a retired psychologist named Sky Chaney was trekking through the Nepali Himalaya when he noticed something most visitors notice and few act on: how brutal the winters must be in villages this high, this far from anything. Chaney, who had moved…
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Sama Valley and Tsum sit inside the Manaslu Conservation Area, on the trail network used by the Manaslu Circuit and by dedicated Tsum Valley treks — a restricted region that, unlike Everest or Annapurna, still requires a licensed guide and a special permit…
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