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Thame raised Tenzing Norgay, Apa Sherpa and record-holder Kami Rita Sherpa. In August 2024 a glacial lake almost nobody was watching reached the…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 20, 2026
Tenzing Norgay herded yaks there as a boy. Apa Sherpa, who summited Everest a then-record 21 times, was born there. Kami Rita Sherpa, who reached the top for a 32nd time in May 2026, still calls it home. Thame is arguably the single most decorated square…
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At 10:46am Nepal time, the small Thyanbo glacial lake, perched above Thame in the upper Bhote Koshi valley, overtopped its moraine wall. The surge cascaded downhill into a second, larger lake below it, which also breached in turn - a chain reaction scientists…
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A study published on the EGUsphere preprint server in 2026 - the archive of the European Geosciences Union - has now reconstructed exactly how it happened, and the finding troubles glaciologists more than a bigger, better-known lake bursting would have…
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What this means for you Thame itself sits off the main Everest Base Camp trail, up a side valley three to four hours' walk from Namche Bazaar - most trekkers reach it as a day trip while acclimatising, or pass near it on the Three Passes and Renjo La routes…
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