Trekking through the Himalayas
“To travel in the remote areas of Nepal today offers much more than superb mountain scenery. It provides an opportunity to step back in time and meet people who, like our ancestors many centuries ago, lived free of complications, social, economic and political, which beset the developed countries.
To the Nepal peasant, his life revolves around his homestead, his fields and, above all, his family and neighbors in the little village perched high on a Himalayan mountainside. Here we can see the meaning of community, free of the drive of competition. We see human happiness despite – or because of – the absence of amenities furnished by our modern civilization.
Change will come to the Nepalese way of life, but it behooves travelers from the modernized countries to understand and respect the values and virtues of life today in rural Nepal. They have much to teach us about how to live.” John Hunt (leader of Hillary and Tenzin Everest Expedition)
To the Nepal peasant, his life revolves around his homestead, his fields and, above all, his family and neighbors in the little village perched high on a Himalayan mountainside. Here we can see the meaning of community, free of the drive of competition. We see human happiness despite – or because of – the absence of amenities furnished by our modern civilization.
Change will come to the Nepalese way of life, but it behooves travelers from the modernized countries to understand and respect the values and virtues of life today in rural Nepal. They have much to teach us about how to live.” John Hunt (leader of Hillary and Tenzin Everest Expedition)