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	<title>Great Himalaya Trail: Trekking, hiking and walking in Nepal &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Apa&#8217;s campaign to save the Himalayas</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5858/apas-campaign-to-save-the-himalayas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After setting a world record by successfully ascending the Mt Everest for 21 times, Apa Sherpa is currently endeavoring to set another record by covering a distance of 1,700 kilometers on foot with a noble mission &#8212; to save the Himalayas (The Great Himalayan Trail). This is one of the world&#8217;s highest and longest trekking trails. Apa aims to cover all the 20 Himalayan (east-west) districts of the country in 120 days. Apa&#8217;s campaign will be telecast in &#8220;Third Eye&#8221; on Sagarmatha Television (STV) on Friday at 9:30 pm. The program will be re-telecast on Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Smart Trek Team reaches Khandbari</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5850/climate-smart-trek-team-reaches-khandbari/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 31st of January Apa and team were welcomed in a traditional manner by a score of people at Khandbari. This included the senior officials of the Government of Nepal, FNCCI (Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries), NFJ (Nepal Federation of Journalists), representatives of different political parties and civil society. Apa Sherpa and his team members who are walking the 1,700 km long Great Himalaya Trail resumed their trek from Khandbari today. Apa Sherpa  and his team who is walking entire the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) to promote it and to highlight the impacts of climate change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Himalaya Trail on CMT tourism fair in Stuttgart Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5841/the-great-himalaya-trail-on-cmt-tourism-fair-in-stuttgart-germany-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal has presented the Great Himalaya Trail on Caravan, Motor &#38; Tourism fair CMT in Stuttgart Germany, taking place on 14-22 January 2012. The Great Himalaya Trail, Nepal&#8217;s latest tourism product, received a lot of attention and positive feedback from German tourists, tour operators and media alike.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal-German Friendship RaceThursday, 26th January 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5754/nepal-german-friendship-racethursday-26th-january-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[German Marathon runners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in Nepal, 27 German Marathon Runners are coming together for a short visit. In this occasion Nepal Amateur Athletics Association has decided to organize a running event &#8220;Nepal-German Friendship Race 2012&#8243; on Thursday, 26th January 2012, in cooperation with ReiseZeit, Germany. We expect about 100 runner participation including German guest runners, Nepali and expatriates runners. The race will start at around 8 am from Hotel Vajra and the route goes around Shoyambhunath and back to Hotel Vajra making 5 km loop. Runners can choose to run one round 5 km or 10 km/ Half Marathon or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Great Himalaya Trail piece to appear in Silk Winds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Great Himalaya Trail-Climate Smart Celebrity Trek in Taplejung</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5717/the-great-himalaya-trail-climate-smart-celebrity-trek-in-taplejung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GHT-CSC team members- Appa Sherpa, Dawa Steven Sherpa, Samir Jung Thapa and Saurav Dhakal have reached Taplejung district in eastern Nepal. In Taplejung they were felicilated by Mr.Dev Raj Dhakal (CDO), Mr. Prem Kumar Khadka (LDO), Mr. Bhuwan Devkota ( Major General, Nepal Army), Hemant Upreti ( Nepal Airlines, Station Manager), Leela Bokhim ( NGO Federation Nepal) and Mr. Harish Chandra Chilwal ( GHTDP District Coordinator). During the programme, Mr.Chilwal also gave a presentation on GHTDP-SNV activities in Taplejung.]]></description>
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		<title>The GHT on German Television</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5668/the-ght-on-german-television/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5668/the-ght-on-german-television/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Himalaya Trail will be featured by Germany TV channel ARD in their travel programme &#8220;ARD Ratgeber Reise&#8221; this Sunday, 15 January 2012. Everybody in Germany, please make sure to turn on your TV at 4:30 pm CET. http://www.daserste.de/ratgeber/reise_default.asp Der Great Himalaya Trail im deutschen FernsehenDie ARD zeigt am Sonntag, 15. Januar in der Sendung &#8220;ARD Ratgeber Reise&#8221; einen Beitrag zum Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal. Zuschauer sollten um 16:30 Uhr einschalten. http://www.daserste.de/ratgeber/reise_default.asp]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Himalaya Trail on CMT tourism fair in Stuttgart Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5659/the-great-himalaya-trail-on-cmt-tourism-fair-in-stuttgart-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal will be presenting the Great Himalaya Trail on Caravan, Motor &#38; Tourism fair CMT starting tomorrow, 14 January 2012 in Stuttgart Germany. Interested visitors of the fair can get more information on the GHT at Nepal&#8217;s stand in Hall 4, No. B13. www.messe-stuttgart.de/cmt]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Smart Celebrity Trek launched by the President of Nepal</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5642/climate-smart-celebrity-trek-launched-by-the-president-of-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His Excellency, Rt. Honorable Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, President, of The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal flagged off Apa Sherpa, 21times Mt. Everest Summiter and his team members Dawa Steven Sherpa, Saurav Dhakal and Samir Jung Thapa who will be walking on 1,700 km and 120 days long The Great Himalaya Trail- Climate Smart Celebrity Trek (GHT-CSCT) today at his office in Sheetal Niwas. His Excellency handed over the national flag to Apa Sherpa and his team which they will carry on their historic trek that begins from Taplejung in Eastern Nepal and ends in Darchula in the Far West. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the shadow of Everest, promoters tout Great Himalaya Trail as adventurers&#8217; option</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5623/in-the-shadow-of-everest-promoters-tout-great-himalaya-trail-as-adventurers-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world&#8217;s highest mountain. Trekking this trail is an odyssey, not a routine vacation, and even promoters admit that it&#8217;s more a theory or consumer product for an untested market than a continuous path. Instead, it&#8217;s a web of paths, many unmapped and barely connecting, that meander east to west along the Himalayan range. Granted, the Great Himalaya Trail lacks the history and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Request for Proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5611/request-for-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a leading international organization that specialises in capacity development support to government, non-government and private sector organisations. SNV is committed to reduction of poverty that is consistent with nationally defined poverty reduction strategies and the global MDG agenda. In Asia, SNV is active in Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan and provides advisory services in Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism sectors as well as in Water, Sanitation &#38; Hygiene and Renewable Energy sectors. The “Great Himalaya Trail” (GHT) is a network of existing paths and trade routes spanning the length of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unleashing Kangchenjunga</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5576/unleashing-kangchenjunga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRISTINE REGION OFFERS NEW HOPE TO REVIVE TREKKING IN 2012 ANURAG ACHARYA in TAPLEJUNG Kangchenjunga, the third highest point in the world, is more a mountain range than a peak. Straddling Sikkim and Nepal, Kangchenjunga is a 25km long ridge above 8,000m and it looks like a slice of the planet has broken off to pierce the stratosphere. The mountain dominates the northern horizon, most famously from Darjeeling, and the best access is from Sikkim. However, it is from the western side in Nepal that the approach to the mountain offers the most adventurous wilderness treks. The narrow, sparsely populated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apa Sherpa on 1700 kilometers of the Great Himalaya Trail in 120 days</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5565/apa-sherpa-on-1700-kilometers-of-the-great-himalaya-trail-in-120-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<title>Locals in Humla receive Basic Tourism Training &#8211; A case study</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5489/case-study-locals-in-humla-receive-basic-tourism-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5489/case-study-locals-in-humla-receive-basic-tourism-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme (GHTDP) along with District Development Committee, Tourism Development Committee (Govt) and Nepal Trust and local NGOs provides skills training to local communities in Humla. With an aim to educate and empower the people of Humla, the specially designed Basic Tourism Training package has trained more than 40 locals in its first phase. After receiving the basic tourism training, locals were then enrolled in MSME (Medium and Small Micro Enterprise) training. During these trainings beneficiaries acquire skills on accommodation and lodge management, book-keeping, cooking, as well as becoming porters and guides. Tucked in between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHT Marketing Strategy Launched</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5314/ght-marketing-strategy-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27 Sep 2011, the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA), Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Trekking Agencies’ Association Nepal (TAAN) organized an event at the Nepal Tourism Board premises. On the occasion, TAAN officially unveiled five new trekking trails  from the Lower Solukhumbu region in Eastern Nepal. The event also highlighted the endorsement of the newly drafted Marketing Strategy for the Great Himalaya Trail Development Program (GHTDP). The strategy was developed in consultations with MoTCA, TAAN, NTB and the private sector after comprehensive research into the tourism practices and trends in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Himalaya Trail Marketing Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5127/the-great-himalaya-trail-marketing-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get more people enthusiastic to walk The Great Himalaya Trail or parts of it, a top of the bill marketing strategy has been developed.  The strategy has been launched on 27 September,  World Tourism Day by GHTDP&#8217;s implementing partners MoTCA, TAAN and NTB at NTB head office in Kathmandu. A summary of the strategy has been published, which you can download using the following link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18342967/Marketing%20Strategy%20Summary.pdf Shortly we will also upload the full version of the marketing strategy on this website. Please send a mail to marketing@thegreathimalayatrail.org if you want to receive a copy of the publication or if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work on the GHT Development Project</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5042/work-on-the-ght-development-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following positions are available within the Great Himalaya Trail Development Project. Apply quickly! ]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Himalaya Trail in China Daily</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/5022/the-great-himalaya-trail-in-china-daily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Daily just did a nice feature on the Great Himalaya Trail. Nice because it was done with little text, a five minute videos and a slideshow with some beautiful pictures. The mountains of Nepal and it's people are famously photogenic so this is arguably the best way to capture the essence of the trail and trekking in Nepal. ]]></description>
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		<title>Full GHT route walked first time in one season</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/4966/full-ght-route-walked-first-time-in-one-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 14th of this year, the first commercial Great Himalaya Trail expedition left a rainy Kathmandu heading east to Taplejung to start walking the full length of the GHT. The good news is that they have completed their expedition successfully having reached Hilsa on the 16th of July 2011. It&#8217;s a great achievement. While it was misty approaching the border with Tibet and it was hard to see the view. Toni recounts on their blog that: &#8220;&#8230; on the descent the clouds lifted to reveal a stunning landscape of orange hued sandstone slopes weather, beaten into exquisite shapes – it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHTDP launches in Solukhumbu district</title>
		<link>http://www.thegreathimalayatrail.org/4830/ghtdp-launches-in-solukhumbu-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salleri, Solukhumbu- The Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme (GHTDP) was launched in the Solukhumbu district on the occasion of Everest Day and Solukhumbu Tourism Festival 2011 organised by Friendship Youth Club in association with District Development Committee and Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). ]]></description>
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