Resources General

online

• www.nepalnews.com
  News from Nepal
  
• www.project-himalaya.com
  Lots of free information and pictures about Nepal, Ladakh, Tibet and 8'000 meter expeditions. They also offer treks.
  
• Insightful reports from the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, highly recommended to those who are interested in political and social development.
  http://www.nepaldemocracy.org/index.htm
   
• Nepal-Dia
  Nice pictures, some from space
  
  

Wildlife

• BirdlifeNepal
  Interesting site about wildlife.
  
• http://www.snowleopardconservancy.org/
  The Snow Leopard Conservancy is dedicated to demonstrating innovative grassroots measures that lead local people to become effective stewards of endangered snow leopards, their prey and habitat.
  
• Snow leopard movies for download
  http://www.snowleopard.org/
  
  
• http://www.snowleopard.org
  More information about the endagered snow leopard.
  
• Various information about Nepal
  
• Himalayas - Where Earth meets Sky
  Nice collection of various information.
  

Climbing

• Comparison of dangerous' peaks, and interesting statistics
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Resources Ladakh

online

• General introduction, nice
• Great real stories from Lobsang
  
• Ladakh - Helping a culture choose its future
  An interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge, quite old but still very insightful.
  
• Jamyang
  Jamyang Foundation is an innovative education project for Himalayan women. It aims to help women pursue learning that is harmonious with their personal interests and unique Buddhist cultural background.
  
• Information Pangong Tso
• Information Nubra Valley
• Joel Schoene's travelogue: Tso Moriri
• Travelogue Ladakh & Zanskar
• Case Study Agriculture in Ladakh
• School project in Stongde
• Russ Taylor's Photo Journal. Fine pictures from all over Ladakh.
  http://www.nomadruss.com/gallery/album15
  

onpaper

• Servant of Sahibs, by Rassul Galwan, The Long Riders' Guild Press, ISBN 1-59048-090-2
• Trekking in Ladakh, by Charlie Loram, Trailblazer, ISBN 1 873756 30 5

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Resources Manaslu

online

• Diary with some pictures

on paper

• Himalayan Pilgrimage, David Snellgrove, ISBN 0-87773-720-7
• Nepal Himalaya, H.W. Tilman, ISBN 81-7303-107-X
  hard to find at home, but available in Kathmandu
• Manaslu - A Trekker's Guide, Kev Reynold, ISBN 81-7303-120-7
• The Trekking Peaks of Nepal, Bill O'Connor, ISBN  0898866766.
  If you consider climbing a Trekking Peak, get it.
  Supposedly it is not without mistakes - so don't depend entirely on it!

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Resources Mustang

online

• Travel report with some pictures
  
• Stevenson
  Some really nice pictures
  
• More pictures
  
• Dave on Trek
  Stunning pictures
  
• Paintings of Mustang - by Robert Powell 
  http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/mustang/index.html
  

onpaper

• Mustang, a Lost Tibetan Kingdom, M. Peissel, ISBN 81-7303-002-2
• Mustang, tibetisches Königreich im hohen Norden Nepals, M. Henss, ISBN 3-9802975-1-9
• Himalayan Pilgrimage, D. Snellgrove, ISBN 0-87773-474-7
• Mustang - Bruno Baumann, ISBN 3-7766-1815-9

more resources

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Resources Tibet

online

• Office of Tibet
• TibetNet
• Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
• tibetfocus
• Voice of Tibet - Radio Broadcasts
• World Tibet Network News

onpaper

• too many to mention

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Resources Kangchenjunga

on the web

• Dave on Trek
  Stunning pictures and a nice diary.
  
• http://www.kangchenjunga.org/
  NGO with various projects in the area.
    
• http://www.caingram.freeserve.co.uk/Articles/kangchenjunga.htm
  Some pictures and a short text.
    
• Russians climbing Jannu north face
  Insane: Just a look at the attempted route makes you shiver: 3 km of vertical rock face at 7'000 meters. Great pictures and interesting text.
  
• Jannu North Travelogue
  A nice diary from one of the Russian climbers.
  
• http://classic.mountainzone.com/climbing/99/kangchenjunga/
  An interesting short article on climbing.
      
• Himalayan Journeys
  J.D. Hooker was a British botanist and the first Westerner to explore the area. His book is available online.
    
• http://www.bergdias.de/neka/neka.htm
  Some nice slides from Kangbachen and Lhonak
    

on paper

• The Kangchenjunga Adventure, by F.S. Smythe
  A hero of early mountaineering describes one of the early expeditions. Excellent. ISBN 81-7769-005-1 Hard to find, but available in Kathmandu.
  
• Round Kangchenjunga, by Doug Freshfield . ISBN ???
  Adventures from 1899, well written and still valid. Available in Kathmandu.
  
• Himalayan Journeys
  J.D. Hooker was a British botanist and the first Westerner to explore the area. His book is available online, including illustrations instead of pictures. Highly interesting because it covers Olungchungkola and Yangma and the passes to the north. Little seems to have changed in the last 150 years.
   

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Resources Zanskar

online

• Collection of Links
  http://www.zanskar.org/zanskar.html
  
• Field notes on a snow leopard expedition
  

onpaper

• Zanskar - Ein Königreich auf dem Dach der Welt, by M. Peissel, Econ Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3 430 17420 1
• Zanskar - The Hidden Kingdom, Collins and Harvill Press
• Zanskar im Himalaya, by Franz Aberham & Carl-Heinz Hoffmann, Living Colours, ISBN 3-9520632-2-3
• Trekking in Ladakh, by Charlie Loram, Trailblazer, ISBN 1 873756 30 5
• Where Heavens and Mountains Meet - Beautiful pictures and text by someone who has lived in area

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