Nepal’s Dolma Ri, One of the World’s Best Hiking Summits

National Geographic, the world-renown magazine for geography, cartography and exploration, has come out with “World’s Best Hikes: Summit Hikes”. The list includes 10 of their “favorite peaks based on both the walk up and the larger history of the place”. And one of the peaks is Dolma Ri which is best for aspiring Himalayan mountaineers. Standing at 5,806 meters (19,049 feet), it is the highest among those listed.

Doug Schnitzspahn writes about Dolma Ri,”There’s no such thing as an easy summit in the Himalaya, but Dolma Ri, also known as Pokalde Peak, is as close as you can get to a casual summit in Nepal. Rising above 5,800 meters, it’s certainly an imposing summit, though not nearly as oxygen deprived as more famous peaks in the region, including Ama Dablam, Pumori, Makalu, and, of course, Mount Everest itself, which lies more than seven miles south. That means this is a summit that most people can safely attain without the cost and danger of taking on an 8,000-meter peak.”

He stresses Nepal’s need for adventure travelers and other tourists,”Despite the damage that the earthquakes of 2015 caused to the country of Nepal and high-mountain villages here, the people want and need hikers, climbers, and other tourists to return—plus, most of the trekking routes and tourism infrastructure were undamaged by the quakes. Since the economy here relies on tourism and climbing, coming to Nepal to trek and climb will help expedite the long task of rebuilding from the rubble.”

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