Tibet, meanwhile, is behaving like a giant roadblock that prevents the Himalaya from moving northward. Under the peaks and under most of Tibet the Indian plate is apparently gliding along almost ...

The Great Himalayan Trail is 1,750km across Nepal and over some of the world's highest trekking passes. Here, we break down ...

On the north side of the Himalaya sits the partially reconstructed Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Rongbuk, once the largest monastic center in the region. Rongbuk is the power place through which ...

From there, we embarked on a slow journey up into the Himalaya. Soon the smooth tarmac roads disappeared, and we needed a 4x4 to navigate the rough tracks that wound their way into the mountains.