Word: nepal
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...reality, not even journalists are that simple. Karl Taro Greenfeld, TIME Asia's deputy editor, probably thought he had a straightforward, if somewhat unusual, profiling assignment facing him when he touched down in Kathmandu, Nepal, two Fridays ago. He was there to write this week's cover story, the heroic tale of Erik Weihenmayer, a blind man who had scaled Mount Everest. But in the wee hours of Saturday morning, Greenfeld was roused in order to track down a different beast altogether--the story behind the assassinations of the King, Queen and much of the royal family of Nepal...
...Nepalese, this was bigger than President Kennedy's shooting was for the U.S.," says Greenfeld, who moved to Hong Kong from TIME's headquarters in New York City last summer. "It's as if the entire Kennedy family were murdered--by a Kennedy." Greenfeld and TIME's Nepal stringer, Dhruba Adhikary, spent many hours driving to the homes of Nepalese government and army officials, gathering leads, names and numbers. Greenfeld turned in the story in time to make last week's issue--and beat the competition handily...
...Elton John of Myanmar b) newly crowned King Gyanendra of Nepal c) O.K. on turf, but really a mudder d) a big fan of the phrase "accidents will happen" e) praying that this photo won't get picked up globally...
Getting to Tibet can be a chore. Even mentioning the name of such a sensitive region on a Chinese visa application will mean instant rejection. Also, Tibet can only be entered from Nepal (by road) or from Golmud (road) and Chengdu (air). In addition, all visitors must be registered as part of an organized tour and take official guides almost anywhere outside Lhasa. A package is the simplest way to handle the bureaucracy, but far cheaper is a three-day trip bought in China or Nepal after which sightseers can go off on their own as long as they take...
...With a 10,000-ft. vertical fall into Tibet on one side and a 7,000-ft. fall into Nepal on the other, the South Summit, at 28,750 ft., is where many climbers finally turn back. The 656-ft.-long knife-edge ridge leading to the Hillary Step consists of ice, snow and fragmented shale, and the only way to cross it is to take baby steps and anchor your way with an ice ax. "You can feel the rock chip off," says Erik. "And you can hear it falling down into the void...