fact
Norway hires sherpas from Nepal to build paths in the Norwegian mountains. They have completed over 300 projects, and their pay for one summer, equals 30 years of work in Nepal.
The post Norway hires sherpas from Nepal… appeared first on Crazy Facts.
Norway hires sherpas from Nepal to build paths in the Norwegian mountains. They have completed over 300 projects, and their pay for one summer, equals 30 years of work in Nepal.
The post Norway hires sherpas from Nepal… appeared first on Crazy Facts.
Adolf Hitler gifted King Truibhuvan of Nepal with this 1938 model Mercedes Benz, which was the first car ever seen in Nepal. It was carried to the capital by men as in 1940s there were no roads in the city.
The post Nepali men carrying car to Kathmandu appeared first on Crazy Facts.
On a trip to Nepal, Apollo astronaut Stu Roosa met Nepalese who believe the spirits of their dead reside on the Moon. Roosa could not understand why a few of the local citizens treated him like a god, nor why they were distressed when he told them he saw no one else on the Moon.
That’s gotta be humiliating!
China recently had to tell tourists that their Mount Everest base camp is closed… because it is too full of trash.
Photo Credit: Twitter/PretoriaRecord
According to Xinhua Net, that not only are tourists prevented from entering the zone, but climbing permits will be limited to only 300 per year. That’s a third fewer than normal.
So, is this China’s fault?
Nope.
This has been a problem that has been happening for YEARS.
According to South China Morning Post, Nepal has implemented a $4,000 trash deposit cost per team due to all the trash that climbers leave behind.
Only problem with that are climbers are usually rich, so they don’t care about the deposit. Only half the climbers in recent years have been bringing down the required amount of garbage.
And that doesn’t even take into account the fecal matter. Because, yes, people go to the bathroom on the mountain. 12,000 lbs. worth every year.
Here’s hoping that China can figure out how to get their camp clean, and then help work on the rest of this mess.
Yuck.
The post China Had to Close their Everest Base Camp Because It’s Basically Just a Pile of Garbage appeared first on UberFacts.
The flag of Nepal is so complicated that there is a 24-step instruction how to draw it in the constitution of Nepal.
Chaupadi is a traditional Hindu practice that banishes menstruating women — considered unclean — from the rest of the house. Nepali women are not allowed to touch kitchen utensils, share the same water source, go to school, or sleep inside the home during their periods. Instead, they sleep in huts, animal sheds, caves or even in the open.
