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Hiking matters #296: Stok Kangri (6153m) Day 1: From Spituk to Zingchan

October 11, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment 6000s, india, International climbs, stok kangri

After climbing the 5,895-meter Mt. Kilimanjaro last December, I was thrilled with the possibility of pursuing a 6000-meter peak. In

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Hiking matters #300: Successful ascent of Stok Kangri (6153m) in Ladakh, Indian Himalayas

September 29, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 2 Comments 6000s, himalayas, india, International climbs, ladakh, leh, stok kangri

LEH, INDIA – I am pleased to announce the success of our hike up Stok Kangri, 6153 MASL, on our

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Hiking matters #295: Otherworldly Pangong Lake (4249m), at the heart of the Ladakh Himalayas, at the border between India and Tibet

September 22, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment india, International climbs, ladakh, leh, pangong lake

LEH, INDIA – I love high places, which usually happen to be mountains, but there are also lakes perched in

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Hiking matters #293: Trekking up Shanti Stupa in Leh, Ladakh, India

September 20, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment himalayas, india, International climbs, leh

Early morning today, we trekked up Shanti Stupa, a Tibetean Buddhist shrine, 3560 MASL. It’s Day 2 of our acclimatization

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Hiking matters #292: Now in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, India – at the Indian Himalayas

September 19, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 2 Comments himalayas, india, International climbs, ladakh, leh, stok kangri

LEH, LADAKH, INDIA – We are now in the Indian Himalayas, in the town of Leh, 3452 MASL, 10 C.

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Hiking matters #288: Mt. Shivapuri (शिवपुरी), the highest peak around Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

September 16, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment himalayas, International climbs, kathmandu, nepal, shivapuri

KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Today, our first full day in Nepal, we climbed Mt. Shivapuri (शिवपुरी), the 2,732-meter peak perched at

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Hiking matters #274: Hiking up Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) via the Moon Gate Trail in Penang, Malaysia

June 15, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 3 Comments bukit bendera, International climbs, malaysia, penang hill

GEORGETOWN, MALAYSIA – Yesterday, I did the dayhike up the famous Penang Hill, also known as Bukit Bendera, the highest

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Hiking matters #272: Mystical Mount Misen (弥山) in enchanting Miyajima Island, Japan

June 6, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment International climbs, Japan, misen

On our last day in Japan, we took the Sakura shinkansen from Himeji to Hiroshima in the Chugoku Region in

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Hiking matters #171: Hiking up Mount Takao (高尾山) in Tokyo, Japan with Murakami’s 1Q84

June 6, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment International climbs, Japan, khumbu, takao, toky

TOKYO, JAPAN – After our week-long sojourn to Hokkaido during which we did two very memorable climbs: Asahi-dake and Yotei-zan

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Hiking matters #270: Hiking up Mount Yotei (羊蹄山), the “Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido”

June 4, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment hokkaido, International climbs, Japan, yotei

SAPPORO, JAPAN – As the finale in our six-day Hokkaido trip, we decided to accept the challenge of doing the

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