Nepal has eight of the fourteen mountains, above eight thousand meters located in the country, or at the border of China and India. This is one of the reasons, why it is famous for mountaineering, hiking and trekking. Because of their heights and the adventure they offer to the climbers, Nepal’s mountains are some of the most climbed ones in the world. The highest peaks in Nepal, ranging from the highest in the world to the tenth highest are: Mount Everest or Sagarmatha, Kanchanjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Annapurna. Apart from these, there are more than twenty other mountains that are climbed and trekked in Nepal. There is one mountain that has not been climbed in this country; it is the Machapuchre, also called the “virgin mountain”, which was restricted by the government from being climbed, due to the religious values it represents for the people. Not long ago, Sagrmatha was left alone, as it is called the Chomolongma or Mother Goddess, by the Sherpas. With the first expedition of George Everest up this mountain, the Sherpas were forced to act as the guides up the harsh mountain, which for centuries had been untouched. Nonetheless, today, they have benefited from this pride of a mountain and are grateful to Mother Nature.
Among, the number of mountains that Nepal houses, Annapurna is a series of mountains that has six major peaks, including Annapurna I, which is the tenth highest peak in the world. Its height is eight thousand and ninety one meters, making it the lowest of the eight thousand meter peaks of Nepal. Annapurna I is also the first mountain peak to be climbed, above eight thousand meters in 1950. Annapurna has an interesting name history, the name means “abundant of food, “if translated directly. However, Annapurna is an avatar of Goddess Durga, and has been called the Goddess of fertility and agriculture. It is felt that the goddess mountain has kept up her name, by blessing the villages that lie on the borders of Annapurna with abundant food and people. Not only is Annapurna religiously significant, but also ecologically, as she houses endangered flora and fauna of the world, including the Snow leopard and the blue sheep. Because of the abundance of natural beauty, ecological significance, and resources in the area, Annapurna has been incorporated in the Annapurna Conservation Area. It is also well known that Annapurna sees significant number of tourists, both domestic and foreign trekking up and down the route. Similarly, Annapurna I gets many climbers from all over the world; however, it is a hard mountain to trek, because of the occasional avalanches, many climbers have been killed, or have disappeared into the depths of Annapurna.
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