Useful links to help students to learn about the Himalaya and gain an understanding of social and environmental aspects of life amongst the world’s highest peaks.
EXPLORING NEPAL AND THE HIMALAYAS
LIFE IN THE HIMALAYAS
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- Nepal wildlife: Brown bear and other animals
- Himalayan folk music
- World Ready with Chirring Sherpa in Nepal (made by Kathmandu)
- Evidence of the Yeti – National Geographic
- Tenzing-Hillary (Lukla) Airport – learn about the building of what’s sometimes referred to as the most dangerous airport in the world
AHF
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- Nurses for Nepal video and the accompanying background notes
- Performing Arts – Tibetan Dance of the Snow Lion and Nepalese dancing at Garma Hall
- Report on Disability in Nepal
- Building People’s Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change
Activities
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- Art – make your own prayer flags
- Cooking – Learn how to make momo’s, the popular Nepalese dumpling snack, from children in Nepal.
GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE HIMALAYAS – SHORT VIDEOS
AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAINEERS
Greg Mortimer (AHF Founding Director) and Tim McCartney-Snape – the first Australians to reach the summit of Mt Everest. Also on that Australian expedition were Simon Balderstone, Lincoln Hall and Michael Dillon – founding directors of the Australian Himalayan Foundation
Andrew Lock (AHF Ambassador) – the only Australian, and first person in the British Commonwealth, to summit all of the world’s highest mountains above 8000m
Cheryl Bart (AHF Ambassador) – part of the first Australian mother-daughter team to summit Mt Everest, and first Australian woman to achieve the Explorer’s Grand Slam
Zac Zaharias (AHF ACT Representative) – one of Australia’s most experienced high altitude mountaineers having summited 6 of the 14 “8000ers”, including first Australian ascents of Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri I
Alyssa Azar (AHF Ambassador) – the youngest Australian to summit Mt Everest
Rex Pemberton – youngest Australian male to climb Mt Everest
Brigitte Muir – first Australian woman to summit Mt Everest and the first Australian to climb the Seven Summits
Sue Fear – first Australian-born woman to summit Mt Everest and the second Australian woman overall
Chris Jensen Burke – the first Australasian woman to climb the Seven Summits (Carstensz List), and the first Australasian woman to reach the summits of K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Annapurna and Gasherbrum 1
Steve Plain – achieved the world speed record for the Seven Summits
BOOKS
Sir Edmund Hillary: To Everest and Beyond – Whitney Stewart
Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest – Cynthia Russ Ramsay
View from the Summit; High Adventure; Beyond Everest – Sir Edmund Hillary
Tenzing: Hero of Everest – Ed Douglas
Everest the Hard Way – Sir Chris Bonington
Dead Lucky; Alive in the Death Zone – Lincoln Hall
White Limbo: The first Australian climb of Mt. Everest – Lincoln Hall
Himalayan Hospitals – Mike Gill
The Wind in My Hair – Brigitte Muir
Summit 8000 – Andrew Lock