At 8,611 meters, Qogir Feng—better known globally by its mountaineering codename, K2—stands as the world’s second-highest peak and the crowning jewel of the Karakoram Range. Widely regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all eight-thousanders. Rising dramatically in the heart of the Karakoram Range, K2 is famed for its extreme steepness, unpredictable weather, and...Read More

Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, rises to 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) above sea level, as officially confirmed by a joint Nepal–China survey in 2020. Far more than a mountaineering icon, Everest is a place where geology, spirituality, climate science, geopolitics, and tourism intersect, making it one of the most studied and symbolic mountains...Read More

The Butter Lamp Festival, known in Tibetan as Ganden Ngachoe (དགའ་ལྡན་ལྔ་མཆོད།). It is one of the most important annual commemorative religious rites of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The name “Ganden Ngachoe” translates to “Five Offerings of Ganden.” Held on the 25th day of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar, this festival centers...Read More