Guidebook For Himalayan Trekkers, Series - 2
Ecotrekking in the Everest Region, Eastern Nepal (Geology and Environment along the Lukla-Everest Base Camp and Namche-Gokyo Routes)
Edited by M. Yoshida, B.N. Upreti and S.M. Rai
The Himalaya is the highest, youngest and most active mountains on the Earth. It is an ideal natural laboratory that provides a unique opportunity to study the nature of our Mother Earth. A handy and beautiful Himalayan guidebook was published from the Department of Geology, Trichandra Campus, Tribhuvan University of Nepal. The guidebook is formed through extensive literature studies of the Everest Region and whole Himalaya, along with several expeditions of field survey in the region by Department staff that amounted about 200 maydays’ work. Contributors included 10 staff of the Department, including the emeritus Prof. M. Yoshida. The book forms the special publication No. 3 of the Department.
The Bhotekoshi River cuts through the Khumbu Himalayan mountains in the north-south direction. It originates from the world-highest Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha). The guidebook covers about a 100 km section from Mt. Everest in the north to Khari Khola/Jubhin in the south. Geologically the section covers the Tethys Zone in the north, the Higher Himalayan Zone in the middle, and the Lesser Himalayan Zone in the south, among which the middle zone occupies the widest section. As one treks from north to south, an amazing change of beautiful mountain scenery, as well as geology, topography, climate and vegetation can be clearly noticed. The trekking along the valley provides an exciting opportunity to experience the essence of the natural beauty, fascinating geology and geography. The cover of the guidebook shows beautiful geology and topography of the Tethys Himalaya and the back cover shows the model trekking route of 6-7 days along the Kaligandaki valley. This map also appears in the beginning of the book associated with the model itinerary, that well encourage people to go the trekking on this route.
All the guidebook style, composition, quality etc followed that of the guidebook series No 1, Geology and Natural Hazards along the Kaligandaki Valley, Central Nepal. The guidebook is composed of three parts, the introductory two chapters, the field guide six chapters, and appendixes. The first quarter of the book including the introductory chapters deals with the general introduction of nature, particularly of earth science and environment of the whole Himalayan range and then of the Everest region. Here several important maps along with precise reference lists are given with detailed explanations, so that people can get a recent understanding of the Himalayan geology.
The following major part of the book composed of the field observations gives general physiographic and geologic characters of all six courses in the region, followed by detailed explanation of 99 observation stops with 4100 photos and figures including 20 maps. Detailed topographic maps of about 1:50000 scales along the entire trekking route are also provided. Beautiful field photos often with explanatory delineation over the photos or isolated sketches facilitate readers to easy understanding.
The last appendixes part includes glossary, geological time scale and index. The glossary is very effective for the trekkers without special knowledge on geoscience to be able to read the guidebook with better understanding. As a whole the guidebook is well written with a good scientific value, and is also meticulously organized for easy reading. It will surely be a valuable guidebook for trekkers as well as geologists and engineers who are interested in learning the nature, specifically geology, natural hazards and vegetation in the Himalaya and the Everest region.
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