Bring Back The Smile To Nepal

Anna Gurung, founder of the Perthshire charity Bring Back The Smile To Nepal, may still be celebrating an invitation to The Queen’s Royal Garden Party, but she still found time to undertake a fundraising 165ft abseil from the Forth Rail Bridge on Sunday. The abseil, from the iconic rail bridge in Edinburgh, saw Anna take the 165ft leap to the rocks below.

“It was actually more terrifying than the parachute jump I did last year! Climbing over the barrier, to begin with, is the scariest thing I’ve ever done.”, said Anna, “However, it was really worth it. We raised £1,161 towards our current project in Nepal, to completely rebuild the entire village of Archanbas. We had only set a target of £500, so to raise this much is fantastic!”

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(ROCK CLIMBING) The Nepal Diaries With Emily Harrington and Matt Segal Part Two

Follow Evolve Athletes Emily Harrington and Matt Segal on a cragging adventure in the Khumbu region of the legendary Himalayas. In Part one Emily and Matt make the epic journey to the opposite side of the earth, and begin to develop a virgin crag for the Khumbu Climbing School. In this Episode The crag is finished and the Students get their first taste of technical rock climbing.

Rock Climbing in Nepal

Rock climbing is an activity in which you will climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route.

Rock climbing is generally differentiated by its need for the use of the climber's hands to hold his or her own weight in order to make balance. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with his or her mental control.     MORE ABOUT ROCK CLIMBING IN NEPAL