Not so much an ‘adventure with purpose’ as a ‘set of adventures with a common purpose’ this month. Everyone has heard of the Annapurna trail, Mount Everest and other Himalayan hotspots, which draw thousands of trekkers and mountaineers to Nepal every year. Well, now there is a new trail in development which is likely to go straight to the top of many an adventurers to do list, and the people behind it hope it will to spread the benefits of trekking tourism to little visited regions of the Himalayas.  

The Great Himalaya trail, a feature of Nepal Tourism Year 2011, is set to be the longest and highest alpine walking tracks in the world. Winding it’s way through 4500kms of the world’s highest peaks and most remote communities, it links five Asian countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan. We catch up with some of the trail blazers behind early expeditions to find out more about what’s going on.

Robin Boustead on researching the trail.

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