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June 28, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. The roof of the world. That is where Elaine Christian found herself in the fall of 2019.
Chair of the Jackson-Madison County Library Board of Trustees, Christian took a spiritual journey after the death of her husband.
During her first solo trip, she visited Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet.
Christian says she wanted to share her story while also helping raise money for the Jackson-Madison County Library.
“We love our library. We feel our library is so incredibly important, so anything that we can do to help give back is important,” she said.
She says the trip was more than just a travel experience, it was also a healing journey.
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Apart from their respective workout regimes, the duo intends to go trekking to the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal every year. The first was in 2019, and it was a magical experience to be one with nature
Climbing Mount Annapurna
Nepal has many beautiful places. One of the most extraordinary and beautiful places in the world is the Annapurna Mountain region. Therefore, climbing Mount Annapurna is also a dream of many adventurers. It is situated in western Nepal. The profoundly spiritual land, in between the mountains, does comprise a unique cross-section of human culture and natural habitats. Annapurna Region is blessed with lush vegetation and it a trekking paradise with the hustle and bustle of tourists. The sheer beauty of the mountains adds the heavenly taste to this trip and I am sure that it would surely cast a captivating effect in the memory of the visitors forever and ever.
Blue sheep, ibex, snow leopards â How this Ladakh village stopped hunting and took to tourism
A remote village in Ladakhâs cold Markha Valley was so poor two decades ago that they took to hunting to survive. A sarpanch writes how they stopped.
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I had a fascination with wolves when I was a kid. When I would hear about wolf sightings near my village Sumda Chun â in the Markha region of Ladakh â I would pester my father to take me close to one so that I could get a good look at it. My father would laugh at me affectionately and say that Iâd run away out of fear if a wolf really decided to show up!