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Kathmandu and Beyond

Grayson Schaffer's reporting on the 2012 climbing season from the slopes of Mount Everest. Here is his gallery of travel photos as he moves from Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Himalayan town of Lukla.

The 10 Best Bike-Race Parties

It's no secret that cyclists like to knock back the occasional brew, which is why we decided to put together a list of the best places to catch some high-level racing and have a good time.

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"After the riots, I get tea for 40 cents a mug in Old Sanaa. Mocha is a town in Yemen, but that doesn't mean the coffee here is any good."

"SAND STORM," By Patrick Symmes

Martin Schoeller

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Everest: The Veteran Sherpas

Exposure 06.26.03

ANG NORBU SHERPA, 70, holds his Himalayan Club recommendation book open to the page devoted to his first Everest expedition as a climbing Sherpa, an unsuccessful Swiss attempt in the spring of 1952. He lost seven fingers to frostbite on his final mountaineering trip, a 1971 Japanese attempt on 24, 455-foot Gangapurna.

Patrick Symmes

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Burma Travel

Exposure 07.08.08

The author after Burmese boys gently daubed him with clay during Thyingan, a chaotic water festival.

By Paolo Marchesi

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Bolivia Confluence Hunting

Exposure 12.09.11

The confluence crew stops in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia's high salt flats.

Jody MacDonald of Offshore Odysseys

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Paragliding in the Himalayas

Exposure 12.09.11

The local launch site.

Tim Neville

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Skiing Chamonix

Exposure 12.14.08

Michael, Nina, Birken and Anders Silitch sit in front of their chalet on the edge of Chamonix. The family lives surrounded by guides who work for the Company.

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