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Polo-playing elephants in Nepal

The World Elephant Polo Tournament, Nepal

Known as the “sport of kings", polo also becomes the sport of giants during the World Elephant Polo Tournament, held every November in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park.
Read more… 13 November 2012

Long-distance swimming in Nepal’s glacial mountain lakes

swim across a glacial lake on Mount Everest

Following in the footsteps of British explorer Lewis Gordon Pugh who completed a 1km swim on Mount Everest and set the record for the world’s highest altitude swim.
Read more… 19 January 2012

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