Ben Weissenbach News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Ben weissenbach. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Ben Weissenbach Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Will the pandemic crush Nepal's trekking industry?


Will the pandemic crush Nepal’s trekking industry?
With nearly all tourism in the region halted, Sherpa communities here face a precarious future.
Hikers trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The coronavirus has eviscerated Nepal’s tourism economy.Photograph by Kriangkrai Thitimakorn, Getty Images
ByBen Weissenbach
Email
Three vertical miles above the Indian Ocean, eight days by foot from the nearest road, the hamlet of Dzongla sits in a windswept, snow-streaked pass beneath Mount Everest. On either side, Lobuche peak (20,075 feet) and Cholatse (21,128 feet) rise so sheerly that they seem to overhang the cluster of stone-walled and tin-roofed buildings below one of the highest and most remote human settlements on Earth. ....

Mountain Home , United States , Nepal General , Slovak Republic , Czech Republic , Mount Everest , Los Angeles , Mingma Sherpa , Ben Weissenbach , Rita Dorjee , Ondrej Zenik , Jan Cermak , Indian Ocean , Tshering Tenzing , Wang Tshering , Los Angeles Times , Khangri Resort Lodge Restaurant , Sagarmatha National Park , Everest Base Camp , Green Valley Lodge In Dzongla , Washington Post , Hotel Association In Namche Bazaar , Himalayan Lodge In Gorak Shep , Tshering Tenzing Sherpa , Aang Tshering Sherpa , Green Valley Lodge ,

This summer is a good time to visit Alaska. Here's why


Design and illustrations by Jade Cuevas
Good morning, Golden State travelers. Fear is a curious thing and travel often is posited as a way to help people confront their hang-ups and insecurities in a healthy way.
Times contributor Edmund Vallance
recently faced his fear of canyoneering born out of the horrifying incident in “127 Hours” on an adventure in Utah. You’ll read about his empowering experience and more in this edition of Escapes.
Fear can also be a helpful, life-saving friend. A fear of crowds and enclosed spaces is a reasonable, smart reaction to a pandemic that continues to devastate large swaths of the world. ....

New York , United States , Slab City , Salton Sea , San Diego , San Diego County , Borrego Springs , Spencer Glacier , Temecula Valley , Los Angeles , Mendenhall Glacier , Ben Weissenbach , Charles Fleming , Edmund Vallance , Kalee Rittenger , Emerson Smith , Christopher Knight Los Angeles , Joshua Emerson Smith , Jeanette Marantos , Martina Ib , Aaron Ralston , Rachel Schnalzer , Sarah Enelow Snyder , Wikimedia Commons , Jen Ruiz , Cuevas Los Angeles ,

May events: AAPI walks and a hidden L.A. cactus ranch


Did one of Southern California’s most isolated places become even more isolated during the pandemic? You bet. The funky allure of Slab City, which my colleague Priscella Vega calls “the Shangri-La of desert weirdness,” was no match for COVID-19. “The people that come visit me Iceland, Russia, Japan stopped coming,” said Rodney “Spyder” Wild, owner of an RV compound he rents on Airbnb.
The squatter’s paradise, which vaguely feels like a free, year-round Burning Man, is in Imperial County on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea about 50 miles north of the border with Mexico. Locals call it “the last free place in America” where there are no rules, no government, no taxes. ....

Death Valley National Park , United States , Echo Park , Nepal General , Salton Sea , Angeles National Forest , Silver Lake , Anacapa Island , Joshua Tree , Jail Canyon , Crystal Lake , Los Angeles County , Imperial County , Los Angeles , Channel Islands National Park , Tim Fain , Mary Forgione , Ben Weissenbach , Edmund Vallance , Adam Tschorn , David Bernstein , Duke Kahanamoku , Klaus Gerhart , Martina Ib , Gavin Newsom , Aaron Ralston ,