
The Himalaya have challenged and humbled mankind long before mankind challenged the Himalaya. Thanks to the indomitable spirit of earlier mountaineers, the Himalaya today acts both as a spiritual as well as a physical challenge to a fast growing number of explorers and mountaineers. Here, at the roof of the world, you can find various peaks which tower 7,000 meters high, and eight peaks with elevations of over 8,000 meters.