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National Geographic : 1982 Jun
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NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC ARTDIVISION S ECAUSE IT'S THERE"-to L borrow mountaineering's most quoted phrase-Everest, the world's highest mountain, has transformed Nepal's Khumbu district into a shrine. After the kingdom opened the region in 1950, first came the climbers, walking 175 miles from Kathmandu. Then, aided by two airstrips, came the trekkers-now more than 5,000 a year, or twice the local Sherpa population. At the author's behest, New Zealand and a number of world conservation groups volunteered funds and staff for a national park to halt environmental decline. Last year Nepal assumed operation of the 480-square-mile park. 699
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