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Ultimate Destination: Nepal!

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  Purpose To introduce Ultimate Frisbee (UF) in Nepal as a competitive sport, offering recreational opportunities to Nepali youth as well as to tourists. Rationale Frisbee is highly appropriate to a developing country like Nepal. It requires minimal equipment and participants can train in any open space. As a competitive sport, it is safe and accessible to all genders, and can be practiced even in a wheelchair. In addition to providing opportunities for exercise and for development of physical skills and coordination in general, UF encourages cooperation, sportsmanship, discipline, and a wide range of values that are useful in any society. As a sport that is familiar to many international travelers, it also provides an opportunity for engagement between visitors and host communities. By hosting international competitions, Nepal will be able to promote tourism and general interest in environmental stewardship. Current Situation in Nepal A few tourists have brought frisbees into Nepal an

Nepal Tourism: a Legacy of Reimagination

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by Seth Sicroff, CEO of Mountain Legacy International Speech given at " Reimagine Yourself  ... in Nepal " event  organized by Mr. Bishnu Prasad Gautam, Consul General ofNepal ,  in New York in Manhattan on March 30, 2023 There are many beautiful countries. There are many countries with fascinating cultures. There are many inexpensive destinations. But Nepal has another asset of unparalleled value. It has stories, engaging stories, stories that are told around the world and draw people to visit and participate in a way that doesn’t happen elsewhere.  Eric Shipton's famous yeti footprint photo (from Wikipedia)  In 1951 Eric Shipton brought back the first convincing photographs of yeti footprints in the snow on Menlungtse Glacier, on the north face of Rolwaling Valley. Whether fact or fiction, the numerous reports of yeti, or abominable snowmen, enhanced the charisma of Nepal as a land of mystery and possibility, and drew quite a few… including myself. Snow Leopard (from Wi