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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT MAN-MADE CAVES IN HIMALAYAS - THOUSANDS OF THEM - WHO MADE THEM AND WHY?

There are still mysteries to solve and explore, the stuff of exciting adventure novels. 
 
Hidden within the Himalayas Mountains there are thousands of caves carved 155 feet off the ground.  The area used to be the Kingdom of Mustang in Nepal. 
 
They have been either dug into the cliffside or tunnelled from above.  And they are thousands of years old.  
 
How did the builders get up there?  Even today the climb is extremely hazardous.

A climber said: 'This was real exploration. It's dangerous, it's loose rock and it's scary. Everything is loose, everything around you feels like it's crumbling. You feel like when you're climbing everything is going to collapse.'

Here are some pictures to give you a sense of the huge size of these mountains, and their rugged, mysterious beauty. 


Dangerous: Climber Cedar Wright explores the series of caves near the village of Tsele

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Adventure: Climbers and scientists follow a trail above the Kali Gandaki River

 
Mystery: Thousands of man-made caves 155ft from the ground lie hidden within the Himilayas in a gorge so large it dwarfs the Grand Canyon

man-made caves

See pictures and read further here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2403094/Mystery-ancient-caves-Nepal.html

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