Mountainous highs in Nepal: Everest, elephants and our very own goddess

By LIZ HAZELTON Mesmorising: The windtorn peak of Everest (centre) as seen from the comparative comfort of a planeBeyond the window of the tiny turbo propeller plane is the most spectacular mountain I have ever seen. Quilted in snow, it rears in pristine peaks and sheer crevasses to a superlative 8,013m peak.Shishapangma, however, is only the stratospherically cold warm-up act to a heart-stopping