Alibaba, Prince Alwaleed Go In On Snapchat’s $500M RoundMost of us will never travel to the Khumbu region of Nepal, which is home to Mount Everest, but thanks to Google’s Street View, you can now get a better idea of what this part of the world looks like (and some Far Cry 4 players will find it looks quite familiar to them).
Street View is probably the wrong name for Google’s latest effort here. It’s more like “Trail” View. Google partnered with Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more than anybody else (21 times!). Together with his Apa Sherpa Foundation and the Nepalese nonprofit Story Cycle, Google mapped and photographed the region on a 10-day expedition. In the process, Google created these new Street View images and improved its maps in the region.
The closest to Mount Everest you will get on this virtual trek is Gorak Shep, but the team also gathered some indoor imagery from the Everest Summiteer Lodge, which was built by Apa Sherpa in 1996. Other interesting sights include a number of other lodges, monasteries, schools and, as Google points out, the occasional yak. Thankfully, you can wander along the virtual trails without worrying about getting attacked by eagles.
Hillary Bridge Everest Summiteer Lodge Trail to Everest Base Camp Yak caravan Yak Parking Lot Thame Dechen Chokhorling Monastery Shree Thame Lower Secondary School Sherpa Culture Museum Phortse Thakiri Chholing Gomba Phortse Village Pure Vision Sorig Healing Center Northern loop trail Namche Bazaar Mt. Everest Documentation Center Khumbu Climbing Center Kemgon Gompa.
Street View is probably the wrong name for Google’s latest effort here. It’s more like “Trail” View. Google partnered with Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more than anybody else (21 times!). Together with his Apa Sherpa Foundation and the Nepalese nonprofit Story Cycle, Google mapped and photographed the region on a 10-day expedition. In the process, Google created these new Street View images and improved its maps in the region.
The closest to Mount Everest you will get on this virtual trek is Gorak Shep, but the team also gathered some indoor imagery from the Everest Summiteer Lodge, which was built by Apa Sherpa in 1996. Other interesting sights include a number of other lodges, monasteries, schools and, as Google points out, the occasional yak. Thankfully, you can wander along the virtual trails without worrying about getting attacked by eagles.
Hillary Bridge 
Everest Summiteer Lodge 
Trail to Everest Base Camp 
Yak caravan 
Yak Parking Lot 
Thame Dechen Chokhorling Monastery 
Shree Thame Lower Secondary School 
Sherpa Culture Museum 
Phortse Thakiri Chholing Gomba 
Phortse Village 
Pure Vision Sorig Healing Center 
Northern loop trail 
Namche Bazaar 
Mt. Everest Documentation Center 
Khumbu Climbing Center 
Kemgon Gompa.