Himalayas in Nepal

If you have been lucky enough to touch the sky from the mountain crests, the passes, or the terraced valleys of Nepal's tectonically uplifted spine, you know that it is the snows that truly rule. Running the full length of the country, the great snow-capped windswept Nepalese Himalaya is an awe-inspiring natural spectacle.
Fully one third of the Himalaya is contained within Nepal's borders, as are the summits of eight of the world's 14 highest mountains (those over 8000 meters). Fortunately, some of the most spectacular countryside in and around this monolithic range is open to determined trekkers. From the deepest clear-blue waters of Rara Lake in the west to the high valleys around Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Everest in the center and Kanchenjunga in the east, centuries-old heel-worn furrows crisscross the ceilingless expanse and lead to gorgeous barren landscapes, remote villages, ancient traditions, and much, much more.

Where to go in Arkansas

Arkansas state has over 250 hiking trails totaling over 1,500 miles. And some of the best ones are in the Ouachita National Forest. More than 600 miles of trails are available. Trails vary in difficulty from primitive in wilderness areas to paved, interpretive trails. The forest has an active trail construction program: New trails are being blazed and old ones upgraded. Typical for national forests, most trails are mixed use, meaning they are shared among mountain bikers, horseback riders, and hikers.
The long and rugged Ouachita National Recreation Trail is the king of the forest trails. Stretching for 236 miles across the length of the Ouachita Mountains, the trail crosses the highest mountains, and wildest landscape, in Middle America. To hike the whole thing takes anywhere from three weeks to a month.
None of the other trails of the Ouachita can compare in length. The other long-distance trails range in the 20- to 30-mile range. At 27 miles, the Eagle Rock Loop Trail is the longest loop trail in Arkansas. Take this route, and over a three-day period you'll cross the Little Missouri River nine times and travel over nine mountains.

Be ready for the night

It's your first night on your long-awaited camping trip and you're dog tired. It took all the energy you could muster to pop open that can of beans, fire up your stove, and replenish your aching body with much-needed calories. Gratefully, you crawl into your tent and slide blissfully into your sleeping bag. Rest at last. Hiking over the big pass tomorrow doesn't seem quite so impossible. Until you wake up in the wee hours of the morning, teeth chattering ferociously, and the rest of your body feeling as frozen as a side of beef in a meat locker.
Getting cold in the middle of the night, or so hot and sweaty that you can't sleep, doesn't necessarily mean you didn't buy a good sleeping bag. More likely, you just bought the wrong sleeping bag. Since there are literally hundreds of models of sleeping bags available, perhaps even thousands, this happens more often than you would think.
While it is always important to consider how you plan to use equipment, sleeping bags tend to be more of a general-purpose general purchase. However, if you are planning on serious winter camping (in very cold weather) or mountaineering, you may well want to invest in a winter bag that is rated to twenty or thirty degrees below zero, in addition to a lighter bag for three-season use. Alternatively, some bags offer zip-out linings, so you have a double bag for cold weather, and your choice of the lining or outer bag for warmer conditions.
In general, three-season bags are rated to about 20 degrees above zero, which will work for warm conditions and usually be sufficient for brisk spring and fall nights. However, remember that there is no universal standard for bag rating. Also, people sleep at different temperatures, so while a 20-degree bag might keep your companion warm on a cold night, you might freeze in the same bag.