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'My name is Levison Wood.' Whoa!
Woo, that was steep!
In 2014,
I walked the Nile
from its source to the sea.
Yeah!
Now, I'm taking on an even tougher journey.
This is hardcore.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
I'm walking the length...
of the Himalayas.
It's absolutely phenomenal!
My route traces the backbone of a continent.
I'm trekking 1,700 miles,
from Afghanistan in the west,
across soaring passes,
down into lush, tropical foothills.
Past Mount Everest
to end in the mystical kingdom of Bhutan,
where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau.
It's like a party! THEY CHEER
It will take me four million steps to reach my goal.
Which nutcase came up with this idea?
So far, I've walked through five countries...
..and survived a terrifying car crash
to make it to the final leg of my journey.
This is it, the final push.
Now, I'm heading deeper into the wild.
I think this is generally the right direction.
Through lands of mythical beliefs...
Absolutely unreal.
..and untouched peaks...
..where we seek...
That doesn't bode well, does it?
..the blessing of the gods
to reach our journey's end.
I need him more than ever.
He's not in a good way.
I think we should climb up here.
Ready?
I'm on the final leg to walk the Himalayas
with my Nepalese friend and guide, Binod.
Woo!
14 years ago, we vowed to walk these mountains together.
We've covered 800 miles
and are now entering one of Nepal's most isolated regions.
This is pretty much the end of the tourist trail.
This is about as far east as most tourists get to.
Down there,
that's pretty much into the unknown.
Eastern Nepal is a place that hardly anyone goes to
and the route that we're taking
is straight through the wilderness.
From Eastern Nepal,
we have 450 miles to reach our journey's end.
We must first trek through untamed wilderness
to reach a narrow stretch of India, called West Bengal,
and our gateway to the final country, Bhutan.
We will pass through the capital, Thimphu,
step into a land of myth and legend
and onto the end of our route -
the world's highest unclimbed peak,
Gangkhar Puensum,
from where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau.
Binod reckons we're probably the first foreigners
to come down this way
and, certainly,
by the looks that we get from some of the locals...
Namaste.
..they've certainly never seen anyone.
Namaste. Namaste.
Namaste. Namaste.
Where are you going? HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
Home?
Are you walking because there is no fuel?
HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
Always walking. Always walking?
With no cars here, a round trip
to buy clothes can take two days.
Seven hours.
Dhanyabad.
OK. Nama... Namaskar.
For the next 50 miles,
we have porters with us.
To help lighten the load,
we're carrying minimum supplies.
Nepal's fuel crisis has left this region even more isolated than usual,
but what we didn't realise
is that a lack of rain has reduced this year's harvest.
The biggest problem we've got at the moment
is just trying to find food,
so we're just trying to find a little shop
or a little tea house to get some food
but it is remarkable, like, some of the places you find.
I mean, that's the village shop there, just perched under the tree.
Can we buy some bread? Sorry?
Can we buy some bread from you?
Bread.
Bloody starving.
The drought has left Ama's shop all but empty...
Thank you very much.
Dhanyabad. Dhanyabad.
She speaks very good English.
Yes. "Yes," see?
..but what little she does have,
she's willing to offer strangers.
Take it.
It sounds like the nearest guaranteed meal
will be at the next guesthouse,
15 miles away.
If we can track the River Koshi,
we should get there before sunset,
but we're struggling to find the right path.
Maybe it's just away from here.
Although, this side,
the side we're on now is more steep than this side.
We are going down.
Yeah, well...
There's no path along the river?
No. What about on this side?
Nothing?
The old lady said there's no path because it's too steep,
so we're going to have to climb all the way to the top of that hill
and back round the other side.
Going over the hills was not what we planned for
and the temperature has hit 30 degrees Celsius
Which way do you think, Binod?
DOG BARKS
This side. Huh? I think this side.
We need to get straight up.
We've made it to the top,
and now all the way back down again.
Sweating my...
Yeah.
In three hours, we cover just five miles...
..and our route is still not clear.
Which way?
It's so easy to get lost in amongst everyone's fields.
You don't know what's a path and what's just an irrigation ditch
and the last thing you want to be doing
is treading on somebody's cabbages.
It's incredible how people manage to thrive up here.
Most villages have no electricity...
..but those that do sure make the most to it.
POP MUSIC FROM DISTANCE Where's that music coming from?
Walking through the jungle
and you suddenly hear this blaring music.
This is not what I was expecting for lunch.
MUSIC BLARES
Hey.
People are dancing.
You come across some weird stuff in the jungle.
I would have loved to have stayed
but we've not eaten anything today, since breakfast,
so we've got to get to the next village and try and find some food.
It's five o'clock,
we've got about an hour left of light...
..and we need to find somewhere to stay.
One false move,
you'd slip down this and fall into that river.
Villages up here can be hours apart
and we only have 20 minutes till sunset...
I'm running low on water.
..but someone, somewhere,
is smiling down on us...
..as we stumble into the village of Shale...
Woo! We made it.
Can we camp?
Yeah, somewhere. There is a field.
Dhanyabad.
Shall we get the tents up before it's dark?
HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
Literally, six o'clock comes and it goes pitch-black,
you can't see a thing, so we were lucky we managed to get our tents up
just in time.
And even though they hardly have anything,
the village elder provides us with a meal.
Thank you.
Feel better now.
Morning, hello.
Right, let's go.
From Shale, we enjoy some of the most untamed terrain of our journey.
It's bloody freezing.
Over the next five days,
we pass the elusive Dharapani
and push 100 miles east,
leaving Nepal to reach a slice of India called West Bengal.
We're stepping away from the rural wilderness,
and walk 100 miles,
past tea plantations and villages,
to the town of Jaigaon.
This is the last port of call
before we enter our final country.
It's a bit of a culture shock to be back in India.
HORN BLARES
Binod's found a new friend.
This is low land and...
THEY LAUGH
..it's a bigger part,
and it's not really like the mountains,
but I think we will go up in mountains and it will be so nice.
THEY LAUGH
As have I.
You can tell my fortune? Yeah?
What do we have to do?
OK.
HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
Good luck in 2017?
OK.
Anything more specific?
Have a house? OK.
Fingers crossed, I've applied for a mortgage.
Wonderful. Dhanyabad. Thank you.
But before I climb the property ladder,
Binod and I have other business to deal with.
All this area is known as the "Dooars" region
and it literally means "doors"
and this is the gateway to Bhutan.
That's the gate
and beyond it is the Dragon Kingdom...
..and the place we'll reach our journey's end.
'We're near the end of our journey to walk the Himalayas.'
Well, this is it,
we're finally at the border with Bhutan
and this is the final country on the journey.
'It's home to the holy Mountain of Gangkhar Puensum, where we plan
'to finish our trek.
'Neither Binod nor I have ever been there.'
Are you excited to be entering Bhutan, Binod?
Yeah, it will be nice to get in there and see different things,
different worlds, yeah.
So here we go into Bhutan.
'Bhutan only opened its borders to foreigners in 1974.
'So few people come here, it remains largely untouched
'by outside influence.'
It's like entering another world.
You can hear all the car horns, noise, shouting on the Indian side,
all the chaos that you'd expect.
Whereas this side,
it's very calm and peaceful and quiet.
Just a very different atmosphere.
'Bhutan's government only allowed TV here in 1999.'
Massive prayer wheels, aren't they?
I've never seen one that big, have you?
'And the internet was a millennium gift
'from the former king, Jigme Singye.'
'It's his birthday in four days' time,
'and we want to be in the capital for the party.'
Which way do you think?
I think Thimphu is going by this way.
Maybe we should try by this side.
Well, the sign says Thimphu that way.
172 K's.
Hell of a walk.
'Just 750,000 people
'live in a country the size of Switzerland.
'Like so many of the last thousand miles, it's just me and Binod.
'Although today, he's not so good.'
I think Binod's struggling a bit.
He's lagging behind quite a way.
He's brilliant off-road - whenever there's steep uphills,
he always plods on way ahead of me,
but when it comes to these flat roads...
he hates it.
You OK, Binod?
Where does it hurt?
Just the front of the...
Exactly here.
Where? So...
I cannot move very fast.
I think it will be OK.
I hope so. Just take it easy.
'The government have made us agree to a strict walking schedule.
'If we're going to reach the end of our journey
'at Gangkhar Puensum, we have to cover over 200 miles in ten days.'
Binod's been struggling over the past few days,
and I wonder if he's actually recovered from the crash.
We've gone through a lot together.
You know, walking with somebody
for such a long, long time,
you know, you form this incredible bond.
The journey isn't over yet,
and I need him more than ever.
Let's do this.
'It takes three days of pounding the tarmac
'to arrive on the outskirts of Bhutan's capital city.'
Well, this is it. We've finally made it 100 miles from the border,
and here we are at the gateway to Thimphu.
'Arriving here is like stepping into a completely different Bhutan.'
There's a real festival atmosphere everywhere you look in this town...
and this is the night before the big day,
tomorrow is the previous king's 60th birthday.
'The royal family took power here in 1907.
'The much loved Fourth King
'passed the throne to his son eight years ago.
'To help with our Bhutanese knowledge,
'we've asked a smartly dressed local guide - Jamyang Dorji -
'to join us.'
So this is the national dress?
This one is the national dress.
Tomorrow, will more people be wearing it?
Oh, yeah, sure, because it's the birthday of the Fourth King and so
everybody has to wear it.
Oh, really? OK.
The big question is what do you wear underneath it?
HE LAUGHS My good boxer.
Your best boxers? Yeah. THEY LAUGH
'Jamyang's not your average Bhutanese mountain guide.
'He seems to double up as a fashion consultant too.'
So I would recommend for you this kind of colour. This one for you.
That's very colourful. Yeah.
Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Proper bling this, isn't it?
Yeah, it's perfect.
Sure? It feels a bit big.
You look like a king. Number four. King number four? Yeah.
I'll roll with that.
With the grey hair. Oh. Right!
THEY LAUGH
Do you like it? Does it suit me?
No. Binod, your turn. So excited.
I like that. It's a good colour, that one.
Binod look like a boy!
A schoolboy! He's ready for school now.
I need some of those boots that the king's got on there.
Think that'll just finish the dress.
Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
'The next day, almost everyone is in their national dress.
'Binod and I are doing our very best to fit in.
'We decide to brush up on the latest news.'
So this is the national newspaper, The Bhutanese.
You've gotta love some of the headlines.
HE CHUCKLES
This is my favourite - "Two men caught stealing flowers
"from the highway. The culprits - a hotelier and one of his staff -
"were in town for some catering business. They were caught
"stealing three chrysanthemum flower plants
"below the swimming pool area at 2.50am."
There's the picture of the three flowers in question.
Easy to be a policeman in this country.
'I can see why crime is so low here.
'There are cops everywhere.
'I'm starting to see another side to Thimphu.'
The thing that's noticeable
is just how strict and controlling this country is.
Everywhere you go
there's rules, regulations.
A lot more than anywhere else I've seen on this journey.
There's quite a controlling vibe that sort of overrules everything.
I think it was the first country in the world to ban smoking.
All the pubs are closed, all the bars are closed for the king's birthday.
There's signs everywhere telling you what you can and can't do.
There's definitely this feeling that...
you know, people do as they're told.
'Despite Bhutan's picture postcard image, I'm told that 25 years ago
'the state expelled over 100,000 non-ethnic Bhutanese
'for not adhering to national values,
'including wearing the gho.
'Maybe citizens here have little choice but to love their rulers.'
This is the queue for people wanting to go into the national stadium.
The king's inside, and his wife.
Can we go inside? I've got new shoes and everything!
THEY LAUGH
Yeah? Yeah?
OK. Wow, that kind of worked. It must have been the shoes.
Chaos.
'Some people have been waiting here for eight hours.'
We're in the stadium.
About 30,000 people, and so literally
half the population of Thimphu is here.
'Bhutan measures its success not by gross domestic product,
'but by Gross National Happiness.
'A strong cultural identity is key to GNH.
'For locals, it's events like this that bind them together.'
So what's your name?
Nice to meet you. From which part of Bhutan?
Yeah?
And how long did it take you to get here?
Two days.
Wow. And you just came for the celebration? Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Really? So things are very good under the king?
Do people... Everybody wants the monarchy here?
So people would prefer a monarchy than a democracy? Yeah.
'Many people have been waiting nine hours
'before the king steps out onto the pitch.'
So the king's just coming past now.
He's the one in the yellow robe,
and that's the colour reserved only for the royal family.
How do you feel to see the king?
'We'd love to stay in Thimphu...
'..but we can't afford to fall behind schedule
'if we're to reach our final destination at Gangkhar Puensum.
'We set off towards a very different Bhutan.'
So this pass represents leaving behind Western Bhutan
and entering the wilderness of the East.
And this is one of the most remote and inaccessible places
In the entire Himalayas.
My friend Binod and I are on the final leg
to walk the Himalayas.
Today, we're stepping into one of the most curious regions
of the entire journey.
'Our Bhutanese guide, Jamyang Dorji, has joined us...
'..in possibly the most striking art gallery I've ever come across.'
Right.
There's one right there, Binod.
Oh, yeah! There is one. A big one.
The big dick one!
THEY LAUGH
So weird.
Village of willies...everywhere.
So you see phallus, phallus, phallus, phallus everywhere!
Everywhere, literally.
'Jamyang tells us that a hard-drinking,
'womanising Buddhist monk lived here who was famed for his...
'thunderbolt of wisdom.'
'He claimed it drove away bad spirits.'
That's why you put a phallus in front of the door... Yeah.
..and in the four corners of the house.
That's the protection from the evil, actually. Right.
I see. And how many people do this?
Well, everybody, they do. If there's a newborn baby, they put out
wooden phallus on their necks to protect from evil spirits,
and when people buy a new car, they have to put a phallus.
Where? Hang in the car. Dangle it around? On a key chain.
Yeah. Yeah.
Everywhere! Everywhere!
'You can hardly move around here without bumping into
'one phallus or another.'
Which one did you want?
THEY LAUGH
I think I'll stick to coffee today.
So bizarre!
'They're not the first culture in the world to recognise
'the power of the penis,
'but boy - do the Bhutanese make the most of it.'
So, you paint all of these, do you? Yes.
So, that's the natural colour. Naturally beautiful. Yes.
They come in all sorts of shapes, don't they? And sizes.
It's like a zebra willy, isn't it? That one.
Or tiger, maybe.
Hmm.
Can we have a look inside?
Hello. Hi.
Which is your best seller?
I think this one. The little ones? Yes.
Oh, right, that's surprising.
Sure you don't want? No. You should have one.
Hmm. I'll pass this time.
East!
For the next 100 miles, we will walk ever deeper
into the country's mystical regions.
We're aiming for Chamkar -
the final town on our route and one of the holiest places in Bhutan.
So, the landscape has changed quite a lot.
We're now in this pine clad valley. It's absolutely spectacular.
It's like small heaven.
Like paradise, isn't it? Like a paradise, yeah.
'Prayer flags commemorate the dead.
'It's said every flutter sends a prayer heavenward.'
Most of Bhutan is virtually unspoiled and untouched,
and it's easy to see why myths and legends are so popular here.
Everyone's very superstitious...
and the one thing that a lot of people actually genuinely believe in
is yetis...
because this is the land of the yeti.
Hello! Hello, how are you? I'm fine. What's your name? Tamu Dodgi.
Tamu Dodgi. And you? Ogin Toke.
Ogin? Toke? Toke. And you?
Kamzun Jamil Hindup. Kamzun Jamil Hindup.
Yes! THEY LAUGH
Has anybody seen the yeti? Or been close to a yeti?
Yes, my grandfather. Your grandfather, really?
He's been close to one? He saw the yeti?
Yes. He was running out of jungle to that big...
The big mountain. ..big mountain.
So, are yetis dangerous? Are you scared of them?
Yes. You are?
They harm people. They harm people?
They will pee on us. They will pee on you?
Yes, and then we will...
LEV LAUGHS We will disappear.
Why will they do that?
You will disappear. You'll disappear?
Toxic pee.
What noise do they make?
Ooh! Like that? "Oooh!"
HE LAUGHS
Yetis walk like this.
So if I see anybody walking like that, they're a yeti!
THEY LAUGH
ANIMAL GROANS
Sounds like a yeti!
THEY LAUGH
Well, stay safe. Keep away from the yetis.
BINOD SPEAKS THEIR LANGUAGE
Thank you.
What do you think, Binod? Are we gonna see any yetis?
Maybe. Who knows?
THEY LAUGH
'Luckily, we're heading away from the apparent dangers of yeti mountain.
'In the meantime, we've passed the village of Nobding
'only to enter the district of...'
Here we go, Binod.
We're now entering Bhumtang.
Yeah? Yeah. Sounds like a nice place.
'This is the last port of call before we begin our mission to
'Gangkhar Puensum...
'..and the end of our journey.'
'It'll be our toughest trek yet.
'I'm not one for superstition, but Jamyang says we need to get
'the blessing of the gods to continue.'
Before I head deep into the Eastern Himalaya,
I'm gonna go and get blessed to make sure the trip goes well
and we come back in one piece.
'We're seeing Lama Tsetrin Tharchen -
'the spiritual leader of the Tamzhing Monastery.
'The Lama's the go-to man for all your mystical matters.'
'He performs Mo divinations which Buddhists use to predict journeys.'
HE MUTTERS DIVINATIONS
'I hope the Lama's more convincing than the palm reader I met.'
PHONE RINGS
'At least he's popular.'
Hello?
'The Lama just has to roll the right numbers and we'll be good to go.'
'Only Jamyang knows what he's saying.'
'Little do we know, but Jamyang's putting a diplomatic spin on things.'
He's seen your fortune for our journey and your predictions,
and there are some obstacles.
Did he say if we'll succeed in the end or not?
He tried to portend and still there's obstacles.
It can be clear, so there's obstacles, yeah.
So, could be weather factor.
But I can tell...
it's more than just obstacles.
What he says is that we should be careful.
We should be careful.
We all should be careful. Mm-hm.
Well, that doesn't bode well, does it?
Sounded serious.
My friend Binod and I are on the final leg
to walk the Himalayas.
We're setting out on one of our toughest missions yet,
into a mysterious region of Bhutan where few people venture.
When we are up in mountains we must pray.
We must pray for the God who lives up in mountains.
We have to say then we are in your place, so please protect us.
Locals believe climbing these peaks can upset the mountain gods.
But our guide Jamyang has found a crew willing to take us there.
Namaste! Namaste!
Nice to meet you, I'm Lev. This is our horseman.
You're our horseman. What's your name?
Tenzing. Tenzing.
Guys...
Where we're going, there's nothing.
We need all the backup and support we can get.
Tenzing, the old boy...
Apparently he's 80 years old.
Still at it.
OK! Ready?
Let's go. Ready to walk!?
For the final push we must trek 50 miles
and scale 3,000 metres
to reach the base of Gangkhar Puensum,
the tallest unconquered peak in the world.
It's forbidden to climb it,
but we can climb a nearby peak to reach our final destination
and the point where the Himalayas drop into the Tibetan Plateau.
Hello.
Winter's driving people down from the mountains.
WOMAN LAUGHS
But we have to head up...
and Tenzing's not hanging around.
He says he wants to go fast because the yaks are coming down.
Why, is that a problem for the horses?
Be careful, horses.
Yaks?
LOUD VOICES
This is proper head-to-head.
MEN SHOUT LOUDLY
'Tenzing clears the path.'
Good to go?
'And we continue past the final few yak-herders.'
Hello.
Now it's us and the woods. Yeah.
So we're the last ones up to the mountain. Yeah.
'But not everyone's heading downhill.'
We've got a new addition to the team.
This black dog has been following us for the past ten miles.
But I don't know how far this dog thinks he's going to come,
because we're going up pretty high soon.
'He's certainly determined to join us, I'll give him that.'
I'll take him up.
HE WHISTLES
Come here.
After 20 miles we're at 3,500 metres
and Binod's starting to suffer.
He's lagging behind today.
I thought he was going to be OK back in the mountains,
but I think he might be struggling a bit.
How are you doing?
Not too bad. Are you sure?
Yeah.
How are your feet? All right?
Binod's feet are swelling up.
The best remedy I know is glacial water.
Give me 30 seconds, ready?
OK.
All the way to the painful bit.
Yeah, go one.
It's too cold. I know it is, but it'll do you good, honestly.
It'll bring them down.
Five, four...
three, two...
One. Go on, then, bring them out.
Oh, yay!
You BLEEP!
It's got to be done.
Oh. We'll strap them up. Yeah.
25 miles from Gangkhar Puensum
and the end of our journey,
Binod's feet are getting worse.
He's limping now, he's really struggling.
He's not in a good shape.
We slow down to walk together,
with the Holy mountain, Gangkhar Puensum, in our sights.
We're in a very sacred place, aren't we?
This is the end of the Himalayas.
Beyond that is the Tibetan Plateau.
This is it, you can see it...
in the form of a big, white wall of snow and rock.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
Getting to Gangkhar Puensum is only half the job.
The real mission tomorrow will be to climb above 5,000 metres
to view the edge of the Himalayas.
But after five months, trekking 1,700 miles,
we stop to stand in awe of one of the world's finest views.
So this is it.
We're going to pick one of these mountains
and get to the top of it...
tomorrow morning.
And from where I'm standing now,
that one there
looks like the best bet.
A hell of a climb.
I only hope that Binod can make it with me.
It would be nice to get up in there.
But let's see...
until tomorrow morning, how my feet will be.
The Lama warned us of problems,
but I'd hate to think that after all we've been through
it means Binod and I won't finish together.
Oh!
It is absolutely freezing out there.
Strange to think this is the final night...
..before the summit.
All this way...
just to climb a mountain... HE CHUCKLES
Mad, really, isn't it?
But I'm sure it'll be worth it.
We're about set out on the final leg
to walk the Himalayas.
The Lama's prediction of bad weather could hardly have been more wrong.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
I'm just hoping Binod can come with me to the end.
How are you doing, Binod?
I'm good. Good.
I'm sorry I cannot get up with you.
I wish you all the best.
Don't worry about it, these things happen.
Yeah.
You've come this far, so don't worry.
The monk predicted we would have obstacles,
and we all thought it was going to be the weather,
thought it was going to be snow and ice and sleet.
But, no, none of that.
Instead it was something as simple as Binod's ankle.
'He's putting on a brave face, but this meant the world to both of us.'
Good.
OK, Jamyang? Yes.
'Jamyang seemed a little hesitant,
'but has agreed to join me and the cameraman
'for the final climb to the end of my journey.'
OK, ready for the summit.
A great day,
for everybody.
'Binod will stay at camp until we return.'
Ready to top, OK?
I will do. Don't worry.
I'll see you on the other side.
I wish you all the best. Mate, thanks for everything, OK?
You too.
See you soon. See you.
OK, all the best!
See you later, guys.
This is it, the final push
to the summit.
1,000 metres of almost vertical climbing.
It's going to be hell.
Yes.
That way.
We're on 30-degree incline,
but this is the easy part.
What concerns me is the boulder field 500 metres above us.
The higher we get, the thinner the air gets.
I reckon we're at about...
HE CATCHES HIS BREATH
..4,700 here.
We'll get up to 5,000 and have a little rest,
then push for the summit.
It takes two hours to reach 5,000 metres
and the foot of the boulder field.
This is where it gets dangerous, because a lot of these
rocks are quite loose.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
So we have to be really careful.
It's like this all the way to the top, by the looks of things.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
Whoa.
This is an absolute BLEEP.
'This is seriously tricky terrain.'
'And I think the Lama's prediction is playing on Jamyang's mind.'
I'm stopping here.
One small rock moves and the whole thing moves.
'Jamyang's had enough.'
I'm happy here.
OK.
'He's got me to within sight of my goal.
'Now it's up to me to push on to the end.'
Let's do this.
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
There's about 300 metres left
and, if I can get up there...
BREATHES HEAVILY
..I'll be setting foot where nobody's ever been before.
Oh!
DRAMATIC MUSIC
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
Whoo!
HE CHUCKLES
That there is the mighty Gangkhar Puensum,
the highest unclimbed peak in the world.
And beyond that,
the Himalayas drop off and form the Tibetan Plateau.
It feels surreal to be here on my own.
You know, I've met some incredible people along the way
and had the most amazing guides.
I've seen everything the Himalayas has to offer.
It's been magnificent
It's taken me five months...
..and four million steps
to walk 1,700 miles.
I've experienced five incredible countries...
..all belonging to the mightiest mountain range on earth.
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