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ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT
You don't have to strap on hiking boots to get up close and personal with the
mountains. Departing from Kathmandu, many local airlines offer early morning mountain flybys along the
Himalayan ridge. Buddha Air sends out two 16-seaters every morning, weather permitting. Each passenger
sits beside a window, and as the plane nears Mount Everest, the friendly flight attendant brings each
flyer up to the cockpit for a direct prospect. Not that Everest's neighbors are anything to sniff at:
the hour-long flight takes in no less than five of the world's tallest peaks. A...